KeyChange Technologies

That IT hat used to take a whole department. Now it just takes the right head.

Noah Smith
Noah SmithFractional Head of IT
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4 companies100 to 250 people
SOC 2 Type 2and HIPAA audits

Sound familiar?

You're about to hire your next 20 people, and IT still lives with your Controller.

IT at your company
Ready to scale?Not yet
  • Laptops managed9 of 31
  • Former employees still in Slack4 accounts
  • Security questionnaireNobody can answer
  • Staff using AIPasting customer data
  • New hire loginsDay 3, maybe
  • Who owns ITYour Controller

IT changed.

Then

A server closet and a whole IT department

Now

Cloud apps your team can run day to day

What's missing is someone who sets it up right and owns the risk.

How it works

  1. Ready-to-Scale Assessment

    Fixed price, credited toward step 2

    I review your people, devices, apps and admin accounts. You get your top risks ranked, a roadmap and a fixed quote.

  2. IT Foundations

    Quoted after the assessment
    • Onboarding and offboarding
    • Devices
    • Identity and security
    • Help requests
    • AI readiness

  3. Fractional Head of IT

    Ongoing

    I run it and plan what's next. When you're ready for a full-time hire, I help you hire them and hand everything over.

I've built and run IT at 4 growing companies with 100 to 250 people.

Healthtech, construction tech, industrial equipment and manufacturing.

50+apps on single sign-on
Halfthe time to set up each new hire or exit
Same dayoffboarding for 25 to 30 people across 60+ apps
Zerodata lost in a ransomware recovery
  • SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA audits
  • ISO 27001, PCI and FedRAMP planning
  • Security that qualified for cyber insurance
  • Company-wide AI strategy

Compared to the alternatives

Full-time IT manager
MSP
MeFractional Head of IT
Cost
Full-time IT manager: About $162K a year*
MSP: $100 to $200 per person, monthly
Fractional Head of IT: Fixed price to start
Plans for your growth
Full-time IT manager:
MSP: Built around tickets
Fractional Head of IT:
Same person every time
Full-time IT manager:
MSP: A different technician
Fractional Head of IT:
Help desk included
Full-time IT manager:
MSP:
Fractional Head of IT: Your team, set up right
On site full-time
Full-time IT manager:
MSP:
Fractional Head of IT:
Easy to change course
Full-time IT manager: Costly to unwind
MSP: Often a long contract
Fractional Head of IT: No long contract
Best for
Full-time IT manager: 40+ hours a week of hands-on IT
MSP: Handing off the help desk
Fractional Head of IT: 20 to 150 people

*An Atlanta IT manager's average base salary of about $111K (PayScale), plus benefits and payroll taxes at 31.5% of total pay (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2026). MSP pricing from 2026 industry pricing guides.

About Noah

I've been the first or only IT leader at four growing companies, reporting to the CEO or a VP. Now I do it for growing businesses through KeyChange Technologies, from Gwinnett County, Georgia.

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How I work

  • One person, every time
  • A small number of clients at once
  • You own every login and document
  • No long contract

Who's stuck with IT at your company?

If it isn't you, send this to the person it is.

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