Advisory Services/Join Our Practice
Partner with purpose.
You bring the network, expertise, and strategy, and ETS provides the platform.
Build a Practice Without Building a Company
ETS gives experienced technology executives the brand, partner relationships, and back office to turn their expertise into an advisory practice, without starting from scratch.
It’s built for leaders who want to stay active in the field, earn from the relationships they’ve built, and work with multi-location and multi-brand organizations on their own schedule.
Stay in the game
Keep advising technology leaders on the decisions that matter.
Earn from your relationships
Turn the network you’ve built into recurring revenue.
Work with complex organizations
Multi-location and multi-brand organizations with real complexity.
Set your own schedule
Advise on your terms, with a team behind you.
Everything Behind You, So You Can Focus on Clients
Established partnerships
A close circle of preferred partners and specialists we’ve vetted, with recurring revenue streams.
Full administrative support
We handle the back office so you can focus on clients.
Dedicated lead generation
Qualified opportunities from LinkedIn campaigns, events, and the ETS reputation.
Senior advisor backup
Support on every engagement, from the first meeting through renewal.
$150K to $300K
in annual services you don’t have to build or manage yourself.
Your Role as an ETS Advisor
You take part in consulting engagements, including discovery, proposals, demos, and client support, and you join ETS events and webinars as a featured advisor.
Your days look like the best parts of a CIO career: strategic conversations, evaluating solutions, guiding implementations, and solving complex problems. What you won’t be doing is chasing invoices, managing contracts, or building marketing materials.
Advisory services you’ll deliver
Project consulting and vCIO
AI use cases, CXaaS, omnichannel communications, and CRM integration.
Data analytics and optimization
Data governance, business process architecture, data modeling, and performance reporting.
Technology expense management
TEM consulting, MDM consulting, and infrastructure optimization.
Mergers and acquisitions
Data integration analysis, application portfolio rationalization, and onsite technology auditing.
A Practice Built on Shared Values
Why now
Demand for experienced technology advisors keeps growing.
Organizations need advisors who can connect CX, data, and AI, and AI has become a top priority in the C-suite.
Our culture
Faith, family, and servant leadership.
A practice built on faith-based principles and family values, where relationships matter more than transactions.
Our purpose
Every engagement gives back.
20% of ETS revenue funds education for underserved individuals through the ETS Foundation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the practice for?
Experienced technology executives, including retired CIOs, fractional executives, and senior technology leaders who want flexible work and want to stay active in the field.
How much time does it take?
You set your own schedule and take on as much or as little as you want.
How do advisors earn?
Through recurring revenue from the technology partnerships behind client engagements. ETS handles accounting, invoicing, and commission reconciliation, so you never chase a payment.
Do I need my own vendor relationships?
No. You plug into our established partnerships and specialists we’ve vetted, so you don’t have to build vendor relationships from scratch.
What support do I have on engagements?
Senior advisor backup on every engagement, project management, a 24/7 client support desk with a 4-hour response SLA, and post-close account management and renewals.
Where do opportunities come from?
Our business development platform: LinkedIn campaigns, technology leader events, the CIO Insights Series, and the reputation ETS has built in the market.
Let’s Talk About Your Practice
A confidential conversation about your experience, your network, and what you want your next chapter to look like. No pressure.
- Tell us about your background
- We walk through the model
- We decide together if it’s a fit
Prefer to talk? Call (770) 425-9898
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