Call it business IT consulting, a vCIO, or a fractional CIO. The idea is the same: senior technology leadership on your side without carrying it on payroll. Bring us the problem and work it with a senior IT consultant who stays in your corner. Not a subscription you fight to cancel, and not a junior tech with a checklist. We solve what is in front of you now, then we are there for the next decision and the one after that. Some clients need us for one intense stretch, subject to availability. Some want us in the room every month. Some check in once a quarter. However often you need senior technology leadership, that is how it works, for as long as you want it. Engagements are flat fee and scoped in the open, typically $6,300 to $12,600 depending on depth and cadence, from a company San Antonio businesses have trusted since 1999.
Senior IT Consulting, for as Long as You Want It
This is not hourly help and it is not a faceless vendor contract. You get a fractional CIO and a hand picked senior team on your side, the way a company with top tier internal IT leadership would, without carrying any of them on payroll. Fill the chair when you need it filled, and keep experienced leadership in your corner for the long run. We investigate the situation fully, we make the hard calls with you, we handle the vendors and the details, and we leave you standing on solid ground. You are buying judgment, focus, and the weight of experience aimed at one goal: yours.
- We dig into what is actually happening, not the symptom everyone has been chasing.
- We make the decisions that have been stuck: cloud or on premises, buy or wait, this direction or that one, with real reasoning behind them.
- We handle the vendors, the quotes, and the technical fights so you do not have to.
- We leave you with documentation, a plan, and a path your team can follow after the engagement ends.
IT Consulting Engagements We Take On
Most engagements land in a handful of shapes. If yours is not on the list, bring it anyway.
- Network security consulting. An independent review of firewalls, segmentation, remote access, and identity: where the real exposure is, what to fix first, and what it should cost. We design to Zero Trust principles, hold Fortinet and CompTIA Security+ credentials, and apply the same standards behind our business computer security work.
- Network planning and design. A new building, a new floor, or a network that grew by accident. RCDD led design specifies the pathways, the hardware, and the capacity before anyone spends money, so the network is engineered once instead of patched forever. Where the plan includes structured cabling, the design and the installation can come from the same license holder.
- WAF Multi site and WAN architecture. Connecting locations across San Antonio and beyond: metro fiber links, dark fiber, long haul circuits, carrier Ethernet, and SD-WAN, plus the carrier selection and negotiations behind them. We have worked with nearly every ISP serving San Antonio, and we know which circuits, which contracts, and which providers hold up.
- Call center and voice heavy networks. Seat counts, QoS, redundancy, and the physical and logical design that keeps a call center answering when a circuit, a closet, or a power feed fails.
- Cloud, on premises, or both. The stuck decision. What moves, what stays, what each path costs, and the migration plan if something moves.
Consulting tells you what to build and what to fix. When the answer includes ongoing management, monitoring, and support, that is our managed IT services, priced in the open like everything else we do. Many consulting engagements end exactly there, with the plan handed to the same team that can run it.
Who IT Consulting Is For
This is for businesses facing a decision or a problem where the cost of getting it wrong dwarfs the cost of getting it right. A build-out. A migration. A provider situation gone bad. A growth spurt that is outrunning the technology underneath it. What you pay depends on the scope: how deep the problem runs, how often you want us in the room, and how much of the senior team it takes. If the number sounds like a lot, and the problem in front of you does not obviously cost more than that to leave unsolved, then the timing is not right, and we will tell you so honestly. When the stakes are real, the right people in your corner cost less than the mistake.
Fractional CIO Support for Multi-Site & Regional Organizations
Executive technology planning does not require every location to be in San Antonio. ASAP can provide fractional CIO and vCIO guidance for organizations with branch offices, facilities, or technology projects throughout Greater San Antonio, Central Texas, South Texas, and the Texas Hill Country.
Regional and multi-site engagements can include technology standards, budgeting, infrastructure planning, cybersecurity priorities, vendor management, lifecycle planning, site assessments, acquisition or expansion planning, and coordination between corporate IT, local facilities and technology vendors.
Engagement pricing can vary based on cadence, number of locations, travel, site complexity, and the level of involvement required. See our regional service areas or contact us to discuss the organization.
Who You Are Actually Getting as a Fractional CIO or IT Consultant
When you engage us, you primarily get me. Courtney Pelzel. I am a BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer, the RCDD, the credential for the people who design network infrastructure rather than just install it, and I hold CompTIA Security+ and Fortinet security certifications alongside it. I have run ASAP Computer Services since 1999: twenty seven years, thousands of San Antonio businesses, and work with nearly every ISP serving the city, held to the same standard on every engagement. Alongside me is a hand picked senior team, not a bench of juniors, not whoever the firm has sitting idle, not a name you will never meet once the contract is signed. Most of them have niche specialties that exceed my own depth, in areas such as Exchange Server EOS or ARIN applications. These are the people I trust with the hardest problems, the ones who have solved them beside me for years. That is deliberate. With a small senior team on your situation, nothing is lost in a chain of handoffs, and accountability sits in one place. My name is on the work, you can reach me, and every credential is verifiable on our licensing and certifications page.
Virtual or On Site IT Consulting
Some of the work happens remotely. When the situation demands real investigation, the information gathering, the diagnosis, and the reconnaissance happen face to face and on site, because eyes on the building, the rack, and the room settle questions a call cannot. We will tell you up front which one the engagement needs. Dispatching people when a call would do is exactly the kind of waste this is built to eliminate, and every hour goes toward your answer, not toward motion for its own sake.
Where to Start
If you know what you need solved, contact us or call, and we will talk about whether we are the right people for it. If your situation is really about the IT company you already have, read our honest guide to changing IT companies first. And if what you want is ongoing support rather than a focused engagement, that is our managed IT services.
IT Consulting and Fractional CIO FAQs
How much does IT consulting cost in San Antonio?
Engagements are flat fee and scoped before we start. Most run between $6,300 and $12,600 depending on depth, cadence, and how much of the senior team the problem takes. One time engagements are subject to availability, and monthly and quarterly retainers are available. If the problem in front of you does not cost more than the fee to leave unsolved, we will tell you the timing is not right.
What is the difference between IT consulting and managed IT services?
Consulting answers a question: what to build, what to fix, which direction to take. Managed IT services run the result day to day, with monitoring, support, and security included. Many clients start with a consulting engagement and stay for managed services once the plan is in place.
Do we need a fractional CIO if we already have an IT company?
Sometimes. A fractional CIO gives you independent senior judgment that does not depend on selling you hardware or hours. If the real issue is the provider itself, start with our guide to changing IT companies.
Can you consult for locations outside San Antonio?
Yes. Multi site organizations across Greater San Antonio, Central Texas, South Texas, and the Texas Hill Country are a regular part of the practice. Cadence, travel, and site complexity set the price.
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