Ian Horne
Interim and fractional technology leadership. I fix technology situations that have stalled.
CTO, CIO, IT Director — fractional, interim, and permanent. UK and international.
Engagement
Fractional CTO / CIO
2-3 days/week. Direction, decision-making, and accountability at board level. For organisations that need leadership without a full-time hire.
Interim leadership
Full-time, fixed duration. Turnaround, transition, or covering a gap. I come in, find the constraint, and lead the work until the board can see it moving.
Permanent CTO / CIO / IT Director
For the right situation — where the brief is clear and the organisation is serious about change.
Selected work
Transformation reset — £300m business unit
A Big Four-led transformation had failed. The programme was stalled, the business had lost confidence, and the vendor relationship was beyond repair. I was dropped in, ejected the vendor, and rebuilt the delivery plan from scratch. Confidence restored in 5 months. Throughput up 20% through automation and workflow redesign.
24 transactions in 7 years — both sides of the table
Joined through acquisition. Decoupled the business from a fully outsourced model to an insourced operation. Then through three further major transactions: acquired by CEB, CEB acquired by Gartner, then Gartner divested the business ($400m). Migrated infrastructure mid-cycle. Delivered the final technology separation on timeline with zero service disruption.
Vendor consolidation — global enterprise
Built vendor onboarding and management processes from scratch. MSA framework, business-unit-level agreements, consolidation of services across global units into enterprise contracts. Consistent terms, managed cost, ~20% opex reduction across the largest global suppliers.
Bring a problem.
30 minutes. No obligation. You will leave with a clear next step, even if we don't work together.