Nic AslettCache Valley, UtahAn IT director, without the salary.
Someone on your side who makes the IT calls, keeps your IT company accountable, and tells you what to do about AI. From $1,500 a month.
Free, no obligation. You'll leave knowing what I'd fix first. Or call (720) 679-4750.
Why work with me
On your side
I don't sell hardware, software or support, and I take no commissions or referral fees. The only person paying me is you.
Month-to-month
Cancel with 30 days' notice. Everything I produce is yours, in your accounts.
You get me
No account managers and no handoffs. The person on the call is the person doing the work.
Sound familiar?
Most companies your size have an IT company for support and no one steering. Here's what that looks like.
Your IT company fixes things, but nobody decides things.
Projects stall, renewals auto-renew, and the plan lives in someone's head.
You're paying for software nobody uses and missing software you need.
Nobody has the full list of what you pay for, who uses it, or when it renews.
Everyone says “use AI.”
Nobody at your company owns figuring out where it actually helps and where it's a liability.
When the person who “knows the systems” leaves, so does the knowledge.
The passwords, the vendor contacts, and the reasons things are set up the way they are walk out the door with them.
How it works
A free 30-minute call
Tell me how IT works at your company today. You'll leave knowing what I'd fix first, whether or not you hire me.
An assessment, if you want one
Optional. Two weeks, $1,500: everything you pay for in one place, what to fix first, and a 12-month plan, walked through in person.
Your part-time IT director
For a set number of hours a month, I make the IT calls, manage your IT company and vendors, keep the plan current, and answer your questions.
Published prices.
- IT & AI Assessment
- $1,500, one time
- Advisor
- $1,500/month
- Director
- $2,500/month
Results from IT teams I've led
- 100%
- Projects finished on time (rolling average) after I brought real project management to a 16-person IT department.
- 5×
- Faster fixes for employees' IT problems: 30 hours instead of 150.
- 2×
- Promised response times met twice as often: 80% of the time, up from 40%.
Past results from teams I led, not a promise. Every company starts from a different place.
Right now
I'm the part-time technology lead for edZOOcation, an online education company. Their team was losing about 8 hours a week to manual order work. I fixed the process, handed it to their team, and now lead their technology part-time.
Before Cache Valley
15+ years in IT: VP of IT at Fortidia, IT Manager at Charter Communications over a 40-person testing team, and leading multi-team technology projects at Liqid.
Hi, I'm Nic.
I've spent 15 years in IT, the last 10 leading teams of up to 40 people. I've taken over IT departments that weren't working and turned them around.
When I moved to Cache Valley, I chose to do this for local companies instead of one employer. When you hire Sylentt, you get me, and the same approach I used to turn around departments of 16 people, scaled to fit yours.
The name comes from “silent partner”: I work in the background so you can run your business.
What people I've worked with say
“Nic is a visionary and deeply thoughtful leader with a rare combination of strategic perspective and servant leadership… He would be a strong asset to any technology organization seeking to modernize operations, improve and automate processes, thoughtfully integrate AI, and build a high-functioning IT organization.”
Ladan Rostami
Senior Program/Project Manager, Fortidia (reported to Nic)
“Nic instantly impressed me with his ability to relate to senior level executives, owners of individual franchise locations, as well as his team… It is rare when an executive seems to genuinely care about all of his people.”
Michael Kingsolver
IT Specialist, US Navy Veteran, Fortidia
“Nic is a visionary that can quickly identify shortcomings in processes, procedures, and functions in the technical space… he transformed how we delivered a product to a customer.”
Chris Gregoire
Solutions Architect, Liqid
“He has an indescribable ability to project an air of leadership and to motivate those around him.”
Randall Syfert
Project Control Analyst, By Light Professional IT Services
Common questions
What does a fractional CIO actually do?
I do the job a full-time IT director would do, for a few hours a month. I make the technology decisions, plan the year, manage your IT company and other vendors, and own the plan and the IT budget. I don't run the helpdesk. Your IT company keeps fixing things; I make sure the right things get fixed.
We already have an IT company. Why would we need you?
Your IT company fixes things. I decide things. They're paid to keep things running, not to decide where your technology should go. I manage them on your behalf and make sure you're getting what you pay for.
Do you sell anything or take commissions?
No. I don't sell hardware, software or support, and I take no commissions or referral fees. The only person paying me is you. When I recommend a tool, a vendor or an IT company, it's because it's right for you.
What happens on the free call?
We spend 30 minutes on how IT works at your company today. You'll leave knowing what I'd fix first, whether or not you hire me. No pitch deck, no obligation.
Do I have to start with the assessment?
No, it's optional. It's the quickest way to see exactly what I'd change before you commit to a monthly plan. If you continue, the $1,500 comes off your first month.
How much of your time do I get?
Advisor includes up to 8 hours a month and Director up to 16. Hours cover meetings, email, and work I do for you. If a month needs more, I ask first, and extra hours are $150 each. If a month needs less, I don't invent work to fill it.
See the plansHow is this different from an AI consultant?
I'm an IT leader who also handles AI. AI gets evaluated like any other tool: where it saves money, where it creates risk, and what the rules are. You get that as a written policy your team can follow. No hype.
What if it doesn't work out?
Every plan is month-to-month. Give 30 days' notice and it ends. You keep everything I produced: documentation, plans, policies, and vendor relationships, already in your accounts.
Do you work outside Cache Valley?
I work in person across Cache Valley and Northern Utah. Remote work elsewhere is the exception, not the rule.
Book a free 30-minute call
Tell me how IT works at your company today. You'll leave knowing what I'd fix first, whether or not you hire me.
Take the 2-minute IT check
Four questions. No email required.