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Advisory retainer
A senior technology advisor on your side
Borrowed technical authority on retainer — lawyer-on-retainer style — for the technical questions SMBs across the US and Canada get asked: RFPs, security questionnaires, SOC 2 attestations, vendor sales calls, contract reviews. Vendor-neutral. From $2,750 / month.
Company feedback
“Their depth and breadth of knowledge have really stood out. They haven't just focused on building what we've asked for; they've brought forward creative ideas and solutions based on their experience that we hadn't thought of. That collaborative approach has added a lot of value to the project and helped us end up with a better final product.”
Borrowed technical authority on retainer — like a lawyer for the technology side of your business.
For the technical questions your business gets asked. A 25-year CTO on your side of the table — on a retainer cadence — so SMBs across the US and Canada have someone to turn to when the outside world demands technical credibility they don't have in-house.
When you need us
For non-technical SMB owners without an in-house tech team, when clients, insurers, vendors, or partners demand technical answers they can't verify alone.
Borrowed expertise, available within your retainer cadence when you're put on the spot. The concrete moments people use this for:
Responding to the technical sections of RFPs
— so you can win deals that ask questions you can't answer alone.
Completing security questionnaires and vendor-risk assessments
— increasingly required to close B2B deals.
Sitting in on vendor and software-sales calls as your technical representative
— on your side of the table.
Reviewing vendor and software contracts
before you sign.
Build-vs-buy and vendor-selection decisions
— independent guidance, not a sales pitch.
- Cyber-insurance attestations and compliance reviews — SOC 2 readiness questions from US clients, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security baseline controls, and the renewal questions insurers ask every year.
- Reviewing and validating technology policies (security, data, acceptable use) — confirming they're sound, not authoring entire policy sets from scratch.
Why it's a retainer, not one-off projects
RFPs recur; insurance renewals and security/vendor-risk reviews are annual, sometimes more often. They can gate revenue or coverage; an existing retainer is faster and cheaper than scrambling each time.
Vendor-neutral — that's the product
ReyemTech doesn't sell the software, install it, or take vendor commissions. We're not an MSP. We're not a reseller. We're not your IT department. The only incentive on our side of the table is your best interest.
On a vendor sales call or contract review, you want someone beside you whose paycheque doesn't depend on you signing.
What you're actually paying for
The sessions are the visible part. The bigger half of the value is the async work and judgement happening between them.
The visible part: sessions
- 2 or 4 standing 60-minute advisory sessions per month
- Sitting in on vendor and software-sales calls as your technical representative
- Recommended decisions captured in writing after every session
The bigger half: async work + judgement
- Pre-session prep on your topics so we walk in informed, not catching up
- Drafting responses for RFP technical sections, security questionnaires, vendor-risk assessments, insurance attestations
- Reviewing vendor contracts, sales decks, and proposals before you sign or commit
- Async availability on Slack or email for tactical questions between sessions
- Reading and translating what insurers, auditors, vendors, and clients are actually asking — so you can answer with credibility
- Independent vendor and tool research when a build-vs-buy decision is on your plate
Engagements are scoped around judgment, representation, and review — not unlimited document/policy production. When you need building, we route up the ladder.
Two engagement cadences
Pick the cadence that matches your pace of decisions
Both tiers are pure advisory. Same access, same calibre — just different frequency.
Biweekly cadence
Price: $2,750 / month
Billed monthly.
- Two 60-min advisory sessions / month
- Async availability for tactical questions (Slack / email)
- Pre-session prep on your topics
- Recommended decisions captured in writing
Weekly cadence
Price: $4,000 / month
For teams making decisions at pace: fundraising, hiring sprints, architecture pivots, or fast-moving RFPs. Billed monthly.
- Four 60-min advisory sessions / month
- Faster async turnaround
- Standing weekly slot on your calendar
- Quarterly written summary suitable for sharing with board / insurers / partners
If your team already executes
If you already have a dev team — common in SaaS and tech-flavoured companies — Advisory is the layer of senior judgment on top of execution you already have. Your team ships; we provide the calibre of decision-making that comes with 25 years of CTO-level pattern matching. Same cadence, same tiers, same fence — just different anchor.
What Advisory is — and what it isn't
Clear scope is the whole point. The fence is what protects the retainer economics — and your value from it.
Included
- Strategic advisory sessions on your timeline
- Sitting in on vendor / sales / insurer calls as your technical representative
- Reviewing and validating technology policies (we validate; we do not author from scratch)
- Responding to the technical sections of RFPs from your existing facts
- Reviewing vendor and software contracts before you sign
- Build-vs-buy and vendor-selection guidance
- Direct access to senior CTO judgement (no junior gatekeepers)
Not included
- No pager / on-call coverage (this is not a fractional CTO)
- No hands-on coding or implementation work
- No team management (1:1s, performance reviews, hiring loops are not in scope)
- No daily standups or sprint participation
- No emergency / incident response
- No authoring an entire policy set from scratch (we validate; building is a separate engagement)
- No day-to-day vendor relationship management
- No 24/7 availability — we route up the ladder when you need that
The Reyem Tech ladder
Pick the rung that matches where you are. Each step is a real, productized engagement.
Health Check
CTO on Tap
Fractional CTO
Execution-Ready
Advisory FAQs
I don't have a tech team — is this for me?
Yes — this is built precisely for non-technical owners. Think of it like having a lawyer on retainer for the technology side of your business. When clients, insurers, vendors or partners start asking technical questions, you have a senior CTO on your side of the table instead of guessing, deferring, or hiring an MSP whose incentives don't fully line up with yours.
What kinds of moments would I actually use this for?
The concrete moments include: responding to the technical sections of RFPs (so you can win deals that ask questions you can't answer alone), completing security questionnaires and vendor-risk assessments, SOC 2 readiness questions from US clients and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security baseline controls, cyber-insurance attestations, validating technology policies, sitting in on vendor and software-sales calls as your technical representative, reviewing vendor and software contracts before you sign, and build-vs-buy and vendor-selection decisions.
How is this different from hiring an MSP or an IT consultant?
We are vendor-neutral. ReyemTech doesn't sell the software, install it, or take vendor commissions. We are not an MSP, not a reseller, not your IT department. The only incentive on our side of the table is your best interest. That independence is the product — when you're on a vendor sales call or reviewing a contract, you want someone next to you whose paycheque doesn't depend on you signing.
What is NOT included in CTO on Tap?
No pager or on-call coverage, no hands-on coding or implementation, no team management (1:1s, performance reviews, hiring loops), no daily standups or sprint participation, no emergency or incident response, no day-to-day vendor relationship management, no helpdesk, and no policy authoring from scratch (we validate existing policies; building an entire policy set is a separate engagement). Clear scope is the whole point — the fence protects the retainer economics and your value from it.
Why a retainer instead of project-by-project?
External triggers RECUR and are increasingly GATING. RFPs come around. Cyber-insurance renewals are annual. Security reviews and vendor-risk questionnaires are now annual — sometimes more often. They can block revenue and block coverage. Having someone already in the boat with you costs less and moves faster than scrambling for help every time a new questionnaire lands in your inbox.
More advisory FAQs
Can I use this without a Health Check first?
You can, but we strongly recommend starting with the $2,000 Technology Health Check. It gives both sides a shared, written understanding of your environment from session one of the retainer instead of a cold introduction. The retainer is month-to-month with no lock-in, and if you're still on it at month three, the full $2,000 Health Check fee credits against that month's invoice.
What does the biweekly cadence ($2,750 / month) include?
$2,750 / month covers two 60-minute advisory sessions per month, async availability between sessions for tactical questions (Slack or email), pre-session prep on your topics, recommended decisions captured in writing, and access to the full menu of advisory moments (RFPs, security questionnaires, insurance attestations, policy review, vendor sales calls, contract review, build-vs-buy). Pure advisory — no pager, no hands-on coding, no team management. Billed monthly.
What's the difference between biweekly and weekly cadence?
The weekly cadence at $4,000 / month gives you four 60-minute advisory sessions per month, faster async turnaround, a standing weekly slot on your calendar, and a quarterly written summary suitable for sharing with your board, insurers, or partners. It suits teams making decisions at pace — fundraising, hiring sprints, architecture pivots, fast-moving RFP cycles — where biweekly cadence is too slow. Both tiers are billed monthly.
Domains we cover
Advisory (CTO on Tap) can be applied across every technology domain we work in. The advisory layer is domain-agnostic — your questions dictate the focus.
- AI Consulting
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Software Development
- Digital Transformation
- Startup CTO
- Technical Due Diligence
- Security & Compliance
- ERP Implementation
- CRM Implementation
- Engineering Team Building
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Want someone on your side of the table the next time a technical question lands?
Start with a Technology Health Check so we're working from the same map — then pick biweekly or weekly cadence.