Senior IT Leadership & Management Consulting · Miami

Technology leadership, when it matters most.

Fractional and transitional CIO leadership, cybersecurity governance, and AI strategy for companies and investors who need enterprise-grade technology leadership now.

33+years leading enterprise technology
$1B+annual revenue supported as a public-company CIO & CISO
100+person global teams and $40M portfolios led
18%global IT cost reduction through post-merger integration
Sound familiar?

The moments our clients call us

Your CIO just left

Projects stall, vendors drift, and nobody is accountable for the roadmap.

Transitional CIO →

The audit is coming

A SOC 2 request, a PCI deadline, or a finding the board wants closed.

Cybersecurity governance →

The board wants an AI plan

Your teams already use AI. You need value, guardrails, and a straight answer.

AI strategy & governance →

You just closed a deal

Two sets of systems, two teams, and integration risk on the P&L.

M&A integration →

IT spend keeps rising

Costs climb, delivery slips, and no one can say what you get for it.

IT strategy & operating model →

Growth is outpacing systems

More properties, more customers, more locations, same platforms.

Fractional CIO →
Industries

Different industries. The same pressure on technology.

Chanse has led technology inside resort and vacation ownership companies, a global trust and fund administrator, a consumer products maker spanning continents, an energy conglomerate, a global advertising agency, and a construction contractor. The systems differ. The questions leaders ask do not: is our technology ready for growth, is it secure enough for our auditors and our board, and are we getting value for what we spend?

Witan brings answers that have already been tested in regulated, operations-heavy businesses where downtime, data loss, and failed projects have a direct cost.

See industries we serve
How we engage

Executive leadership, sized to what you need

Ongoing

Fractional CIO

Part-time executive leadership on a monthly retainer. A seat at your leadership table without a full-time hire.

Defined term

Transitional CIO

Hands-on interim leadership through stabilization, restructuring, or integration, then a clean handoff.

Fixed scope

Advisory & Projects

Assessments, due diligence, AI or cyber program builds, and independent board counsel.

STEP 1ListenUnderstand the business and the pressure it is under.
STEP 2AssessTechnology, risk, spend, and team, as they really are.
STEP 3AlignA roadmap and governance your leaders agree on.
STEP 4DeliverHands-on execution with benefits tracked to the end.
Client stories

Results, in the words of the work

Transitional CIO · Post-acquisition

Timeshare developer and rental platform

Challenge
Newly acquired, with fragmented IT operations and SOC compliance ahead.
What we did
Rationalized IT operations, redesigned IT service management, and built governance and post-merger integration processes.
Outcome
SOC audit readiness, clear visibility into technology spend, and a modernization roadmap for scalable growth.
Fractional CIO · Growth

Vacation ownership & resort management company

Challenge
Preparing platforms, data, and teams to add properties without adding chaos.
What we did
Prioritized platform modernization, systems integration, and AI across reservations, owner and guest services, and resort operations.
Outcome
An investment roadmap with milestones and measures of productivity, service quality, and cost efficiency.
More client stories
Chanse Rivera, founder of Witan
Founder

Chanse Rivera

A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
Adapted from General George S. Patton

Former public-company CIO and CISO with more than three decades of enterprise technology leadership across hospitality, financial services, consumer products, energy, and professional services.

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