Are you a company who needs IT advice at Board Level but, don't consider the amount of work to justify the expense of a full-time IT Director? Then Galena’s IT Director Service could be the perfect answer.

Galena IT will assign an experienced IT Director to analyse the business and determine the current situation. Once the initial assessment has been carried out any recommendations for improvements will be made at Board level and an IT Strategy developed.The IT Director will then work with you on a part-time consultancy basis to provide all the benefits of a full time IT Director at a fraction of the cost.

As well as developing and delivering the IT Strategy for the business, the IT Director will also manage and maintain on an ongoing basis all the aspects of the ICT systems including;

• Ensure IT Governance and all applicable legislation and regulations are met.
• Implement and maintain IT usage policies.
• Implement and manage disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Manage all information assets and analyses faults and trends.
• Implement security policies based on ISO 27001 international best practice Information Security management.
• Manage third party support contracts and SLA’s.
• Manage vendor hardware and software maintenance contracts.
• Manage internal IT staff in the form of recruitment, training and appraisals.
• Alignment of IT and Business Strategies.
• Recommend on new technologies such as IP Telephony.
• Report to Board level on the development of the IT systems.
• Manage local IT staff including mentoring and appraisals.
• Design and source new IT solutions to meet the business needs.
• Present and communicate the IT projects through all levels of the organisation.
• Attend Board Meetings.

Galena IT will ensure that highly qualified resources are available when required and provide advice to help in important business decisions.