A services ladder, not a sales pitch.

It starts with senior leadership and a live map of your business — then each step lowers your risk and leads naturally to the next: map the value stream, prove value, and expand into a long-term partnership.

Our cornerstone service

Fractional CTO — senior technology leadership, without the full-time hire.

Most owners don’t need another vendor; they need someone accountable for technology who actually understands the business. As your fractional CTO, we own the strategy: we set the architecture and security standards, decide what to automate first, lead the build, vet the tools, and translate technology into revenue, margin, and lower risk — for a fraction of the cost of a full-time executive.

  • A single, senior point of accountability for your technology and automation.
  • Architecture, security, and governance decisions made right the first time.
  • A living roadmap tied to the business — not a wish list of tools.
  • Scales up while you’re building, down when you’re steady.
What a fractional CTO owns for you

The executive accountable for “is our technology actually working?”

  • Sets and enforces the technology & security strategy
  • Decides what to automate, build, buy, or leave alone
  • Leads delivery and holds vendors and tools to account
  • Reports in plain business terms, not jargon
Our other cornerstone service

Automation Expert — master the value chain, unblock scale.

Strategy is only worth as much as the throughput it produces. Our automation expert masters your value chain end to end — finding and solving the bottlenecks that cap your capacity — so the business scales without simply throwing more people at the problem. Every automation is built to enforce your value proposition: the promise you make to customers is delivered consistently, at every step, even as volume climbs.

  • Pinpoint the one constraint actually limiting your throughput.
  • Re-engineer and automate it so volume can grow without chaos.
  • Enforce your value proposition so quality holds at scale.
  • Move to the next constraint — continuous, compounding gains.
What an automation expert owns for you

The operator who turns bottlenecks into throughput.

  • Masters your value chain from first request to cash
  • Finds and removes the bottlenecks blocking scale
  • Enforces your value proposition at every step
  • Builds automation that compounds as you grow
Our market edge

Build-your-own enablement — your team, your tools, your control.

This is what sets LRV apart. Instead of charging you for every build, integration, and deployment, we stand up the governance and a private, secure network where your own people create their own software tools, apps, and AI agents. You get modern AI and automation capability you actually own — and you stop paying tolls to a vendor who sits between you and your software. We can build it for you, or your team can DIY the software and AI tools — your choice.

  • A private, secure environment on Microsoft or AWS — built and governed by us.
  • Guardrails, identity, and access so your team can build safely.
  • Training and oversight so what they build is secure and supportable.
  • We can still build for you when it’s the right call — your choice, not a toll.
Enablement, not tolls

We’d rather prevent your build costs than charge them.

  • Governance & support to set up a safe DIY system
  • Your own private, secure network — no lock-in
  • We can build, integrate, and deploy — but only when you want it
  • Senior oversight on security, architecture, and outcomes

Build-Your-Own Enablement

We stand up a private, secure environment and the governance around it so your own team can build its own tools, apps, and AI agents — cost-effectively, with oversight. Enablement instead of tolls on every build.

Microsoft & AWS Cloud Architecture

Matthew Langwell leads Microsoft (Azure, Power Platform, Dataverse, Dynamics, security); Jeremy Villa leads AWS (cloud infrastructure, DevOps, AI infrastructure, cloud governance). The right cloud for the job, architected securely.

Fractional CTO

Senior technology leadership on a part-time basis. We own your technology and automation strategy, set architecture and security standards, decide what to automate first, lead delivery, and keep vendors and tools accountable — executive-level direction for a fraction of a full-time hire.

Live Value-Stream Mapping & Discovery

We map your value stream live, inside your business — following the work as it actually flows from first request to delivery to cash. That surfaces the real bottlenecks draining your time and margin, and we hand you a prioritized plan for automating them. A concrete deliverable you keep, and the lowest-risk way to start.

Fixed-Fee Implementation Projects

Scoped builds with defined outcomes — a dispatch automation, a compliance tracker, a quote-to-invoice flow, a reporting dashboard. Clear scope, clear price, clear acceptance criteria, fully documented for handoff.

Monthly Automation Retainer

Ongoing capacity for continuous improvement: new automations, enhancements, monitoring, and user support. This turns a one-time project into a durable partnership.

Support, Security & Governance

Operational ownership of what we build: monitoring, access reviews, environment and data-loss-prevention governance, and change management. The layer most developers ignore and conservative buyers value most.

Enterprise Architecture Engagements

Power Platform governance, Dataverse data modeling, Azure integration architecture, identity and security design, and app rationalization for Microsoft-centric organizations.

Marketing & SEO Automation

We automate the demand side too: email campaigns, social scheduling, and on-page SEO managed from one secure command center, with AI-assisted copywriting kept in your brand voice. The same governance and ownership principles apply — your data, your platform.

How we start

We map your value stream live — then show you the bottlenecks.

  • Follow the work in real time, from first request to paid invoice
  • Pinpoint the bottlenecks, handoffs, and rework eating your margin
  • Quantify the time and money each one costs you
  • Leave you with a prioritized plan to automate them
Live value-stream mapping

See exactly where the work slows down — as it happens.

Instead of guessing, we get inside your operation and map the value stream live: every step the work passes through, every place it waits, every time data gets re-entered. You see your business the way it actually runs — and we turn that map into a concrete, prioritized plan for automating the bottlenecks that cost you the most.

  • No theory — your real workflow, observed and measured.
  • Bottlenecks ranked by impact, so you fix what matters first.
  • A clear automation plan you own, whether or not we build it.
Example engagements

Productized starting points.

Concrete, easy-to-buy starting points. Scope is tailored and quoted per engagement once we understand your operation.

Live Value-Stream Map

  • Live, on-site value-stream mapping
  • Bottlenecks ranked by time & cost
  • Prioritized automation plan you keep

Outcome: a clear, owned plan.

Field-to-Office Automation

  • Power App for field data capture
  • Flows syncing field → office → accounting
  • Power BI dashboard for owners

Outcome: less re-entry, real-time visibility.

Compliance & Document Workflow

  • Dataverse model for certifications & records
  • Automated reminders & document generation
  • Role-based, secure, audit-logged access

Outcome: audit-ready compliance.

Automation Partner Retainer

  • Monthly capacity for new automations
  • Monitoring, support & governance
  • Quarterly roadmap reviews

Outcome: continuous improvement.

Enterprise Architecture

  • Power Platform governance & environments
  • Dataverse & Azure integration architecture
  • Identity, security & app rationalization

Outcome: a governed, scalable platform.

Marketing & SEO System

  • Email & social automation command center
  • On-page SEO audits & keyword tracking
  • AI copywriting kept in your brand voice

Outcome: consistent, owned demand generation.

Not sure where to start?

Most engagements begin with a discovery. We’ll recommend the right package once we understand your operation.

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Security & governance

We sell security as a feature — not hide it as a cost.

  • Entra ID with MFA, conditional access & least privilege
  • Data classification, encryption & Dataverse security roles
  • Power Platform DLP & managed environment governance
  • Audit logging, monitoring & reversible deployments via GitHub
  • AI on a leash: scoped access with human-in-the-loop
How we deliver

Identity-first, data-centric, low-code by default.

Every solution starts from secure identity and a governed system of record. We build low-code with the Power Platform where it fits, and reach for Azure when scale, integration, or complexity demand it — all delivered through disciplined, version-controlled releases.

  • Dev, test, and production environments kept separate.
  • Dataverse as the governed system of record wherever practical.
  • Everything documented — you understand and own what we build.

Let’s map your operation.

Tell us where the manual work and disconnected systems are. We’ll show you what’s worth automating first.

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