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CIO-as-a-Service Readiness Quiz
Assess your company’s technology maturity in 2 minutes.
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CIO-as-a-Service
Question 1 of 6
Do you currently budget at least $5,000 per month for systems, integrations, or data infrastructure?
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No dedicated budget
More than $5,000 dedicated
CIO-as-a-Service
Question 2 of 6
How often does your leadership team rely on or plan to use data beyond P&L (e.g., LTV, CAC, AR aging trends) for decision-making?
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Rarely Data-Driven
Data is Central to Decisions
CIO-as-a-Service
Question 3 of 6
How comfortable is your team with discussing or implementing technologies such as APIs, automations, dashboards, or data analytics tools (SQL, Python, BI)?
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Not Confident
Highly Confident
CIO-as-a-Service
Question 4 of 6
What percentage of your back-office workflows (approvals, notifications, reports) are or should be automated?
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Needs to be manual
Needs to be automated
CIO-as-a-Service
Question 5 of 6
Are you actively exploring AI-based solutions or roadmaps to reduce costs, improve efficiency, or reshape customer experiences within the next 12 months?
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No AI Plans
Using or looking for AI solutions
CIO-as-a-Service
Question 6 of 6
How open are you to working with an external CIO partner to guide your technology and automation strategy?
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No Interest
High Interest
CIO-as-a-Service
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QuickBooks Online is the Foundation. SEAD Unlocks Enterprise Scalability Through Partnership.

You’ve made the right choice with QuickBooks Online “QBO”. As your business grows, SEAD’s CIOaaS model amplifies QBO with automation, advanced reporting, and strategic insights. With SEAD, QuickBooks Online performs at the level of enterprise systems like NetSuite, Sage, or SAP, delivering the same scalability and control without added cost, complexity, or disruption.

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Partnership + Integration

More than Integration. A Partnership That Prepares Enterprises for Scale.

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Single Portal of Truth

With SEAD, every department gets permissioned access to the exact data they need, when they need it. Eliminate silos and duplicate work with a single portal that lets your team take action across sales, finance, and operational systems, including QuickBooks Online and everything connected to it.

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Basic Integration and Beyond!

SEAD does not stop at off-the-shelf connections. We tailor workflows, dashboards, and alerting to your specific business processes. Whether no matter the vertical market, our team builds custom integrations into your unique CRM, SCM, HRIS, and any other operational tool so long as the data can be accessed via an API, database connection, or SFTP. QuickBooks becomes the foundation for a fully integrated business system.

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Strategic Guidance Without the Overhead

We do not just build. SEAD advises. From understanding when to migrate ERPs to knowing when to automate or when to rely on human intervention, we offer best practices that balance technology automation with team insights (manual intervention and oversight). Our fractional leadership model brings CIO-level thinking to help you scale with intention.

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Customized for Growth, Backed by Real People

Your workflows, customer segments, and reporting needs are not cookie cutter. SEAD’s partnership model adapts to your reality, backed by experts across 20+ industries who understand nuance, growth, and execution.

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Unlimited Users & Reporting. No Surprise Costs.

Unlike traditional SaaS that penalizes scale, SEAD gives you freedom. Add as many users, reports, and records as you need without hidden charges. Our pricing is aligned with your business growth and is custom tailored with each partner.

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Partnership + Integration

More than Integration. A Partnership That Prepares Enterprises for Scale.

01

Single Portal of Truth

With SEAD, every department gets permissioned access to the exact data they need, when they need it. Eliminate silos and duplicate work with a single portal that lets your team take action across sales, finance, and operational systems, including QuickBooks Online and everything connected to it.

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02

Basic Integration and Beyond!

SEAD does not stop at off-the-shelf connections. We tailor workflows, dashboards, and alerting to your specific business processes. Whether no matter the vertical market, our team builds custom integrations into your unique CRM, SCM, HRIS, and any other operational tool so long as the data can be accessed via an API, database connection, or SFTP. QuickBooks becomes the foundation for a fully integrated business system.

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03

Strategic Guidance Without the Overhead

We do not just build. SEAD advises. From understanding when to migrate ERPs to knowing when to automate or when to rely on human intervention, we offer best practices that balance technology automation with team insights (manual intervention and oversight). Our fractional leadership model brings CIO-level thinking to help you scale with intention.

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04

Customized for Growth, Backed by Real People

Your workflows, customer segments, and reporting needs are not cookie cutter. SEAD’s partnership model adapts to your reality, backed by experts across 20+ industries who understand nuance, growth, and execution.

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05

Unlimited Users & Reporting. No Surprise Costs.

Unlike traditional SaaS that penalizes scale, SEAD gives you freedom. Add as many users, reports, and records as you need without hidden charges. Our pricing is aligned with your business growth and is custom tailored with each partner.

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QBO Has Limits. SEAD’s CIOaaS Lifts Them to New Enterprise-Level Heights.

We understand the limits of QuickBooks Online. With our CIOaaS model, we lift it to the level of platforms like NetSuite, Sage, and SAP without the complexity. Here’s how we do it:

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The Single-Click SaaS Dream vs The Real CIOaaS Solution

Traditional SaaS vendors promise simplicity: a quick dashboard, a plug-and-play integration,a magic button. But that dream rarely delivers. SEAD is not in the market of selling dreams.We build partnerships and solutions that grow alongside you.

Take the Compatibility Quiz
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Traditional SaaS
SEAD’s ClOaaS Solution
Setup
One-Click illusion
White-Glove Implementation
Customization
Template-based
Initial One-Click Integration for stock speed with Customized Workflows, Dashboard Development, and Enterprise Solution Building
Support
Chatbot of Forums
Personal Experts
Strategy
None
Fractional CIO guidance with Hedge-Fund Services Level Technical Expertise
Outcome
Dashboards with gaps
Enhanced Technology that scales

From App Store to Action

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Day 1
SEAD robot shaking Quickbooks Robot (Representing Integration of Systems)
Week 1 - 2
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Week 3 - 4
Business Owner looking at a dashboard
Ongoing
Business Owner talking to SEAD employee and SEAD robot thorugh his computer
Ongoing
Business Owner sees updates he is discussing and is happy
Day 1
SEAD robot shaking Quickbooks Robot (Representing Integration of Systems)
Week 1 - 2
SEAD professional working with SEAD robot making a dashboard
Week 3 - 4
Business Owner looking at a dashboard
Ongoing
Business Owner talking to SEAD employee and SEAD robot thorugh his computer
Ongoing
Business Owner sees updates he is discussing and is happy
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We Understand Business. We Build Tech.

Every SEAD team member has real-world experience in full-stack development and finance or economics. That means you get strategic conversations, not technical noise, while also receiving real solutions, not theoretical recommendations.

Our Focus is Impact

We’re in High Demand.

Due to the depth of our engagements, we’re selective about new partnerships. If your business is ready to scale and you're looking for more than a cookie-cutter integration, we’d like to engage and see if there is a partnership opportunity.