Why Your Business Needs to "Rent" a CTO (Before You Get Hacked)

Are you the "Chief Googler" of your company? In this episode of Reanimated Stories, Roger sits down with Jaime Barraza, founder of Rogue 41, to discuss why growing businesses need technology leadership—without the full-time executive price tag.

Jaime explains the concept of a "Fractional CTO" (renting a Chief Technology Officer) and why most small businesses struggle not with technology itself, but with the strategy behind it. We dive deep into the unsexy work of securing your business, finding bottlenecks using the "Theory of Constraints," and why you should never just blindly feed your financial data into an AI tool.

In this episode, we cover:

What is a Fractional CTO? The difference between a CTO and a CIO, and why you might need to "rent" one.

The "Chief Googler" Problem: Moving from guessing based on YouTube videos to having a 7-point checklist for success.

The Unsexy Work: Why you can't secure your "stuff" if you don't even know what stuff you have.

Theory of Constraints: How to identify the bottleneck in your business before throwing AI at the wrong problem.

AI & Security: The dangers of feeding proprietary data into AI tools without scrubbing it first.

Connect with Jaime:   / jaimebarraza  
Rogue 41 website: https://rogue41.com/


00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
01:15 Jaime's Role as a Fractional CTO
02:03 Understanding the CTO and CIO Roles
04:24 Challenges Faced by Growing Companies
06:03 The Genesis of Rogue 41
09:35 Importance of Strategy and Leadership
12:28 Implementing AI in Business
21:13 Conclusion and Contact Information


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