Independent Virtual CTO advisory for leadership teams who need to make big calls with a clear head.
DoubleChecked was built to close the gap between hard tech choices and the senior team that has to make them. Tech should help your firm grow, not keep you up at night.
You deal with Justin direct.
No account managers. No junior staff. The person you hire is the one doing the work.
We have no stake in what you buy.
No vendor kickbacks. No software cuts. Our only stake is the right answer for you.
Month-to-month. Always.
After the check up, all of our work is month-to-month. You keep us because the work is worth it, not because a deal forces you.
Justin Kane
I started in the trenches. For nearly two decades, I ran tech, security, and ops for firms that grew fast and broke a lot. I sat in MSP shops. I sat on the client side of the table as a CIO. I watched the same thing play out, year after year. The owner does not know what good looks like, the IT vendor knows the owner does not know, and the bills go up.
The moment that hit me hardest was a client who paid $40,000 a year for a backup plan that did not work. No one had checked. The vendor said it was fine. The CEO trusted the vendor. The data was lost. I sat across the table that morning and saw a smart owner who never had a chance, because no one in the room spoke tech for him.
That is the gap DoubleChecked fills. We sit on your side of the table. We have no kickbacks, no licenses to push, no quotas to hit. We tell you what is real and what to do next, in plain words.
Certified EOS Integrator™: If you run on EOS, I plug right in to your weekly beat. If you do not, the same 90-day rhythm still keeps the work honest and the goals clear.
I built this firm so owners could get a real CTO in their corner without the $300K hire. That is the whole pitch. The work has earned a few nods I am proud of, like Small Business Leader of the Year and a board seat with the Jacksonville IT Council, but the only thing that matters is the answer you walk away with.
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Situations I walk into
"A CEO who makes every tech call, because no one else can."
A clear list of what needs your call and what you can hand off or set on rails.
"A vendor that was fine at first, then got pricey and slow with no one to ask why."
An outside check, a fresh deal, or a clean move to a better shop.
"A rule or audit blocking a deal or a partner."
A real plan to meet the rule without standing up a full team.
"A firm that has to hire a tech lead and cannot get it wrong."
A CTO-led search that grades each one on real skill, not on a title.
How We're Built
You work direct with Justin. That is on purpose. No account managers. No junior staff. No layers between you and the person doing the work. When you hire DoubleChecked, you get a senior pro who knows your firm, not a churn of new faces on your dime.
When a job calls for deep skill in one spot, Justin pulls in trusted pros he has worked with for years. Past VPs of Engineering. Security pros. Audit pros. You get the right person for the job, with no big firm tax for bodies you do not need.
No long deals. Month-to-month after the check up. The work speaks for itself.
A real engagement
Names left out at client request. Full reference on a discovery call.
PE portfolio company needed CTO leadership in 30 days
After a buyout, the parent firm flagged tech as the top open risk in the portfolio. There was no full-time CTO. The last IT lead had left. The firm needed a senior tech voice in the room in weeks. A new full-time CTO would take six months at best.
We sat in as virtual CTO inside 30 days. We ran a 30-day check up. We built a 12-month plan. We took the MSP off the CEO's desk. We sent the first board-ready report by the end of the quarter.
The firm kept us on a month-to-month basis for the rest of the hold. Tech dropped off the risk list. The full-time CTO they hired later walked into a steady beat.
Recognition & Community
Recognition from peers and institutions Justin has worked alongside.
Ready to stop guessing and lead with a clear head?
Most jobs start with a 30-minute call. No deck. No pressure. Just a real talk about what is going on and whether we are the right fit.