Architecture & Fractional CTO
Your company in Japan is too small for its own head of IT, head office IT hardly knows Japan, and in between the suppliers often end up deciding. We take on technical leadership for as long as you need it: we plan the architecture, prepare decisions, steer delivery and suppliers and report to your management, in English, German and Japanese. Your management makes the decisions.
One technical point of contact for head office and Japan, a few days a month: roadmap and budget for IT in Japan, decision papers, alignment with head office IT, steering of suppliers and specialists, security and access under control. Every month a report on what was decided, done and is still open.
Typical when the Japan business is growing but a head of IT there doesn't pay off yet.
We map which systems run in Japan and at head office, how data flows and where it gets stuck, and draw the target picture: which system leads, what gets connected and what gets replaced, what data protection (APPI, GDPR) and security require. With sequence, effort and the reasoning behind every decision, ready to be built by us or anyone else.
Typical before a portal, a platform or an ERP connection, or when a separate IT island has grown in Japan over the years.
Before any money is spent: a bilingual requirement with acceptance criteria. We review quotes and code from Japanese suppliers, write clear briefs and take over when a supplier stops. For market entry, the IT checklist from day one: domain, email, accounting, invoicing.
Typical when there is a Japanese quote on the table that nobody at head office can assess.
Fixed-price project
Start with a fixed package: an architecture review with target picture and roadmap, the IT plan for market entry or the review of a quote. You receive a decision paper your head office can decide on, at a fixed price.
Fixed scope, fixed price, acceptance and three months of remedies.
Request an offerOngoing, time and materials
Ongoing technical leadership on time and materials, with a fixed monthly hour cap and a report every month. We work as a service provider from Japan, not as part of your organisation chart.
See ongoing supportIn 15 minutes we work out what you need, which project type fits and what it costs. Free of charge, in English or German, directly with our founder.
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+49 521 9227 8975Opening hours
Mon–Fri 00:00–09:00
UK time (London) · Japan is 9 hours ahead, 8 in British Summer Time
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