70% Cost Reduction on a £5M Technology Budget. 40 Days.

A mid-market business spending £5,000,000 a year on technology. Margins under pressure. The board was asking why. When the full audit began, the answer became clear: £1,200,000 in overlapping SaaS platforms — four CRMs running simultaneously, two marketing platforms doing the same job. £800,000 in external consultants retained to manage platforms the business shouldn't have owned. £600,000 in integration costs solving problems the platforms were supposed to solve natively but didn't. Nobody had reviewed the estate with commercial rigour since the tools were originally purchased.

Full technology estate audit — days 1 through 5. No assumptions, no vendor briefings. Every subscription mapped, every integration documented, every consultant contract examined. Produced a rationalisation plan with immediate actions and a phased execution roadmap. Led phase one execution directly — decommissioning overlapping platforms, terminating consultant contracts, consolidating the integration layer. Engaged as Fractional CTO to provide the senior technical authority the restructure required.

£3,500,000 annualised saving. 70% reduction in total technology spend. Delivered in 40 days. The clean technology estate subsequently supported a successful acquisition process — the acquirer cited technical clarity as a key factor in deal confidence, enabling a £55M transaction.