Fractional IT for the mid-market

Your infrastructure shouldn't cost more than it's worth. Alidade Systems provides right-sized IT leadership for mid-market manufacturers — the strategic thinking of a CIO, without the overhead of one.

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Based
Los Angeles
Focus
Mid-market manufacturing
Engagement
Phased retainer

What We Do

A practical set of services, delivered by one accountable person.

  • 01

    Fractional IT Director

    Strategic oversight, vendor management, and technology roadmapping — without the full-time cost.

  • 02

    Microsoft 365 Management

    Tenant administration, Entra ID, Teams Phone, security, and license right-sizing across your organization.

  • 03

    Infrastructure & Networking

    UniFi ecosystem deployment — network, WiFi, access control, and cameras across single or multi-site environments.

  • 04

    Vendor Transition & MSP Offboarding

    Clean, documented handoffs from existing providers. Credentials, systems, and services — accounted for.

  • 05

    Access Control & Physical Security

    Cloud-managed door access, credentialing, and camera systems — compliant with food manufacturing requirements.

  • 06

    Helpdesk & Ongoing Support

    Direct access, human response. No ticket queues, no call centers. You reach a person who knows your environment.

Who We Serve

Mid-market manufacturers in the Los Angeles basin.

Typically $20M–$100M in revenue, 25–150 employees, operating across one or two facilities. Often running inherited infrastructure and overpaying a generalist MSP for services that don't fit.

We meet you where you are — quietly cleaning up the parts that don't work, documenting the parts that do, and giving you a single point of accountability for the whole stack.

  • Food Manufacturing
  • Multi-Site Operations
  • SQF / GFSI Compliance
  • SYSPRO / ERP Environments
  • Microsoft 365
  • 25–150 Employees

Engagement Model

A phased retainer that matches the work, then steps down.

Phase Scope Structure
Discovery
Full infrastructure audit, vendor documentation, and a scoped proposal. No ongoing commitment.
Fixed fee
Months 1–6
Active transition — vendor offboarding, infrastructure right-sizing, access control, VoIP migration, full documentation.
Active retainer
Month 7+
Steady state — monitoring, M365 management, helpdesk, vendor coordination, quarterly strategic review.
Steady-state retainer
Overage
Project work, major deployments, or additional scope billed transparently.
Hourly

Pricing is scoped per engagement after discovery. Every engagement includes a monthly summary of hours and activity, a 90-day mutual notice clause, and no long-term lock-in.

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Why Alidade

Five things you can count on.

  1. You're not a ticket. Direct access to a person who knows your environment, your team, and your priorities.

  2. Right-sized, not oversold. We recommend what fits your operation — not what generates the most recurring revenue.

  3. Manufacturing fluent. We understand food manufacturing environments, compliance requirements, and operational constraints.

  4. Transparent billing. Phased retainer structure with a clear transition from active engagement to steady state. No billing surprises.

  5. Built to move with you. Cloud-managed, portable infrastructure — designed for organizations that may grow, relocate, or evolve.

An alidade is the instrument that gives you an accurate bearing — a fixed reference point from which everything else is measured. That's what we do for your IT infrastructure.

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Start with a discovery. No commitment.

A two-week scoped audit gets you a clear picture of what you have, what you're paying for, and what's worth changing. Whether or not we keep working together after that is up to you.