Technology decisions you can stand behind.
Verity Signal Group brings senior executive judgment on IT strategy, vendors, security, and AI to growing organizations, without the cost of full-time leadership.
Most organizations don't have an IT problem. They have a decision problem.
Systems get added one urgent need at a time. Contracts renew on their own. Manual processes abound, with institutional knowledge resting on only a few individuals. Verity Signal Group helps you see the whole picture, decide what matters, and act at a pace your budget and leadership can support.
Fixed fees, scoped in writing
You know the cost before work begins. Scope limits are explicit, and hours are reported openly.
Vendor-neutral advice
When providers are evaluated, recommendations rest on your requirements alone.
Built for lean teams
Plans respect your budget cycle, your approval process, and the staff time you actually have.
Who I work with
Nonprofits
Stretch limited budgets, meet funder and compliance expectations, and protect donor and client data.
Small and mid-sized businesses
Get technology that supports growth instead of slowing it, with costs and vendors you understand.
Startups
Build an IT and security foundation that scales, before customers and investors start asking.
Private equity
Give portfolio companies senior IT leadership and a clear view of technology risk and spend.
Four ways to bring senior IT judgment in.
IT management consulting
Get control of how technology runs day to day: vendors, budgets, security, support, and the decisions around them.
For organizations where IT grew piece by piece and nobody owns the whole picture.
Explore IT management consultingFractional CIO
Ongoing senior IT leadership, part time. Strategy, roadmap, budget, security, vendor management, and executive reporting.
For teams that need a CIO's judgment without adding a CIO's salary.
Explore fractional CIODigital change
Modernize systems and workflows in defined stages, so your team spends less effort on overhead and more on the work that matters.
For organizations running on workarounds, spreadsheets, and aging tools.
Explore digital changeAI implementation and governance
Adopt AI where it genuinely helps, with the policies and staff guidance to use it responsibly and effectively.
For organizations seeking to get more out of AI while keeping a focus on human connection, agency, and value.
Explore AI implementation and governance
Every engagement begins with a complimentary discovery.
A no-obligation look at your current IT environment. A mutual NDA is signed before any materials change hands.
Gather what you have
Pull together contracts, costs, accounts, and systems using a plain-language checklist. Gaps are fine. A missing contract is itself a finding.
2–4 hours of your timeDiscovery session
We walk through what you found, how IT support works today, and what worries you most.
60–90 minutes, within a weekAnalysis
I build a documented baseline of your environment, spending, and risks.
Written summary within two weeksFindings review
We go through the results together and agree on what to do next.
45–60 minutes
What you receive: a scoping summary
Yours to keep and act on, whether or not we work together afterward.
- Current-state inventory and spend summarySpending normalized per user, per month, so future quotes compare fairly.
- Risk and gap findingsIncluding orphaned admin access, backup gaps, and contract terms that could bite.
- Requirements profileThe raw material for any future request for proposals.
- Recommended next stepsWhat your team can do internally, and where outside help is warranted.
Bob Doerksen
Founder, Verity Signal Group
I work with leaders who need senior technology judgment, explained plainly and sized to the organization.
With over 28 years of experience in technology, including 7+ years in executive leadership, I have worked within multiple industries and led extensive digital change initiatives impacting the entire company, while aligning to the available budget and improving IT employee agency and morale.
Verity Signal Group exists to support organizations with an empathetic, structured, and human-centered mindset in an industry that, while rife with change, can feel overwhelming and impersonal.
My leadership is rooted in more than just efficiency, outcomes, and return on investment. It is built upon empathy and innovation, in equal measure.
- Based in
- Grand Rapids, Michigan area
- Works with
- Nonprofits, small and mid-sized businesses, startups, and private equity
- Engagements
- Fixed-fee, starting with a complimentary discovery
Start with a clear picture of where you stand.
The discovery is complimentary and carries no obligation. You come away with a documented baseline either way.