Consulting Services
Restaurant technology consulting for system selection, implementation, and maintenance.
Whether it's vendor evaluation, system implementations or fine-tuning and maintaining your existing system, we have you covered. Reach out to us to learn more.
Your Restaurant's Trusted Fractional CTO
Restaurants should think twice before hiring a full-time Chief Technology Officer (CTO). A fractional CTO like Fresh Data Services offers the business cost-effectiveness, flexibility, specialized expertise, access to a wider network, and an objective perspective on technology services.
These factors make it a compelling choice for restaurant chains looking to enhance their technology capabilities without committing to a full-time CTO position.
Specialized Expertise
Objective Perspective
Cost-Effective
Flexible Scalability
Wide Professional Network
IT Staff Augmentation
Vendor Evaluation & Selection
We will help you evaluate the right vendors and technology packages for your restaurants. This includes organization fit, potential return on investment, resource constraints and gaps, and ongoing cost of ownership. We will check vendor references and research previous work.
Evaluation of vendors and technology packages
Determine organizational fit
Determine return on investment
Evaluate internal and external resource constraints
Determine ongoing cost of ownership
Check professional references and research success and failures
Technology Implementations
Fresh Data Services will oversee your project management and milestones, and ensure proper integration and configuration. We will roll-out your system with the proper end user training, as well as set up your system performance reports to measure success.
Oversee project management and milestones
Connect critical data integrations
System set-up configuration
System roll-outs across all locations
Conduct user training sessions
Set up performance metrics
Custom reports and delivery
System Maintenance & Upgrades
Leave the fine-tuning and system maintenance to us. Fresh Data Services handles your restaurant management software system upgrades, technology playbooks and documentation, and provide knowledge transfer services when you need us to step away.
Fine-tune system settings
System upgrades, when required
Create system playbooks
Create user documentation library
Provide knowledge transfer
A New York City celebrity chef group:
"They helped us streamline operations and clean up the POS system. We also revamped our cocktail program with their help in creating and costing recipes."
Why Retain a Fractional CTO for Your Restaurants?
Specialized Expertise
Fractional CTOs often bring specialized expertise and industry knowledge to the table.
For a restaurant chain, having access to a fractional CTO with experience in the food service industry can be invaluable.
They understand the unique challenges and opportunities in the sector, enabling them to provide tailored guidance and implement technology solutions that are specifically designed for the restaurant business.
Objective Perspective
By hiring a fractional CTO, the restaurant chain can benefit from an external, unbiased perspective on their technology strategy.
Fractional CTOs bring fresh insights and ideas based on their diverse experiences across various organizations.
They can evaluate the restaurant's existing technology infrastructure, identify areas for improvement, and provide unbiased recommendations without being influenced by internal dynamics or biases.
Cost-Effectiveness
Hiring a full-time CTO can be a significant financial commitment, especially for smaller restaurant chains.
By opting for a fractional CTO, the organization can access the expertise and guidance of a seasoned technology leader at a fraction of the cost. Unlike a full-time employee requiring PTO and healthcare insurance benefits, fractional CTOs are W9 contractors.
This cost-effectiveness is particularly advantageous when the business does not require a CTO's presence on a daily basis.
Flexible Scalability
A fractional CTO offers flexibility, allowing the restaurant chain to scale their technology needs as the business grows.
As the restaurant expands its locations or technology requirements evolve, a fractional CTO can adjust their involvement accordingly.
This scalability allows the organization augment their IT staffing requirements and to align their technology strategy with their business goals without being constrained by a full-time CTO's fixed capacity.