Fortium, a Plano-based provider of fractional, interim, and project-based CIO, CTO, and CISO leadership, has been acquired by New Jersey’s ZRG, a global talent advisory firm.
Burke Autrey, founder and CEO of Fortium, will join ZRG as president of Fortium Partners, a ZRG company, along with Richard Harris, Stephen Lavin, Greg Pascuzzi, Helmut Oehring, and Brad Wheeler.
“Technology leadership is a business capability decision, not a hiring event—and how you deliver it is inseparable from the culture behind it,” Autrey said in a statement. ”Fortium was built on both: the conviction that companies need executive technology leadership with the credibility to lead at the C-suite and the continuity to last through every transition, and a working style built around people who operate closely with clients, execute without unnecessary complexity, and earn trust over time.”
“That is exactly what we found in ZRG,” Autrey added.
Founded in 2014, Fortium serves public, private, and private equity-owned organizations in more than 90 industries, operating in regional hubs across North America. The firm has built a highly curated network of more than 180 Fortium Partners, connecting clients to experienced technology operators through interim, fractional, and project-based engagements.
Fortium gives mid-market companies access to seasoned executives who can scale businesses, modernize operations, strengthen cybersecurity, and support leadership teams through critical technology decisions. Its client base includes more than 400 organizations across the U.S., Canada, and internationally, including Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms managing over $1 trillion in assets.
“This combination works because the culture matches, and culture is what shapes how we serve clients and how that trust holds when it matters most,” Autrey said.
CIO, CTO, and CISO leadership on demand
Adding a dedicated technology leadership offering to ZRG’s Interim Solutions & Project Consulting business, Fortium’s acquisition brings a leading player in the interim technology market into the platform and gives clients access to proven CIO, CTO, and CISO leadership on demand, ZRG said. Experienced operators work directly with the business to close both the technology leadership credibility gap and the technology leadership continuity gap without the risk of a full-time hire, a single-person dependency, or a six-month search.
“Companies are making more nuanced decisions about leadership than they did even a few years ago, particularly in technology,” said Mark Viner, leader of Interim Solutions & Project Consulting at ZRG. “Fortium has built a leading position in interim and fractional technology leadership, bringing experienced operators into the business in a way that is aligned to the actual need, not a default org chart.”
Fortium will integrate into ZRG’s Interim Solutions & Project Consulting business immediately, concentrating on continuity for clients and expanding access to ZRG’s broader data-driven platform and global advisory capabilities.
“Fortium adds a focused capability in an important functional area for our clients,” said ZRG CEO Larry Hartmann. “It strengthens one part of our business, but the value doesn’t stop there. This creates meaningful opportunity to collaborate across the firm and to deliver more complete solutions when technology leadership is part of the answer.”
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