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Co managed IT · IT strategy · Virtual CIO / CTO · TAM & QBRs

Board to desk IT governance your team can actually run

Align strategy, budget, and day to day operations in one cadence so leadership, procurement, and the service desk work from the same facts.

This is a fit if…

  • You want a single line from board priorities to budget, roadmap, and what the service desk sees in HaloPSA, not a strategy deck that never touches incidents or open risks.
  • You need QBRs and steering rhythm with pre reads, action owners, and dates executives can sign, not recycled slides and a “we will circle back” list.
  • You may keep an internal team and need co managed IT: shared queue, clear RACI, and one escalation path so users do not choose between “our IT” and “Trucell.”
  • You are willing to use virtual CIO, CTO, or IT manager depth from us when the scope needs it, with that depth tied to the same run state as IT support, security, cloud, and procurement, not a strategy pod that never reads a ticket.

A one off workshop with no run state, or a pure “hire a part time CIO” with no Trucell delivery relationship. If you only need the helpdesk, start from IT support. If the gap is only capital and SKUs, start from hardware procurement. This service is the governance layer on top of how you already operate with us or plan to.

Why procurement and boards can test the story

Strategic work only holds up when it matches how we run accounts. Across 10,000+ managed endpoints, we align ITSM, reviews, and the same About page assurance signals as the rest of Trucell’s managed services.

  • TAM, QBR, and service reality

    The account rhythm ( service desk , SLAs, improvements) and the strategy rhythm are meant to use the same facts, not two different truths. How we work: About .

  • Quality and service management

    Trucell operates under a certified integrated management system; IT service management expectations (ISO/IEC 20000 style) shape reviews and follow through, not a slide someone edits the night before a board pack. See governance .

  • Sectors and scrutiny

    We already support organisations where strategy has to be defensible: healthcare , government & public sector , resources, education, and more. Your TAM and reviews should sound like that world.

Before and after Trucell

A quick scan of how operations and accountability change when one team owns the thread from stack to reporting.

Before Trucell

  • Repeated outages
  • Unclear ownership
  • Reactive support
  • Inconsistent reporting
  • Fragmented vendors
  • Overloaded internal teams

After Trucell

  • Root cause ownership
  • Clearer governance
  • Stronger security
  • Accountable support
  • Better procurement control
  • Improved visibility for leadership

Google reviews

Managed IT in clients’ own words

Reviews from Google that mention managed IT themes we deliver: networks, monitoring, and ongoing support.

4.9 out of 5 · 68 reviews on Google

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  • Lionel Coevoet Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    Trucell IT Expert in Parramatta delivered outstanding service. Their team was professional, efficient, and genuinely cared about solving our issues rather than just ticking boxes. They handled our network setup and ongoing support with clarity and follow-through: no tech jargon, no runaround. As a result, we feel confident our IT environment is solid and future-proof. Highly recommend for businesses looking for reliable local IT expertise.
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  • Kim Griffiths Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    Jan Paulo was very helpful in fixing my wifi and log in today
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  • Patrick Hamilton Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    Trucell made it easy to get the internet I needed and then on top of that saw I needed a server and made it all happen with competitive pricing and great service. Now they monitor our it stuff and they are on to the problems before we even know about it. Great to have these guys part of our team.
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  • Elizabeth Lazarus Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    Restores my internet after a power failure when no one else could help me
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  • Auburn Radiology Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    We have been using Trucell for the past few years. They have helped us move away from an MPLS Network, migrate from Intelerad Servers, Migrate from OCCAM to Kestral and implement My Health Record and My Film Bag. We have had ZERO outages. Thank you Jason and your team at Trucell.
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  • Chris Williams Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    SME guru’s with all things tech / network / digital and very practical with getting the right solutions implemented. Trucell are lifting our radio station to new levels of tech efficiency and listener / sponsor / supporter engagement. Highly recommended
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  • Harry B Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    We have been using Trucell from past 4 years and Jason and his Team have been exceptional all the time. I will highly recommend Trucell to all of my Business Network, Friends and Family.
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  • Production Account Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    We are a window and door company and my IT knowledge is very limited, unlike most IT companies I am often made to feel like I don't comprehend what service they are providing, with Trucell I'm confident in the information provided and how its presented. I'm always provided multiple options and given their professional opinion on each and how to tailor them to our company. For us our phone system required an update as well as moving to a cloud based server. We were provided with multiple options and a detailed report on what would benefit us most from an IT point of View. Support is second to none and the team is fantastic, Brock and Mil are on the phone immediately and the support is normally instant unlike previous companies where I'm forced to wait for hours to get support.
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  • Roy Kowarski Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    Working with Jason and his team is nothing short of sensational. The base requirements with ones IT company is resolving problems. With Trucell, they go way beyond that.....they are responsive, proactive, accessible and go to the nth degree to resolve IT problems For my business with multiple users, I know that help is only 1 email or call away. Whenever I have had IT problems, I feel safe and comfortable in the hands of Team Trucell I couldn't recommend Trucell highly enough
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  • PAR ENGINEERING Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    Website was hacked by a website designer who left it open. Trucell helped to restore the site and reverse all the malware contained in the site after two web developred failed to do so. Highly recommend Trucell services.
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  • Charlene Chan Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    Trucell Jan Paulo is so professional and patient!
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  • Leon Chen Google

    5 out of 5 stars

    Thank you, Jan Paulo, for setting up my new laptop and arranging all the necessary access promptly. Your professionalism and efficiency are greatly appreciated.
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Where IT strategy still goes wrong

Most organisations have plenty of tools. What they miss is one clear line from leadership through projects to run state. The board asks whether IT is under control, and nobody can point to what actually changed.

  • Roadmaps that never hit the budget cycle: projects start with no funded path and no named owner after go live.
  • Reviews that recycle the same slides: no risk register, no action log, the same "strategic initiatives" every quarter.
  • Vendors drive the story. Your architecture and backup assumptions sit in proposals, not in runbooks people use.
  • Projects judged only at handover while support inherits the mess with no extra capacity.

Strategy ought to mean fewer surprises in service reviews, not a folder of PDFs from a workshop nobody reopened.

What we deliver

Strategic managed service keeps IT tied to what the business needs, not an annual slide deck, including co managed IT where your team stays in the lead and Trucell provides augmentation, tooling alignment, and governance. You get steady operations, a named account rhythm, reviews that executives can use, and optional virtual CIO or CTO depth when the scope calls for it.

  • Technical Account Manager bridge

    One escalation point between Trucell delivery and your leadership: service desk , SLAs, and priorities that match what the business needs. Reporting stays in the same format month to month so trends are easy to spot.

  • Quarterly reviews for decisions, not slides

    Formal QBRs covering service delivery, roadmap, budget, and upcoming projects. You get materials ahead of time. The meeting is for decisions, risk, and actions with owners, not reading decks aloud.

  • Virtual CIO, CTO, or IT Manager depth

    Optional layers: IT strategy and spend, architecture and technical roadmaps, or day to day IT leadership. Depth follows the engagement, and it always connects to managed IT and change control.

  • Co managed IT: shared PSA and clear hand offs

    If you keep an internal team, we run co managed IT with shared ticketing and escalation paths: L1/L2 can stay with you, deeper engineering and projects stay with us, without two queues that never meet.

  • Microsoft and identity in the same story

    Microsoft 365 , Entra ID, and collaboration changes ship with communication to stakeholders, not surprise Friday cutovers.

What that alignment is meant to feel like

These are the outcomes organisations are chasing when they ask for IT strategy or a virtual CIO or CTO, not another document, but fewer surprises and clearer trade offs tied to how you operate.

  • Reach your goals faster

    Priorities, funding, and delivery line up: the roadmap matches what leadership committed to, and projects hand over to run state with owners and capacity, not a backlog that restarts every quarter.

  • Strategic planning and budgeting in one rhythm

    QBRs and steering inputs sit on the same calendar as spend decisions. You see what moves, what waits, and what leaves the plan, with actions and dates, not recycled slides.

  • Happier, more productive teams

    Co managed or fully outsourced, you get one escalation path and change that lands with support and communications, not Friday cutovers that bury the service desk.

  • Trust that lasts with clients and auditors

    Predictable delivery and straight reporting help you stand behind commitments to customers and regulators: fewer heroic fixes, more evidence that IT is under control when leadership is asked.

Why Trucell

Australian MSP delivery with an integrated management system and IT service management practice behind the work. What we say in reviews is how we run the account, not a scramble the week before a QBR.

  • Assurance backed cadence

    Trucell runs the Trucell Managed Services Platform under an integrated management system. Quality, security, privacy, continuity, and ISO/IEC 20000 style IT service expectations shape how we run reviews, SLAs, and improvement work, not one off checkbox exercises.

  • Same tooling as the rest of your managed IT estate

    ITIL style service management in HaloPSA; NinjaOne for endpoints; the same thread into managed security and cloud so "strategy" is not floating above the tickets users file.

RFP score lines and panel questions: what buyers ask, and what we show

CIO, TAM, and virtual leadership panels often ask for evidence of cadence, not logos. The cards are plain language answers; deeper diligence follows in your process.

  • Proven governance and account rhythm

    What to ask: how will we see monthly and quarterly discipline, and who is accountable? How we answer: TAM, defined QBR and reporting format, and improvement work tied to the same management system we describe on About , not an ad hoc calendar.

  • Risk, security, and the board pack

    What to ask: how does IT strategy line up to cyber and E8 , and to incidents on the record? How we answer: the same run state that feeds managed security and the desk, referenced in review materials where your sector expects it.

  • Time and executive access

    What to ask: who attends steering, in what time zones, and what do we get between QBRs? How we answer: we document the cadence in the engagement; depth scales with scope. We do not promise a named C level on every call unless the contract says so, we are explicit about the model.

  • Co managed and cultural fit

    What to ask: how do you work alongside our internal IT without two queues? How we answer: written RACI, shared PSA patterns, and escalation that your users experience as one service story, described in the proposal and revisited in QBRs.

  • References and sector fit

    What to ask: can we talk to a reference in our industry? How we answer: we align references to sector and size where we can. Public pages do not list every account; the next step is a fit conversation, then sector appropriate diligence.

  • Handover to run state and projects

    What to ask: when a roadmap item becomes a project, who owns handover to operations ? How we answer: projects are scoped with the same service and change story as the rest of Trucell, not a project team that vanishes at go live.

If this is your bar, book a fit call before your next review cycle

In 20 minutes, we map your current model, decision owners, and what your next QBR must show. You leave with a practical next step plan for cadence, TAM scope, and optional vCIO or CTO depth.

No obligation. Bring your current review pack, open risks, or panel criteria and we will map a practical next step.

Diligence: three questions that cut through slide theatre

Use these in a shortlist or panel clarifications. They separate a vendor with a process from a deck and a hope.

  • Decisions with names

    Every priority on the roadmap should have an owner, a budget line, and a review date, not a parking lot of "we should."

  • Co managed clarity

    Written RACI for what stays in house versus what Trucell runs, so users still see one service story.

A strategy cadence you can govern, not a one off workshop

We start from a clear picture of today, then build a cadence you can defend inside your organisation: priorities, exceptions, and reprioritisation on a schedule executives can rely on.

  1. Discover & align

    Stakeholders, who decides what, and what "good" means in your sector, mapped against current support , projects, and risk appetite before we swap vendors or pile on new initiatives.

  2. Set cadence & reporting

    Monthly and quarterly rhythms, a stable executive summary format, and QBR pre reads. Each cycle covers the same buckets: highlights, lowlights, forward focus, and owned actions.

  3. Execute projects with run state

    Roadmaps and change windows that respect network , identity , and security . Handover includes operations, not a binder that sits on a shelf.

  4. Review & reprioritise

    QBRs and steering input that close the loop on open risks, budget, vendor performance, and what leaves the roadmap when something else wins. That feeds the next cycle.

Strategic IT: when it works and when it does not

We want decisions your leadership can defend: named owners, straight reporting, and fewer "surprise" initiatives.

When it is working

  • IT priorities and business priorities sit in one place. Budget, roadmap, and risk registers match.
  • Reviews end with action items, owners, and dates, not a photo of a whiteboard nobody typed up.
  • Change and projects point to the same architecture story the QBR shows executives.

When it is not working

  • "Strategy" lives in a document the service desk never saw. Every outage becomes a new exception.
  • Quarterly meetings repeat vendor roadmaps while technical debt stacks up inside the building.
  • Nobody remembers what got decided last quarter because nothing landed in writing with owners.

Avoid another quarter of slide only strategy

Share your current model (in house, co managed, or outsourced), your biggest review pain point, and one panel or RFP criterion you must meet. We reply with a concrete recommendation for cadence, ownership, and first 90 day priorities. No obligation, just a clear next step you can act on.

No obligation fit call. Bring your current review pack or RFP criteria and we will map a practical next step.

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