I'm Lee Hutchinson. For 25+ years I've built and run IT support and systems organizations — from three-person help desks to 53-person global teams. Spica brings that leadership to you, on a fractional or project basis.
Spica is a binary star — two stars orbiting so closely together that, from Earth, they appear as a single point of light. It's the model this practice is built on: your team's institutional knowledge, paired tightly with proven IT leadership, working as one steady system rather than two separate efforts.
I've spent 20+ years leading IT support and systems teams through growth, turnarounds, and everything in between — leading teams from 2 to 55, and everywhere along that curve. Spica is how I bring that experience to organizations that need strong IT leadership now, without a long search or a permanent hire.
The brightest star in Virgo is actually two — a primary and companion star locked in close orbit, completing a full cycle every four days.
From a short diagnostic to sitting in as your interim IT leader, engagements are scoped to the problem — not a fixed retainer.
CIO/Director-level leadership on demand — covering a gap, steering a transition, or providing steady hands during a search.
Aligning technology investment, staffing, and tooling decisions with where the business is actually headed.
Structuring, hiring for, and scaling support and systems teams — with firsthand experience from 3 people to 53.
Practical upgrades to infrastructure, tooling, and process that reduce friction without a rip-and-replace project.
Contract review, cost optimization, and compliance posture work — SOC 2, ISO 27001, and similar frameworks.
A focused, time-boxed assessment that pinpoints operational risk and hands you a prioritized list of fixes.
We talk through what's going on, what "good" looks like, and whether I'm the right fit — no obligation either way.
You get a clear engagement shape: fractional leadership, a fixed-scope project, or a diagnostic — priced and timed to match.
I work the way your team works — in your tools, your meetings, and your on-call rotation if that's what the job needs.
Every engagement ends with documentation and a team that's stronger than when I started — not a dependency on me.
Tell me a bit about your team and what's on your plate. I read every submission personally and reply within a couple of days.