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Rocco Volpe, CTO Advisory & Technology Transformation Senior Consultant at Grant & Graham
Senior Consultant · United Kingdom · UK & EU

Rocco Volpe.

CTO Advisory & Technology Transformation · Strategic Technology Leader
Technology stabilised. Change that lands.

Senior strategic technology leader with 25+ years stabilising IT services, modernising platforms, and delivering complex digital transformation across professional services, public sector and education. Two-time CTO at Sedulo Accountants and Kings Secure Technologies. Specialist in Azure and M365 modernisation, cyber security uplift, ITIL-aligned service management, data and BI platforms, pragmatic AI enablement, and SaaS product ownership. Particularly effective in interim and fractional leadership roles.

Based In
United Kingdom
Specialism
CTO Advisory · Cloud · Cyber
Available For
UK & EU engagements
25+ Years Strategic technology leadership across IT services, transformation and platform modernisation
CTO Sedulo Accountants and Kings Secure Technologies — twice-CTO operational pedigree
Multi
Sector
Pedigree Professional services, public sector and education — fluent across all three
UK &
EU
Available For Interim, fractional, advisory and transformation engagements
About Rocco

Stabilises technology, modernises platforms, and delivers change that lands.

Rocco Volpe is a senior strategic technology leader with 25+ years of experience stabilising IT services, modernising platforms, and delivering complex digital transformation across professional services (finance & security), public sector, and education. He is known for stepping into complex or pressured situations, quickly understanding the current state, diagnosing delivery and operational risk, and translating strategy into practical, executable roadmaps that restore control, resilience, and confidence.

His calm, people-first leadership style balances board-level priorities with hands-on execution — ensuring change not only starts, but lands and sustains. Rocco's expertise spans Azure and M365 modernisation, cyber security uplift, ITIL-aligned service management, data and BI platforms, pragmatic AI enablement, and full-lifecycle SaaS product ownership.

Across every engagement, the focus is consistent: build strong foundations, empower teams, and align technology to real business outcomes — and long-term value.

Rocco is particularly effective in interim and fractional leadership roles, where speed, structure and credibility matter — and where technology must move from being a risk to becoming an enabler of confident growth. Two-time CTO (Sedulo Accountants and Kings Secure Technologies), with deep operational pedigree in UK public sector at Rochdale Borough Council and IT directorship at Yorkshire Forward.

Credentials & Distinction

Three credentials behind 25 years of strategic technology leadership.

Most CTO advisors have one. Rocco has all three: the two-time CTO operational pedigree, the 25+ year strategic technology track record, and the multi-sector fluency across professional services, public sector and education that few technology consultants can credibly claim. The combination is rare — and exactly what boards need when technology has to be stabilised, modernised and re-established as a business enabler.

CTO Operational Chief Technology Officer at Sedulo Accountants and Kings Secure Technologies — has run technology functions, not just consulted on them.
25+ Years In Senior Roles Strategic technology, IT directorship, interim leadership and CTO advisory across UK enterprise and public sector environments.
Public
Private
Sector Fluency Equally credible in finance, security, public sector and education — senior leadership delivered across all four contexts at scale.
Where Rocco Has Operated

Senior CTO and IT director roles across UK private and public sector.

Rocco's career has been built across the full spectrum of UK technology environments — from CTO seats in professional services and security firms, through senior public sector ICT leadership, to regional IT directorship.

Sedulo
Professional Services · CTO
Kings Secure
Security Technology · CTO
Rochdale Council
UK Public Sector · Interim Head ICT
Yorkshire Forward
Regional Development · Director IT & BI
How Rocco Engages

Where speed, structure and credibility all have to land at once.

Rocco is particularly effective in interim and fractional leadership roles — the contexts where pace, governance and trust have to arrive together, and where technology has to move from being a risk to becoming an enabler of growth. The four engagement types where he delivers the highest impact:

Interim CTO
Stand-In Senior Leadership
Fractional CTO
Part-Time Strategic Leadership
CTO Advisory
Board-Level Technology Guidance
Transformation Lead
Programme Stabilisation & Delivery
How Rocco Can Help

Four capabilities. All built for stabilise-then-modernise.

Rocco's offering covers the full CTO advisory arc — from technology strategy and service stabilisation, through cloud and modern workplace transformation, cyber security and resilience, into data, AI and SaaS enablement. All grounded in 25+ years of senior CTO and IT director operational experience.

01

Technology Strategy & Service Stabilisation

Leads rapid IT service reviews to assess operating models, delivery risk, cost efficiency and resilience — creating clear strategies and prioritised roadmaps that restore stability, confidence and performance, fast.

02

Cloud, Platform & Modern Workplace Transformation

Delivers Azure and Microsoft 365 migrations, infrastructure modernisation, and DR/BCP improvements — balancing security, reliability, scalability and cost while enabling modern ways of working.

03

Cyber Security, Risk & Resilience

Strengthens cyber posture through pragmatic uplift programmes, governance and policy alignment — supporting secure operations and regulatory expectations without unnecessary complexity or operational disruption.

04

Data Insight, AI Enablement & SaaS Product Delivery

Designs and delivers data and BI platforms, system integrations, pragmatic AI enablement and full-lifecycle SaaS product ownership — turning insight, automation and product thinking into measurable business value.

Why Work with Rocco

Three reasons boards return.

If your organisation needs to stabilise IT, modernise cloud and security foundations, or deliver transformation that genuinely lands, Rocco brings the strategic clarity, delivery discipline and leadership presence to make it happen — particularly where complexity must be simplified, trust rebuilt, and execution aligned tightly to business outcomes.

REASON 01

Twice-CTO operational pedigree

Two-time CTO — Sedulo Accountants and Kings Secure Technologies. Plus IT directorship at Yorkshire Forward and senior interim ICT leadership at Rochdale Borough Council. Has run technology functions, not just consulted on them.

REASON 02

Stabilises before modernising

Steps into complex, pressured situations. Restores control first, then modernises. Knows what real-world recovery and remediation looks like — calmly, methodically, with the people-first leadership boards actually want.

REASON 03

Public sector + private sector fluency

Equally credible in finance, security, public sector and education. Speaks Azure and M365 to engineers; speaks delivery risk and governance to boards. Bridges the languages technology transformation actually needs.

Areas of Expertise

Disciplines and contexts Rocco operates across.

A senior CTO advisory, technology strategy and transformation consultant with twice-CTO operational pedigree, 25+ years of senior leadership, and multi-sector fluency across UK private and public sector environments — available for UK and EU engagements at scale.

CTO Advisory Technology Strategy Service Stabilisation Cloud Transformation Strategic Technology Leadership Digital Transformation IT Service Management Operating Model Design Azure Modernisation Microsoft 365 Modernisation Modern Workplace Transformation Infrastructure Modernisation DR & BCP Improvement Cyber Security Uplift Cyber Risk & Resilience Security Governance ITIL-Aligned Service Management Data & BI Platforms System Integration Pragmatic AI Enablement SaaS Product Ownership Interim CTO Fractional CTO Board-Level Technology Advisory Professional Services Sector Finance & Security Sector UK Public Sector Education Sector UK & EU Engagements
Positions Held

Six senior technology leadership roles across UK private and public sector.

Rocco's career arc runs from senior IT directorship at Yorkshire Forward, through interim public-sector ICT leadership at Rochdale Borough Council, on to two CTO seats at Kings Secure Technologies and Sedulo Accountants — with concurrent Volpera Consultants direction across interim and fractional engagements. Six senior roles, three sectors, one consistent pattern: stabilise, modernise, deliver.

01
Chief Technology Officer — Sedulo Accountants
Professional Services · CTO · Technology Strategy & Transformation
02
Chief Technology Officer — Kings Secure Technologies
Security Technology · CTO · Platform & Service Leadership
03
Interim Head of ICT Business Solutions — Rochdale Borough Council
UK Public Sector · Interim Senior ICT Leadership
04
Interim Head of IT Service Delivery & Operations — Rochdale Borough Council
UK Public Sector · Interim IT Service & Operations Leadership
05
Director of IT Operations, Development & BI — Yorkshire Forward RDA
UK Regional Development · IT Director · Operations, Development & BI
06
Director — Volpera Consultants
Independent Practice · Interim & Fractional Engagements
Full Profile

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Rocco Volpe — Full Profile and CV

Contact Rocco for senior leadership in CTO advisory, technology strategy, service stabilisation, cloud and cyber transformation, data platforms, AI enablement and SaaS product delivery. He helps organisations regain control, modernise with confidence, and deliver technology change that supports sustainable business growth.

Particularly effective in interim and fractional leadership roles — where speed, structure and credibility matter, and where technology must move from being a risk to becoming an enabler of confident growth.

PDF · Full Profile · CTO Advisory · Cloud · Cyber · Data
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Stability rebuilt.
Confidence restored.

If you are stabilising an IT function, leading Azure or M365 modernisation, strengthening cyber posture, building data and BI platforms, embedding pragmatic AI, owning a SaaS product through to delivery, or stepping into an interim or fractional CTO role — tell us in 25 minutes what you need. Rocco or one of our 40+ senior consultants will tell you honestly whether we can help.