Accepting 2 new clients Q1 2026Internal IT Required

Your IT team speaks tech. Leadership speaks business. Someone needs to translate.

Strategic tech leadership for dealerships that have IT staff but no roadmap. BridgeSync assesses your systems, builds a prioritized roadmap, and guides your internal team to execute — with executive visibility through a simple portal.

$5,000
Assessment
$3–5k/mo
Retainer
3–5 hrs/wk
Steady-state
Transparency Portal
A shared view leadership actually uses
BridgeSync
Roadmap priorities
Leadership-aligned initiatives with milestones and owners.
Active initiatives
7
In progress this quarter
Risks flagged
2
Blockers needing leadership
Status cadence
Weekly
Quarterly
On-demand
Example initiative
CRM + Website Lead Flow Standardization
Owner: Internal ITPriority: HighRisk: Vendor drift
The gap

The 'Nerd in the Closet' Problem

You already have tools, vendors, and an IT person. What you don't have is executive-level technical direction that survives turnover, fire drills, and competing priorities.

What you likely have
  • Internal IT person or small team
  • DMS, CRM, phones, cameras, vendors
  • Projects that never quite land
What's usually missing
  • Clear priorities leadership trusts
  • Roadmap with ownership + milestones
  • Risk management and vendor control
Common dealership pain points
Reporting feels impossible without a person who "knows the system."
Vendors drive decisions because nobody owns the architecture.
Security and compliance are "handled" until something breaks.
Engagement

How BridgeSync works

A two-phase model designed for clarity first, then steady-state leadership. No long contracts. No theater.

Phase 1
Paid Technology Assessment
$5,000 · 2–3 days
Gate before retainer
  • Evaluate systems, infrastructure, data flow, and vendor landscape.
  • Assess internal IT capability and execution readiness.
  • Deliver findings report with a prioritized roadmap leadership can understand.
  • BridgeSync decides if the client is a fit for ongoing engagement.
Phase 2
Fractional CTO Retainer
$3,000–$5,000 / month
3–5 hrs/week
  • Weekly check-ins with your internal IT person.
  • Ongoing roadmap updates and strategic guidance.
  • Portal access for leadership visibility and accountability.
  • Quarterly roadmap refresh and risk review.
Non-negotiable client filter

BridgeSync only retains clients where the internal execution path exists and leadership can act. If either fails, the assessment is delivered and the engagement ends.

Internal technical executor
Someone capable of implementing recommendations.
Functional leadership
Decision-making that turns strategy into action.
For Acquisitions & Investments

You're buying a company. What's hiding in the code?

Financials get audited. Legal gets reviewed. Technology gets a glance and a prayer. That's how buyers inherit six-figure problems they didn't budget for.

Technical Debt

Code that works but costs 3x to maintain or extend

Security Gaps

Vulnerabilities that become your liability at close

Key-Person Risk

One developer who knows everything — and nothing is documented

Infrastructure Fragility

Systems held together with hope and workarounds

Vendor Lock-In

Contracts and integrations that limit your options

Compliance Gaps

TCPA, PCI, state regs — problems nobody mentioned

What You Get
  • Full architecture and infrastructure review
  • Security and compliance assessment
  • Technical debt inventory with cost estimates
  • Key-person and documentation risk analysis
  • Integration complexity scoring
  • Go / Negotiate / Walk recommendation
Pricing
Standard$10,000
Complex stack$12,500 – $15,000
Expedited (+25%)3-5 days vs 5-7

Price scales with deal complexity, target size, and timeline.

Who This Is For
Private equity firmsDealership groups acquiring competitorsInvestors validating technical claimsCompanies acquiring startups or platforms
Portal

Transparency without noise

A reusable portal that gives leadership a clear view: priorities, status, blockers, and risk. If leadership can't understand it in 60 seconds, it's too complex.

What leadership sees
  • Roadmap view with priorities and milestones
  • Status tracking for active initiatives
  • Blocker and risk flagging
  • Ownership and next steps
Design principle
If leadership can't understand it in 60 seconds, it's too complex.
Why it matters
Removes "black box" dependency on one person.
Keeps vendors accountable to the roadmap.
Makes risk visible before it becomes an incident.
Qualification

Who this is for

BridgeSync is not helpdesk. It is executive technology leadership designed to create clarity and execution.

A fit if
  • You have internal IT capacity to execute.
  • Ownership wants clarity, not excuses.
  • You are willing to act on recommendations.
  • You want fewer surprises and better decisions.
Not a fit if
  • You want someone to "just fix stuff."
  • You are shopping for validation, not truth.
  • Leadership cannot make decisions.
  • You want a long project plan without ownership.
About

Built by a Car Guy, Not a Consultant.

BridgeSync is led by Jordan Howell — 20 years in automotive, with full-stack capability across software, infrastructure, security, data, compliance, and operational execution.

I've been both the nerd in the closet and the one in the boardroom. I know what DealerTrack won't tell you, what CDK support can't fix, and why your IT guy is burned out.

Experience that matters

You're not hiring a deck. You're hiring an operator who has built and maintained production systems inside real dealerships.

Assessment coverage

Software stack, network and infrastructure, vendor integrations, reporting, security posture, and execution capability.

Start with clarity

If your dealership is ready for real technology leadership, start with a paid assessment. No obligation beyond the findings.

Capacity model
4–6 clients · 3–5 hours/week each
Designed for steady-state guidance without becoming another full-time dependency.
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