Hands-on IT leadership for Latin America

Find what to fix first and unblock what is stuck

A hands-on infrastructure and security leader who ran IT for 15 countries and 19,000 users, now working with companies across several countries. A short review finds what to fix first and why. A stuck project gets unblocked in days.

years leading IT
26
countries
15
users
19,000
Dallas, TX base
Your moment

Which moment are you in?

Each of these starts with the same short review, aimed at where you are.

  • Fastest start

    A stuck project

    A migration or rollout stopped halfway. We start there and unblock it in days.

    Start with the review
  • Are we secure?

    No evidence either way. You get a priority list to show management.

    Start with the review
  • A new IT leader

    You inherited the environment. An outside view from someone who ran it for 15 countries.

    Start with the review
  • A security incident

    After an outage or close call: what to fix first, then fixing it with your team.

    Start with the review
  • Audit, compliance, insurance

    A finding, a client questionnaire or an insurance requirement needs an answer.

    Start with the review
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The review

One senior review shows where to start

We review your infrastructure and security, mostly remote, at a fixed scope. You get findings, what to fix first and why, and an unblock plan for a stuck project.

  • Findings
  • Priority list
  • Unblock plan
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  • Stuck project

    In days

    Diagnosis and an unblock plan, so the work moves again.

  • Broad review

    Up to 2 weeks

    A wider look across infrastructure and security, ending in a priority list.

After the review

What comes after the review

Each step is a decision you make after seeing the one before.

  1. Start here

    Review

    Findings, priorities and an unblock plan.

  2. Paid roadmap

    A 12-month plan you can take to management.

    12 months, with cost estimates and a management presentation.

  3. Projects

    Work from the findings, in seven areas, done hands-on.

  4. Optional

    Optional monthly

    We keep running what we built, if you want that.

Seven areas

Where we do the work

Projects come from the review findings, in these seven areas. Pick one to see what we check.

Firewall migration or redesign

What the review checks

  • Whether policies match how traffic really flows today
  • Layer 7 controls in use, versus left switched off
  • Rules and exceptions that grew without an owner

Typical projects

  • Migration to a new firewall platform
  • Redesign of rules and zones
  • Layer 7 policy clean-up
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Zero Trust and micro-segmentation

What the review checks

  • Who and what can reach which systems today
  • Where a flat network lets a problem spread
  • Whether access depends on identity and device

Typical projects

  • Zero Trust access design and rollout
  • Micro-segmentation of internal systems
Optional monthly
Managed Zero Trust with Cloudflare, run by us after the project.
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Network design or redesign

What the review checks

  • How the network is laid out and where it is fragile
  • Sites that depend on a single device or path
  • Whether it fits the offices and countries you run

Typical projects

  • Redesign of an existing network
  • A new network built from scratch
  • Sites and countries brought onto one standard
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Microsoft 365, Exchange and Active Directory

What the review checks

  • How Microsoft 365 is configured against how you work
  • Exchange and mail flow across your countries
  • Active Directory structure, access and old accounts
  • Whether Intune policies cover the devices tied to these accounts
  • Whether Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) protects those devices

Typical projects

  • Exchange migration or clean-up
  • Active Directory redesign or consolidation
  • Microsoft 365 configuration and security hardening
  • Intune policies tied to Microsoft 365 identity and access
  • MDE deployment and configuration
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Endpoint management

What the review checks

  • How laptops and devices are enrolled and kept current
  • Whether every device follows the same policy
  • How a new device gets set up for a user

Typical projects

  • Device management with Intune
  • Zero-touch setup with Autopilot
  • Software and patch deployment with Endpoint Central
Optional monthly
We can keep running endpoint management after the project.
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Automation of repetitive IT work

What the review checks

  • Which routine tasks eat your team's time
  • Which of them follow fixed steps a script can run
  • Where scripts exist but nobody owns them

Typical projects

  • Scripts for account, mailbox and device routines
  • Reports and workflows built on Microsoft Graph
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Multi-country infrastructure roadmap

What the review checks

  • Where each country stands against the others
  • Which standards each country follows today
  • What to align first across countries

Typical projects

  • A 12-month roadmap with cost estimates
  • A presentation to management
  • Standards to align the countries
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Why Octivio

Senior judgment, hands-on work

  • He ran it himself.

    He led IT across Latin America for 26 years, up to 19,000 users in 15 countries.

  • Senior and hands-on.

    We diagnose like a director and configure it ourselves. No junior learns on your project.

  • Knows multi-country Latin America.

    Works in English with U.S. headquarters, and in Spanish with local teams.

Alejandro J. Duni

Founder and Principal Consultant

Alejandro spent 26 years at KPMG, from IT Network Manager to LATAM Infrastructure Director. He is a Palo Alto Accredited Configuration Engineer.

Experience

Experience behind the review

years leading IT
26
countries
15
users
19,000

26 years leading IT for KPMG's offices across Latin America, from 50-user offices to 7,000 users in Brazil, 19,000 users in total.

  • There is no problem Alejandro cannot solve

    Daniel Vitorino AlvesLATAM Infrastructure Manager, KPMG
    LinkedIn recommendation
  • Fiercely committed, highly reliable, and always results-oriented

    Raul BanalesDirector Global Technology, KPMG International
    LinkedIn recommendation

When we are not the right fit

We say so early, so nobody spends time on a bad match.

  • Companies under 50 employees
  • Companies with no IT team or IT leader
  • Cheap hourly labor without a senior view
  • Help desk, NOC or 24/7 support
  • Full-time on-site work for months
  • License or hardware resale
  • Government and state-owned companies

Ready to see what to fix first?

Book a call to talk through your situation. If a project is stuck, we start there.

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