Fractional CIO · Tech Leadership Coach · Advisor
Rachael Evans
making tech more creative.“I’m usually brought in when things have drifted.”
I restore clarity, steady leadership, and get delivery moving again — without drama, jargon, or theatre. I started out writing games for magazines. That instinct for delivery never left.
✦ About me
I started out writing games.
As a teenager, I wrote and published games for magazines — including the first version of Helicopter Rescue. Game development teaches you quickly that ideas are cheap, complexity compounds, and delivery is what counts. That instinct carried me everywhere.
“Ideas are cheap, complexity compounds, and delivery is what counts. That way of thinking never left.”
After leaving the Royal Navy, I became a Senior Manager at Microsoft, working on the first Xbox, then into senior roles across banking, consulting, and large-scale international programmes. Over more than 20 years I’ve led technology, product, and delivery teams around the world, managed budgets exceeding $50m, and been accountable for organisations of 150+ people operating under real pressure.
These days I work as a fractional CIO and technology leadership coach. I also co-founded ShowMe-TellMe, an evidence-led privacy risk platform, and support boards and senior leaders through advisory roles via NewEdj. Outside that, I hold non-executive and trustee positions, lecture for the Royal College of Surgeons, and am committed to naval cadet force advisory and intersex advocacy.
From games to Xbox to global technology leadership
✦ How I work
Straight answers.
Practical progress.
Fractional CIO
When programmes wobble and clarity has gone, I restore judgement and get delivery moving again. Embedded leadership without the permanent overhead.
Tech Leadership Coaching
For senior leaders who need an honest thinking partner — someone who’s sat at the table and won’t tell you what you want to hear.
Advisory & Interim
Through NewEdj and ShowMe-TellMe, I support boards, founders, and regulated organisations where straight answers and practical progress matter most.
A career built on delivery.
✦ Get in touch
Let’s talk.
Whether you need a fractional CIO, a straight-talking coach, or someone to ask the questions nobody else will — I’d love to hear from you.