What CIOneer does

CIOneer is a Kyiv-headquartered private IT consulting firm serving large and medium enterprises in Ukraine with a portfolio that spans IT audits, IT excellence/CIO advisory, digital transformation, business analytics implementation, CIO-as-a-service, and IT director-as-a-service. Engagements are project-based and typically run 3-18 months; the firm delivers against established governance frameworks (COBIT 2019, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 38500, ITIL) and implements BI/data-warehouse solutions on Microsoft Power BI, MS SQL Server, SSIS, SSAS, and Report Server under the CIOneer Intelligence (BI) sub-brand. Named client engagements span publishing, FMCG, healthcare (Dobrobut), fintech, manufacturing, retail (200+ outlets), and insurance, with CIO-as-a-service engagements of 6-18 months delivering documented outcomes such as $100,000 in identified IT savings, IT cost-center to profit-center transformation, and unified DWH with 7 dashboards / 30+ visualizations.

Beyond consulting, CIOneer operates a separate education business comprising the CIO Open the Future PRO cohort program (8 modules, 6-week hybrid format, 195 graduates, 450+ hours of mentorship, tiered pricing of 35,000-45,000 UAH per participant) and the CIO Synergy mentoring platform with 30+ named CIO mentors from leading Ukrainian enterprises at a martial-law floor rate of 3,500 UAH/hour. The firm also delivers PECB-certified ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 38500 training. Founded by Andriy Pogorilyi (Best CIO 2011, CGEIT/CISA), the firm operates as a founder-managed private company of 11-50 employees with supervisory board member Viacheslav Nekhoroshykh, no disclosed external funding, and a GTM partner ecosystem that includes Cisco, Microsoft, HPE, Intel, Fortinet, DataArt, and others.

Name

CIOneer

Legal name

CIOneer

Website

https://cioneer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CIOneer is a Kyiv-based private IT consulting firm serving Ukrainian large and medium enterprises with IT audits, digital transformation, CIO advisory, and IT director-as-a-service, supplemented by CIO leadership training, a 30+ mentor platform, and PECB-certified ISO courses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kyiv

HQ country

Ukraine

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. IT Consulting & Advisory Services: Core revenue stream from professional services including IT audits, digital transformation, IT excellence advisory, IT director as a service, and business analytics implementation. Billed on project basis, typically 3–18 month engagements. Services include express audit, roadmap development, project office organization, and post-project support.
2. CIO Open the Future PRO Educational Program: Group training program for CIO and IT directors. Priced in tiers by early-bird deadline: 35,000 UAH (before 19 March 2026), 40,000 UAH (before 19 April 2026), 45,000 UAH (full price before 19 May 2026). VAT excluded. Includes 12 modules, 2 individual mentor sessions, certificate, and alumni community access. Duration: 6 weeks online + offline, up to 25 participants per cohort.
3. CIO Synergy Mentoring Platform: Hourly mentoring sessions with experienced CIO mentors. Basic package: 1 session × 60 min at 3,500 UAH. Professional package: 5 sessions over 3 months at 16,625 UAH (5% discount). Expert package: 10 sessions over 6 months at 31,500 UAH (10% discount). Project Expertise package: custom pricing. CIO Career package: launch meeting, individual development plan, 16 sessions/year (12 with mentor + 4 with career consultant). During martial law, a unified minimum price of 3,500 UAH/hour applies to all mentors.
4. ISO Training & Certification: PECB-certified training courses for ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 38500 standards. Includes multiple levels: Foundation, Manager, Lead Implementer, Lead Auditor, Transition courses. Billed per participant per course.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CIOneer is an IT consulting and advisory firm that delivers IT audits, CIO advisory, digital transformation, business analytics, and temporary IT director services to large and medium enterprises in Ukraine. It also runs the CIO Open the Future PRO educational program and the CIO Synergy mentor platform that connect IT directors with experienced CIO mentors, plus PECB-certified ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 38500 training courses.

Product overview

CIOneer is an IT consulting and professional services company offering a portfolio of advisory and educational products. Its core consulting services span IT audit, IT excellence (advisory), IT transformation, business analytics, CIO consultation, and IT director-as-a-service — collectively covering IT strategy, governance, digital transformation, and business intelligence. Supporting these is a sub-brand, BI Intelligence, which provides dashboard creation and data analytics services. On the education side, CIOneer runs the CIO Open the Future and CIO Open the Future PRO training programs for IT directors, and the CIO Synergy mentorship platform connecting professionals with experienced mentors. CIOneer also delivers PECB-certified training for ISO/IEC 27001 (information security management) and ISO/IEC 38500 (corporate IT governance) standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CIOneer Intelligence (CIOneer BI): Business intelligence platform offering dashboard creation, data analytics as a service, and data management strategy development using Microsoft Power BI and related technologies.

Products and services

• IT Audit (IT аудит) Independent IT audit service that identifies the real state of IT in a company, determines key problems, uncovers IT risk sources, and develops a detailed roadmap of IT actions, including COBIT 2019 compliance assessment and IT maturity evaluation. Targeted at enterprises needing an objective read on IT health and risks.
• IT Excellence / CIO Advisory Service (IT досконалість) Advisory service that helps define the role of IT in a company, prioritizes IT directions according to business requirements, builds or improves the service role of IT, and reduces operational costs. Aimed at enterprises seeking strategic IT-business alignment.
• IT Transformation (IT трансформація) IT transformation service focused on transforming the IT function into a business partner, ensuring IT flexibility to support business initiatives, and developing IT strategy and roadmap aligned with business goals. For enterprises that need to reposition their IT organization.
• Business Analytics (Бізнес аналітика) Business analytics service covering enterprise reporting systems analysis, data architecture development, data warehouse organization, corporate reporting, and management dashboards for 24x7 company control. Delivered with Microsoft BI tools for enterprise decision support.
• CIO Consultation / CIO as a Service (Консультація CIO) CIO consultation service providing integration of IT and business, IT priority alignment with business requirements, target IT state definition, IT roadmap development, and CIO mentoring. For companies needing senior CIO-level expertise without a full-time hire.
• IT Director as a Service (ІТ директор як послуга) Full-service offering that includes express audit, identification of easy wins, IT roadmap development, project office organization, roadmap execution, and post-project support, delivered over a 3–6 month term. Acts as an outsourced interim IT director.
• BI Intelligence (CIOneer BI) Sub-brand offering dashboard creation, data analytics as a service, and data management strategy development. Uses Microsoft Power BI, MS SQL Server, SSIS, SSAS, and Report Server as the technology stack for implementation.
• CIO Open the Future PRO Intensive 6-week online + offline training program for CIOs and IT directors with 8 training programs, 195 graduates, and 450+ hours of mentorship, covering topics from IT-business alignment to AI in business and IT team building. Priced in tiers by early-bird deadline.
• CIO Synergy Mentor platform connecting CIOs with experienced mentors from leading Ukrainian and international companies for professional guidance in IT management, digital transformation, and career development. Offered in Basic, Professional, Expert, Project Expertise, and CIO Career packages.
• ISO/IEC 27001 Training PECB-certified training courses for ISO/IEC 27001 covering introduction, foundation, lead implementer, lead auditor, and transition from ISO/IEC 27001:2013 to ISO/IEC 27001:2022. Billed per participant per course.
• ISO/IEC 38500 Training PECB-certified training courses for ISO/IEC 38500 corporate IT governance covering foundation, manager, and lead manager levels. Billed per participant per course.

Quantifiable outcome

• Implemented a contact-less office and business online transition in 3 days for 100+ employees
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CiscocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCisco is a program partner of the CIO Open the Future PRO educational initiative. Their logo is displayed prominently on the program page alongside other major technology vendors, indicating a GTM and marketing collaboration to support the professional development of Ukrainian IT directors.
• HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerHPE is listed as a program partner of CIO Open the Future PRO, supporting the professional development initiative for Ukrainian CIOs and IT directors.
• MicrosoftcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMicrosoft is displayed as a program partner on the CIO Open the Future PRO page, supporting the IT leadership development initiative in Ukraine.
• IntelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIntel is listed as a program partner supporting the CIO Open the Future PRO educational initiative for Ukrainian IT directors.
• SamsungminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSamsung is displayed as a program partner of the CIO Open the Future PRO initiative.
• UkrgasbankcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerUkrgasbank (Укргазбанк) is listed as a program partner of CIO Open the Future PRO, indicating financial/banking sector support for the IT leadership development initiative.
• ViberminorGTM or Marketing PartnerViber is listed as a program partner of CIO Open the Future PRO, supporting the IT leadership development initiative.
• FortinetcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFortinet is listed as a program partner of CIO Open the Future PRO. Their team members serve as speakers/mentors in the information security module of the program.
• Octava DefenceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOctava Defence is listed as a program partner of the CIO Open the Future PRO initiative, supporting Ukrainian IT leadership development.
• DataArtcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDataArt is listed as a program partner of CIO Open the Future PRO. Anton Sych, Product Manager at DataArt, serves as a mentor on the Product Management module.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

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Broad incumbents

• KPMG: Big Four firm with IT advisory, IT audit, and technology transformation practices serving large enterprises — overlaps directly with CIOneer's IT audit, governance, and CIO advisory offerings at the high end of the market.
• Deloitte: Global Big Four professional services firm with IT consulting, CIO advisory, IT audit, and digital transformation practices — directly competes for the same enterprise IT governance engagements and is the standard reference point for CIOneer's "Big Four quality at lower cost" positioning.
• Accenture: Global IT consulting leader offering IT strategy, transformation, and managed services — competes for enterprise digital transformation mandates that CIOneer pursues, with much larger delivery capacity.

Emerging players

• Slalom: Boutique IT and management consultancy focused on local-market enterprise transformation — comparable in positioning (high-touch regional CIO advisory) though operating in different geographies.

Direct peers

• Ciklum: Ukraine-rooted global IT services firm delivering digital, data, and enterprise platform consulting — comparable in geography and breadth of IT advisory/engineering services, though focused more on delivery than CIO-level governance advisory.
• SoftServe: Ukrainian-headquartered IT services and consulting firm offering digital transformation, IT strategy, and technology advisory to enterprise clients across multiple industries — directly comparable to CIOneer's IT consulting practice and Ukraine-based delivery model, though at much larger scale.
• EPAM Systems: Global digital engineering and IT consulting provider with deep Ukraine presence, offering IT strategy, transformation, and enterprise advisory — competes for the same Ukrainian enterprise CIO mandates that CIOneer targets.
• Intellias: Ukraine-founded IT consulting and services company providing digital transformation, technology advisory, and enterprise IT enablement — overlapping with CIOneer's CIO advisory and IT transformation services for mid-market and enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCyZBkCktzNoA13M1X2zhVrQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/CIOneerUkraine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cioneer
• Instagraminstagram.com/cioneer_ukraine
• Xx.com/cioneeer

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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