ABOUT BEECH TREE
Independent technology leadership for organizations that need clearer answers.
Beech Tree Technology Advisors helps owners, executives, managing partners, and operations leaders understand technology, cybersecurity, vendor accountability, and operational resilience—so they can make informed decisions without being sold products, managed services, or a provider change.
Many clients begin with a focused Technology & Cyber Risk Consultation. If broader evidence or ongoing leadership is useful, Beech Tree can discuss a separately scoped review or Fractional Technology Leadership relationship.
Request Consultation Availability$495 fixed fee · 60–90 minutes · Independent leadership-level diagnostic · No recurring contract
OUR MISSION
Independent advice for decisions that matter.
Beech Tree was founded to help organizations make informed decisions about technology, cybersecurity, vendors, and operational resilience. Many organizations depend on multiple providers but lack an independent view of ownership, risk, access, continuity, cost, and priorities. Beech Tree helps leadership ask stronger questions, clarify accountability, and decide what should be verified, improved, deferred, or escalated.
Technology today extends beyond devices and office networks. It includes cloud services, Microsoft 365, cybersecurity tools, AI platforms, identity systems, business applications, remote work, third-party vendors, client or customer communications, and the processes that keep the organization operating. Leadership does not need to manage every technical detail internally—but it does need a clear view of what matters and who is accountable.
The beech tree represents the approach: deep roots, steady growth, and long-term perspective. Beech Tree provides practical advisory guidance that helps leadership build a more resilient, accountable technology foundation.
INDEPENDENCE
Advice without a vendor agenda.
Beech Tree does not sell hardware, software, licenses, managed IT services, cybersecurity tools, backup platforms, AI platforms, or vendor contracts. It does not receive commissions or referral fees from technology vendors. Recommendations are based on what leadership needs to understand, decide, and manage—not on product quotas, implementation revenue, or managed-services revenue.
Work alongside your providers
Beech Tree helps leadership get clearer accountability from the MSP, cloud providers, cybersecurity vendors, Microsoft 365 partner, backup provider, AI vendors, application vendors, and internal teams already supporting the organization.
Keep decisions with leadership
The objective is not to take over technology operations. It is to give leadership an independent perspective, better questions, and practical decision support.
Practical without pressure
The consultation and any review stand on their own. There is no requirement to change providers, purchase products, or enter an ongoing engagement.
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ADVISOR
Technology leadership grounded in operations, security, and governance.
Sterling Unan, CISSP, brings more than 40 years of technology and cybersecurity experience, including more than 25 years supporting financial-services technology and operations. His work has included technology leadership, cybersecurity governance, vendor relationships, business continuity, Microsoft 365 oversight, operational systems, and risk-management programs.
Sterling founded Beech Tree to provide independent guidance for organizations that need practical leadership support—not another technology vendor. He helps clients translate technical complexity into clear questions, accountable ownership, and decisions that fit their operating reality.
His experience includes building cybersecurity governance and audit-readiness programs, improving vendor accountability, evaluating technology services, reducing unnecessary spend, and increasing leadership visibility into technology and operational risk.
Based in Connecticut, Sterling brings a direct, service-oriented approach to every client relationship.
Sterling Unan, CISSP · Founder, Beech Tree Technology Advisors · 25+ years in financial-services technology & operations
OUR TEAM
Meet the advisors
Beech Tree brings senior technology, cybersecurity, and operational-resilience perspective to leadership decisions. Advisory support is tailored to the organization's needs and may involve focused subject-matter input where useful.
Sterling Unan
CISSP
Founder & Principal Advisor
Independent technology leadership, cybersecurity governance, vendor accountability, business continuity, and executive decision support.
Sterling Unan, CISSP, brings more than 40 years of technology and cybersecurity experience, including more than 25 years supporting financial-services technology and operations. His work has included technology leadership, cybersecurity governance, vendor relationships, business continuity, and the operational systems that support investment and client-service functions.
He helps leadership teams translate technical complexity into practical questions, clearer accountability, and decisions that fit the organization's operating reality.
Brynn Boutin-Chea
CISSP
Cybersecurity & Operational Resilience Advisor
Cybersecurity and operational-resilience advisory focused on risk assessment, policy, governance, continuity, and practical decision support.
Brynn Boutin-Chea, CISSP, brings cybersecurity and operational-resilience experience across the energy, financial services, and technology sectors. Her background includes cybersecurity governance, risk assessment, policy development, business continuity planning, and security program development.
She helps organizations understand cyber risk, strengthen security programs, and make informed decisions about cybersecurity, resilience, and operational risk.
ADVISORY RELATIONSHIPS
Industry perspective informed by trusted relationships.
Beech Tree benefits from trusted professional relationships built over decades in technology, healthcare, operations, and leadership. These perspectives help ensure that advisory guidance remains grounded in real operating environments and the decisions organizations face.
David LaSalata
Healthcare Industry Advisor
David contributes a healthcare and operational perspective informed by experience working with organizations navigating technology, vendor, and leadership challenges.
WHO WE SERVE
Independent guidance for organizations with real technology decisions.
Beech Tree works with small and mid-sized organizations that depend on technology, cloud services, vendors, client or customer information, and continuity—but may not have a full-time senior technology leader. The work is especially relevant when leadership needs an independent view of risk, ownership, vendor accountability, or a significant technology decision.
Professional services
Law firms, accounting firms, wealth-management firms, and other organizations that manage sensitive client information and depend on trusted service delivery.
Healthcare and medical practices
Organizations navigating patient or client information, technology vendors, cloud services, continuity, and security expectations.
Manufacturing and industrial organizations
Organizations where business systems, production-supporting technology, remote access, vendors, backup, and continuity affect operations.
Growth-stage and vendor-dependent organizations
Organizations facing technology changes, cloud adoption, AI use, vendor renewals, growth, acquisition activity, security concerns, or a need for stronger leadership oversight.
Many organizations already have an MSP or IT provider. Beech Tree works alongside those providers to help leadership clarify accountability, ask stronger questions, and make informed decisions.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
The values behind every engagement.
Honesty before revenue
We tell leadership what is actually needed—not what generates the most revenue. If a broader review or ongoing engagement is not useful, we will say so.
Independence you can trust
We do not sell products, managed services, licenses, or vendor contracts. Recommendations are based on what is right for the organization.
Practical over perfect
We focus on realistic, achievable improvements that fit the organization's priorities, operating model, capacity, and budget.
Long-term relationships
When ongoing guidance is useful, Beech Tree can provide continuing independent leadership on technology, vendors, risk, governance, and decisions.
HOW ENGAGEMENTS DEVELOP
Start with clarity. Continue only when it adds value.
Focused consultation
Start with a $495, 60–90 minute Technology & Cyber Risk Consultation to clarify the immediate technology, cybersecurity, vendor, AI, continuity, or leadership question.
Immediate guidance
Receive an immediate Technology & Cyber Risk Snapshot at the end of the conversation and a concise written Consultation Report within three business days.
Optional deeper review
If leadership needs additional evidence, broader visibility, or more detailed vendor-accountability analysis, Beech Tree can discuss a separately scoped Technology & Cyber Risk Review.
Optional ongoing leadership
When recurring guidance, vendor oversight, governance, planning, and leadership reporting would be useful, Beech Tree can serve as an independent Fractional Technology Leadership advisor.
The consultation and any review stand on their own. There is no requirement to change providers, purchase products, or enter an ongoing arrangement.
WHERE WE WORK
Rooted in Connecticut. Serving organizations where they operate.
Beech Tree is based in Connecticut and serves small and mid-sized organizations locally and beyond. Advisory work can be delivered remotely, with in-person support available where appropriate.
READY TO CLARIFY YOUR TECHNOLOGY AND CYBER RISK QUESTIONS?
Start with a focused, independent conversation.
Tell us the technology, cybersecurity, vendor, operational-resilience, Microsoft 365, AI, or leadership question your organization needs to answer. We will confirm fit and recommend the most appropriate next step—whether that is the $495 Technology & Cyber Risk Consultation, a separately scoped review, or discussion of ongoing Fractional Technology Leadership.
$495 fixed fee · 60–90 minutes · Payment is collected when scheduling · No recurring contract
Request Consultation Availability
Tell us a little about your organization and the technology, cybersecurity, vendor, continuity, AI, or leadership question you are trying to answer. We will confirm fit, scheduling options, and secure next steps.