Lēdor Labs helps small colleges, nonprofits, and creative organizations bring stalled or messy technology initiatives back under control, with clear priorities, accountable owners, realistic plans, and calm executive communication.
No pitch deck, no pressure. A short conversation about the project that is keeping you up at night.
15+ years leading technology operations and programs
School of Visual Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology
PMP, Certified ScrumMaster, AI for Scrum Masters
The problem
Most small organizations do not lack effort. They lack one accountable person steering the technology work. If any of this sounds familiar, that is exactly the gap Lēdor Labs fills.
A small organization with important technology work and nobody senior enough, or available, to run it.
Scope, ownership, and decision rights are unclear, so timelines slip and priorities change week to week.
Work crosses departments and outside vendors, and misalignment compounds quietly until it becomes a crisis.
Leadership gets status that hides risks and ownership instead of surfacing them while there is still time to act.
Clear ownership, visible priorities, and a rhythm leaders can trust.
Services
Start with a short clarity sprint, settle into monthly program leadership, or bring in help when an initiative is already in trouble. Senior program leadership, without a full-time hire.
I interview your stakeholders, inventory the project and its risks, and turn a stuck initiative into a prioritized plan your leadership can act on.
10 business days
Best for: a leader who knows the work is stuck but not why.
I step in as your senior program lead, owning the roadmap, the risks, and the cross-team coordination your initiatives need to keep moving.
Monthly, about two days a week
Best for: ongoing senior coordination without a full-time hire.
I assess what is actually happening, reset vendors and stakeholders around a recovery plan, and stabilize the initiative through handoff.
Scoped timeline, starts with a diagnostic
Best for: a visible initiative missing dates, trust, or control.
Every engagement is scoped to your situation, your team, and your timeline. Pricing follows from that conversation, in writing, before any work starts. Not sure which fits? That is what the intro call is for: book a 20-minute call or email ro@ledorlabs.com.
How it starts
No intake form, no sales script. Four questions, honestly answered, tell us both whether there is a fit.
Which technology initiative matters most right now, and feels the furthest from handled?
What has already been tried, and where does the work snag: decisions, vendors, ownership, capacity?
Who owns the decision, the budget, and the day-to-day work, and what would visibly improve within a month if this were working?
If this initiative stays exactly this stuck for another six months, what does that cost: money, trust, people?
About
I step in when a small institution has important technology work moving across too many people without one clear owner.
I am Rodel Oiga, principal of Lēdor Labs. For more than fifteen years I have led technology operations and programs in academic and creative environments, including the School of Visual Arts (BFA Photography and Video, then MFA Interaction Design, where I also held a Creative Technologist title) and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
The work is rarely about the technology. It is about people: helping busy teams see their priorities, giving every initiative an accountable owner, and communicating with leadership calmly and plainly, especially when the news is bad. PMP and Scrum certifications support that work, but the value is the record: complex, people-heavy technology programs made understandable and executable.
Lēdor Labs is how I bring that experience to organizations that need senior leadership for a season, not a headcount.
Questions
It means part-time, on your terms. You get senior technology leadership for about two days a week, without the cost and commitment of a full-time hire. People in the industry say "fractional"; everyone else can just say part-time.
Small colleges, nonprofits, and creative organizations with technology work that crosses departments or vendors, and no senior program leader to own it. If you need progress without adding a full-time role, you are the fit.
The Project Clarity Sprint runs in 10 business days, so it is the fastest way in. Retainer and rescue engagements start with a short scoping conversation so the plan, owners, and dates are real from day one.
Honestly: the practice is anchored in IT program delivery, and I bring AI-assisted practices into that work where they help. I do not sell AI transformation strategy or AI-readiness audits. If that is what you need, I will tell you so on the first call rather than learn on your budget.
Lēdor Labs is a New York LLC, and most engagements run remotely with on-site time when it matters: kickoffs, readouts, and the meetings where being in the room changes the outcome.
After a short intro call, you get a written proposal scoped to your situation: no menu pricing, and nothing beyond the agreed scope without a written scope change. No surprise invoices. Start with a 20-minute intro call or email ro@ledorlabs.com.
Contact
The fastest route is email:
ro@ledorlabs.com
Or use the starter form: pick the engagement that sounds closest, add a sentence or two about the situation, and it opens in your mail app ready to send. Short is fine. "Our LMS migration is six months behind and nobody owns it" is a perfect first email.
LĒDOR LABS: RATES
Current rates for Lēdor Labs engagements, shared directly with prospective clients. Every engagement starts with a short scoping conversation, and final pricing is confirmed in a written proposal before work begins.
$3,500
Fixed fee, two weeks (10 business days)
Terms: paid upfront.
$6,000/mo
Monthly retainer, roughly two days per week (up to 20 hrs/week)
Terms: billed monthly in advance. Unused hours do not roll over.
$10,000/mo
Monthly, scoped after diagnostic
Terms: starts with a paid diagnostic, then a fixed proposal.