To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Taylor Black’s diverse, partner ecosystem, deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives help deliver results that help our clients thrive.
Clarity before complexity. Strategy before spend.
🔹 Built for Lean Investment Teams. Backed by Enterprise Firepower.
Taylor Black is a strategy-led MSP built for General Partners, Family Offices, and emerging Private Equity firms who need real operational control—without the complexity.
We specialize in serving firms under 50 users, where trust, discretion, and execution matter more than vendor logos.
You’ll work directly with one advisor who brings 25+ years of financial services experience and quietly white-labels elite SOC, compliance, and NOC partners—under a single relationship, your name, and your brand.
One trusted point of contact. No bloated stack. No noise. Just results that protect your reputation.
🔹 Why We Exist
The MSP industry is broken.
Firms are overwhelmed with tools, boxed into contracts, and left to manage “solutions” that don't solve the problem.
At Taylor Black, we believe smaller firms deserve the same discipline, protection, and compliance posture as the biggest players—without vendor fatigue or operational drag.
We started Taylor Black to bring precision back to the services model—where strategy leads, partners execute, and you stay in control.
🔹 How We Operate
✅ Solo-led, high-trust engagement model
✅ (SOC/NOC/compliance)
✅ Advisory-first, with a compliance and investor optics lens
✅ No dashboards, no layers of project managers—just outcomes tied to your roadmap
Every service we deliver is outcome-aligned, discreet, and backed by partners you’ll never need to chase.
We own the roadmap. We own the results.
🔹 Our Model: MEI™
Manage → Evolve → Innovate
Manage – Stabilize your tech, compliance, and security baseline
Evolve – Align operations with investor expectations and audit readiness
Innovate – Introduce high-leverage capabilities only when the foundation is ready
This model lets us act as both your firewall and your growth engine—on your terms.
🔹 About the Founder
Ralph Castro
Founder & Principal Advisor
25+ years in financial services, tech, and enterprise transformation
Led programs at Accenture, Microsoft, and in the Google Cloud partner ecosystem
Managed portfolios up to $100M, with client engagements averaging $2.5M+
Advised hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices in both the U.S. and U.K.
Deep background in compliance readiness, AI advisory, cloud transformation, and cybersecurity strategy
“Everything we deliver is designed to stand up to investor scrutiny, regulatory pressure, and your long-term scale. That’s what I’m here to protect.”
