Fractional CTO Services
Gain access to senior technology leadership on a flexible, part-time basis. I help SMEs and funded startups align engineering outputs with corporate goals, control cloud infrastructure spend, manage agencies, and optimize release cycles.
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Is this right for your business?
Your startup recently raised funding, and you need to build out an initial internal engineering department.
Your software vendor is missing milestones, over-complicating architecture, or providing unmaintainable code.
You have a growing engineering team but lack executive leadership to establish delivery KPIs and standards.
You need to present a robust technology roadmap and technical due diligence report to board members or investors.
How I Work
The Retainer Framework
1. Dedicated Strategy & Hours
We establish a fixed monthly commitment (e.g., 10-15 hours per week) aligned with your strategic requirements. I am available for core meetings, investor presentations, and architectural sign-offs.
2. Team Governance & Auditing
I set up weekly code quality reviews, linting governance, deployment pipelines, and project delivery checklists. I directly manage leads to ensure roadmap compliance.
3. Vendor Vetting & Management
I become your technical representative. I audit supplier proposals, review contract milestones, challenge architecture designs, and ensure you pay for deliverables, not excuses.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between a developer and a Fractional CTO?
A developer is focused on writing syntax to implement specific features. A Fractional CTO is an executive focused on business strategy, project margins, engineering efficiency, secure infrastructure budgeting, software quality governance, and matching technology roadmap directly to corporate goals.
Do you write production code as a Fractional CTO?
No. While I have nearly two decades of engineering experience and audit codebases frequently, writing daily production code limits my capability to provide objective oversight, manage developers, and direct vendor relations. My focus is on architecture direction, code reviews, and strategic guidance.
How does the monthly engagement model work?
We work on a fixed-fee monthly retainer. We define the hours and deliverables based on your current scale. This model provides you with senior technical leadership on demand without the heavy payroll cost, tax overhead, and equity demands of a full-time CTO.
Can you help evaluate or hire our full-time engineering team?
Yes, this is a core part of my fractional service. I help design the hiring roadmap, structure interview loops, conduct technical evaluations for candidate engineers, and guide the onboarding process.