How we work together

Three ways in. One long-term partnership.

Every engagement is an entry point into the same relationship: helping you build an engineering organization that no longer depends on you — or on me. We don't sell developers, hours, or code. We sell judgment, leadership, and outcomes.

Flagship engagement
Preferred · 2 days / week · long-term

Fractional CTO

Embedded as your engineering leader, not as extra headcount. I own technology direction, organization design, hiring, delivery, and architecture — and I build the internal leadership that eventually replaces me. The goal is a self-sustaining engineering organization, not dependence on me.

Technology direction

Architecture decisions, build-vs-buy calls, platform strategy, and AI adoption.

Organization & hiring

Designing team structure, hiring senior engineers and leaders, and building internal succession.

Delivery excellence

Fixing the practices and processes slowing shipping as the team grows.

Two other ways in
Often the first conversation

Strategic Technology Advisory

Senior judgment on a specific, high-stakes decision — without a long-term commitment. Often where the relationship begins, before (or instead of) a Fractional CTO engagement.

  • Architecture and platform review
  • Build-vs-buy and AI strategy decisions
  • Technical due diligence for investors or acquirers
  • Hiring evaluation for senior technical roles
  • CTO mentoring for a first-time technical leader
Idea to production · Opportunity-driven

90-Day MVP Delivery

For validated ideas that need to become real, production-grade products — personally led, delivered through a trusted specialist network. Not prototypes, not demos: real software ready for customers.

  • Product scoping and technical architecture
  • Hands-on build, led personally, in 90 days
  • Production-grade quality, not a throwaway prototype
  • A foundation your team can extend afterward
How it usually starts

Most Fractional CTO relationships begin with a single Advisory conversation.

01
A conversation

No pitch. We talk through the actual bottleneck — hiring, delivery, architecture, or direction.

02
A focused engagement

Advisory on the specific decision at hand, or a scoped MVP if you need something built.

03
Fractional CTO

When trust is established and the need is ongoing, we move into a long-term leadership partnership.

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