What I do as your fractional CTO

A CTO is accountable for turning a business into something that can be built, shipped, scaled, and trusted. I bring that same surface area — sized to your stage and budget. Draw on any part of it, in whatever depth you need.

Technology strategy & roadmap​

I translate where the business is going into a sequenced technical plan you can fund and defend. That means a roadmap tied to outcomes, an honest view of what to build now versus later, and the discipline to stop work that isn't moving the needle. You'll be able to explain every major technology bet to your board in plain language.

Architecture & system design​

Most early architecture problems are quiet until they're a crisis. I design systems that are right-sized for today, cheap to run while you're small, and able to scale on the axes that actually matter for your business — without backing you into an expensive rewrite. For existing systems, I find the load-bearing risks before they fail.

Engineering teams & hiring​

Whether you're hiring your first engineer or fixing a stalled team, I help you build an organization that ships: role definitions and levels, interview loops that find real signal, sane on-call and ownership, and a culture where good people want to stay. I can also run the technical side of hiring directly.

Delivery & execution​

Shipping should be predictable, not heroic. I put in the planning cadence, scope discipline, and a small set of honest metrics so you can see velocity, spot slippage early, and trust your dates.

Cloud, infrastructure & cost​

Reliable infrastructure that doesn't quietly eat your runway. I set up pragmatic cloud, deployment, and observability foundations, and I regularly find meaningful savings hiding in over-provisioned, mis-architected, or simply forgotten infrastructure.

Data & AI strategy​

I'll tell you where AI genuinely earns its place in your product and where it's a costly distraction dressed up as a feature. When it's the former, I help you build it responsibly — data foundations, evaluation, cost, and the failure modes that matter.

Security & compliance foundations​

The practical controls and posture that pass enterprise procurement and investor diligence, without turning your team into a compliance department. Right-sized for your stage, with a clear path to whatever standard your customers will eventually demand.

Technical due diligence​

An independent, clear-eyed read on code, architecture, team, and risk — for your own bets or on behalf of an investor or acquirer. You get a written report with a confidence rating, the real risks ranked, and a remediation list. See the diligence playbook for how I run these.

Not sure which of these you need?​

That's normal — and it's exactly what the first call is for. Book a discovery call and we'll figure out where the leverage is.