Founders without a technical co-founder
Making architecture and hiring decisions alone, without a second senior technical opinion.
Fractional CTO / Technology Leadership
Part-time CTO support.
For founders, boards and leadership teams who need real technology direction — architecture, roadmap, vendor and hiring decisions — without committing to a full-time executive hire. A few are pinned around this page.
Is this the right fit?
Designed for
Growing teams outgrowing ad-hoc calls
Technology decisions have outgrown what one busy person can hold in their head.
Boards wanting independent assurance
Ahead of a raise, acquisition or exit, and needing an unconflicted technical view.
Engineering teams missing a technical ceiling
Strong individual contributors, but no one setting strategic technical direction above them.
What's covered
Scope
Strategic Roadmap
A 12–18 month technology plan aligned to commercial reality, not just technical ambition.
Architecture Oversight
Review and direction for the systems and decisions that are hard to reverse later.
Team Coaching
Mentorship for engineering leads and managers — grow your existing team, not replace it.
Risk & Governance
Vendor evaluation, security posture and delivery governance without an internal owner today.
How the time is spent
Engagement rhythm
- Weekly
- Engineering 1:1s and architecture office hours.
- Monthly
- Leadership review, roadmap update and risk register.
- Quarterly
- Board-ready technology paper and strategic re-plan.
- On call
- Senior escalation for hiring, vendor and incident decisions.
What to expect
Commitment
Typical commitment
6–12 months, reviewed quarterly — not an open-ended retainer.
Time investment
4–10 days a month, configurable to what the business actually needs.
Who you work with
A named senior engineer accountable for the outcome — never sub-contracted.