Service · Fractional CTO
A senior technical brain without hiring a full-time CTO.
You don't need another developer. You need someone who sees the whole system: product, tech, risks, and trade-offs. As a fractional CTO, I help you make decisions like a senior team — before you have one.
Fit
Who this is designed for
You don’t need this if you already have a strong technical leadership layer. You do need it if you have developers, but no real technical direction.
A good fit if…
- You have a product in motion and a small team.
- You're making technical decisions you don't fully see.
- Developers are busy, but you're not sure if they're building the right things.
- You want an experienced brain to push back and refine plans.
Not a good fit if…
- You want someone to manage a large engineering organisation full-time.
- You’re looking for a hands-on dev to “just code”.
- You’re not ready to change how you make decisions.
What we do
What fractional CTO support looks like
01 · Product & tech alignment
We make sure what the team is building actually matches strategy, constraints, and reality — not just the last thing someone asked for.
02 · Decision support
You bring options, ideas, and tensions. I help you see second-order effects and pick the smartest trade-offs.
03 · Risk radar
I watch for quiet technical and product risks that will hurt later: complexity, unclear ownership, accidental architecture, etc.
Outcomes
What changes when you have a fractional CTO
- You stop making blind technical bets.
- Your roadmap becomes clearer and less chaotic.
- Developers know why they’re building things, not just what.
- You have a senior brain to sanity-check your decisions.
Logistics
How this usually works
Cadence
Weekly or bi-weekly calls, plus async support for decisions.
Scope
Product & tech guidance, not full-time people management or firefighting every day.
Commitment
Typically 1–3 months at a time, with a clear scope and fixed pricing.