Fractional Retainer
1 − 2 days/week for ongoing leadership, architecture reviews, and delivery cadence.
SERVICES / 2025
Fractional
CTO Offerings
CTO-level leadership that ties product strategy to execution − clarifying what to build, shaping the architecture, and driving delivery so software keeps pace with the business.30+ years hands-on · PhD in Computer Science.
The Offering
Tech Strategy & Roadmap — scope, sequence, milestones from MVP to scale.
Architecture & Platform — clear, maintainable designs; legacy simplification; scalability.
Delivery Excellence — CI/CD, branching, reviews, releases, observability.
Team & Practice — hiring loops, leveling, mentoring, onboarding, standards.
AI & Automation — pragmatic integrations that reduce toil and unlock leverage.
Security & Compliance — SOC-2 readiness foundations; risk management.
Technical Due Diligence — actionable assessments for investors/buyers.
How to Engage
Advisory Sprint (2 − 6 weeks)
Focused outcome: roadmap reset, architecture blueprint, or delivery tune-up.
Interim CTO
Short-term full-time: stabilize, set direction, hire leads, and hand off cleanly.
Due Diligence (1 − 3 weeks)
Codebase, scalability, security posture, and team/process assessment.
Deliverables
Architecture map + ADR (decision log)
90-day plan with owners & metrics
Runbooks: branching, reviews, releases, on-call
Risk register with mitigations
Hiring plan, interview loop, leveling guide
Due diligence report (when applicable)
Example Engagements
SaaS Monolith → Modular Platform
Module boundaries, CI/CD, observability; deploys cut from hours to minutes.
Roadmap Reset & Delivery Tune-Up
Re-sequenced to KPIs; clarified ownership; predictable shipping restored.
Legacy Modernization + AI Assist
Targeted refactors & automation; reduced toil and faster support resolution.