Fractional CTO
The priorities. The architecture. The people building it. I take responsibility for the technical decisions and the work that follows—whether I’m your first technical leader or joining the team you already have.
Let’s talk about the CTO you needFree first conversation · 30 minutes · Directly with me
You have a product to build, customers to look after and more technical questions than you want to carry alone. The developers may be doing good work. You still need someone to decide what matters, challenge the plan and see the work through.
A fractional CTO gives your startup or established business technical leadership within an agreed allocation. If you are a non-technical founder, I can be your first or sole technical leader. I can also work with your existing developers, coordinate with an agency, or bring and lead the team we need. You work directly with me.
It is a useful fit when the responsibility keeps coming: a launch, a growing product, a difficult transition or a founder who has become the default technical manager. If you need one independent decision first, a technical second opinion can be the right starting point.
I work through product priorities, architecture and trade-offs with you. What should we build? What should we keep? What can wait? I explain the recommendation and its consequences so the business can make a sound decision.
I stay hands-on where it matters and lead the contributors doing the work. We agree where I implement, where I review and where we need more engineering capacity. A roadmap needs someone responsible for carrying it into working software.
That can include hiring assessment, team formation, review practices, delivery planning and the access and documentation needed to carry the work forward. Additional people and spending have an explicit scope and budget.
Conductr · Fractional CTO
I shape product priorities, lead architecture and connect the partner, document and commercial workflows behind a renewable-energy platform. The move beyond no-code was one part of that wider responsibility. I also secured AWS Activate credits for Conductr; eligibility and approval determine what support another company can receive.
Read the Conductr story ↗Skillbid · Product judgment
When a major rewrite was discussed, I recommended clarifying product goals and attracting users before committing to more development. Alongside those decisions, I took responsibility for marketplace engineering through public beta.
The decisions behind Skillbid ↗I also built Varea’s engineering team and lead its architecture and delivery. Earlier, as CodeCooperation’s co-founder and CTO, I built and led the organisation behind 31 engineers, six product teams and 20+ startups and products.
The company and teams I built ↗We define the decisions I own, your immediate priorities, access, reserved capacity and how we communicate. You retain the commercial and spending decisions we agree are yours.
I get into the product and the operation, work with the relevant people and make the first consequential decisions. Urgent work and orientation can move together.
Priorities, working versions, decisions and obstacles stay visible. When something changes, we discuss the impact on scope, capacity and cost.
We review the responsibility, progress and allocation. If someone else takes over, we plan the access, documentation and handover they need.
Yes. An agency or an existing engineering team is not a prerequisite. I can be the first technical leader, build hands-on and bring in the right people when the scope needs them.
We agree that around the responsibility and work your business needs. The allocation, contact expectations and any urgent-issue coverage are explicit before we start. I do not sell unlimited availability.
No. We can start directly with technical ownership. A scoped second opinion is useful when a specific independent decision is the immediate need, rather than a mandatory step before every engagement.
The fee depends on the responsibility, reserved capacity and people involved. After the first conversation, I propose a scope, fee and review points before paid work begins.
A developer can deliver a defined piece of work. A fractional CTO also takes responsibility for technical direction: what to build, the trade-offs, who should do the work and how delivery stays on track. I build hands-on too, including when there is no existing team. If you only need a specific decision checked, a technical second opinion may be enough.
Let’s take 30 minutes.
Tell me what you’re dealing with. I’ll share how I’d approach it and help work out a useful next step. You’re welcome to use that advice whether or not we work together.
Let’s talk about the CTO you needThe conversation is free. Any paid work is scoped and priced before we start.