Tailored expertise for your journey

Every company faces distinct technical challenges shaped by their market, team, and stage of growth. Rather than prescribing fixed solutions, I meet you where you are—diagnosing what's holding you back and crafting an approach specific to your priorities. The engagements below represent common starting points. What challenges are you facing?

A selection of my services

Fractional CTO Partnership

Experienced technical leadership on a flexible basis, without the long-term commitment of a permanent executive hire.

What this looks like:

• Develop technology strategy aligned with business objectives
• Design engineering team structure and lead hiring
• Oversee architecture decisions and technical direction
• Guide vendor selection and technology choices
• Represent technical perspective to investors and board

Right for: Companies seeking flexibility in how they engage technical leadership—during growth, transitions, or while building toward a permanent hire.

Technology Strategy & Risk Assessment

Strategic clarity for your technical foundation—whether evaluating what you have or defining what's next.

What this addresses:

• Technology vision aligned with business goals
• Architecture evaluation: scalability, resilience, modernization
• Technical debt and risk inventory with remediation priorities
• Platform and framework selection
• Security posture and compliance readiness
• Team capability gaps and hiring priorities
• Build-vs-buy decisions and vendor dependency analysis
• Implementation roadmap with clear milestones

Deliverable: Assessment and strategic roadmap tailored to your priorities and risk tolerance.

Right for: Leadership teams navigating growth, fundraising, M&A, or seeking confidence in their technical foundation.

Engineering Team Launch & Interim Leadership

Build the right engineering organization from day one—with interim leadership if needed.

What this involves:

• Hiring strategy tailored to your product and market
• Interview process design and candidate evaluation
• Team structure and onboarding programs
• Interim CTO or VP Engineering leadership
• Engineering workflow and tooling setup
• Team mentorship and capability development

Right for: Founders building their first engineering team or companies needing interim leadership during transitions.

AI Strategy & Implementation Planning

Identify where intelligent features genuinely improve your users' experience. I work backwards from real user problems—finding opportunities where AI creates measurable value and delight, not just technical novelty.

What this addresses:

• User problem assessment—where intelligent features solve actual pain points
• Use case validation and prioritization by impact
• Technology selection: build, buy, or integrate
• Data infrastructure and preparation roadmap
• Team structure, skills, and hiring needs
• Risk, compliance, and ethical considerations
• Phased implementation with measurable user outcomes

Right for: Companies starting from user needs rather than technology capabilities.

Who I work with

Startup founders

Bootstrap or scale your software development with confidence

• Ship lean, iterate fast, and accelerate toward product strength
• Design flexible architecture that evolves as you validate and grow
• Navigate technical due diligence with investors
• Build and structure your first engineering team

Established companies

Navigate complex technology decisions with confidence

• Guide technical due diligence for M&A and partnerships
• Navigate build-vs-buy decisions for agility
• Scale teams and systems through growth
• Modernize architecture without disruption
• Develop durable AI and data strategies