Executive technical judgment, without a full-time CTO.
For companies making expensive technology decisions with nobody to ask who doesn't have a conflict of interest.
Three typical situations
The company without a CTO
You depend on software and your vendor makes the technical decisions. That's a structural conflict of interest.
The company that grew fast
You have good developers, but nobody who has already been through the stage that's coming.
The board that needs translation
Directors need to understand technology risk in business terms, from someone who doesn't sell development hours.
The scope
- Technical leadership and architecture decisions
- Evaluating and selecting technology vendors
- Reviewing technical proposals and budgets before you sign
- Defining standards and the quality process
- Mentoring your in-house technical team
- Support in front of boards and committees
- Technology status reports in business language
How it starts
With a technical session to understand the decisions you have pending. Then we define with you, in writing, the scope and the level of involvement you need.
About the fractional CTO
How is it different from a traditional consultant?
A consultant delivers a report and leaves. A fractional CTO makes decisions with you, joins your team meetings and is accountable for technical judgment for the agreed period.
How much involvement does it include?
Whatever your situation requires. We define it with you after the initial session, in writing.
Can you support us in front of our board or investors?
Yes. Part of the value is having independent technical judgment that can explain the state of your technology to non-technical people.
What if we already have an in-house technical lead?
Even better. In that case we act as mentoring and backup for that person, not as a replacement.
What technology decision do you have pending?
Bring it to the conversation and we'll give you a read. No commitment.