$300K+ hires do not make sense until you can see the full picture
Fractional CTO services for startups and growing companies. Get architecture reviews, engineering team mentorship, technology strategy, and diagnostic clarity from leaders who have owned enterprise-scale systems without the full-time cost.
Architecture Reviews
Expert analysis of your tech stack and scalability
Team Mentorship
Hands-on guidance for your engineering team
Technology Strategy
Roadmaps aligned with business goals
Vendor Evaluation
Unbiased tool and platform selection
Investor Support
Technical due diligence and board presentations
The Challenge Growing Companies Face
Full-Time CTO Cost: $250K-$400K+
Hiring an experienced CTO with the right background in your industry, plus equity, benefits, and recruiting costs, is a massive investment for early-stage companies.
Critical Decisions Cannot Wait
Architecture choices, technology stack decisions, and scaling strategies made today determine your ability to grow tomorrow. Wrong choices are expensive to fix.
Teams Need Senior Guidance
Even talented developers benefit from mentorship. Without experienced leadership, teams can develop blind spots, accumulate technical debt, or miss industry best practices.
The Fractional CTO Solution
A Fractional CTO gives you access to senior technology leadership on flexible terms. You get the strategic guidance, architecture expertise, and team mentorship of an experienced technology executive - at a fraction of the cost.
We work directly with your team: reviewing architecture, guiding technical decisions, mentoring developers, and ensuring your technology foundation scales with your business goals. Every review is augmented by AI-driven analysis to surface patterns and risks that manual reviews miss — turning weeks of discovery into focused, evidence-backed decisions. Most technical decisions stall because no one can see the full picture clearly enough to commit. Once the path is visible, execution follows.
Architecture clarity
Diagnostic precision across cloud, application, and data platforms.
Team leadership
Direct mentorship for engineering leads, product partners, and stakeholders.
Backed by a Specialist Network
While you engage a dedicated leader, you gain access to our closed network of senior specialists (Cybersecurity, Data, Infrastructure). You get the focus of a single point of contact with the capability depth of a full firm.
Areas of Expertise
Cloud & Platform Engineering
AWS, Azure, GCP • Terraform, Kubernetes • Serverless
AI & Generative AI
LLMs, AI Agents, RAG Systems, OpenAI, Bedrock
Security & Compliance
PCI DSS, SOC2, ISO 27001 • DevSecOps
Team Scaling
20→100+ engineer growth • Hiring, mentoring, processes
Flexible Engagement Options
Choose the model that fits your needs - from weekly advisory to embedded leadership
Weekly Advisory
Regular strategy sessions with async support for ongoing guidance
- Weekly 1:1 calls
- Slack/email support
- Architecture guidance
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Monthly Retainer
Dedicated hours with hands-on team collaboration
- Everything in Weekly
- Team collaboration
- Code & PR reviews
- Board support
On-Demand
Project-based consulting for specific challenges
- Architecture audits
- Tech assessments
- Crisis support
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