CTO as a Service
A technical decision maker, without the hire.
Fractional CTO for companies whose technology decisions have outgrown whoever is currently making them. Architecture, vendor oversight, roadmap and the uncomfortable questions.
CTO as a Service
Most companies do not need a full-time CTO. They need somebody accountable in the room when a supplier proposes a rewrite, when the roadmap and the budget disagree, and when the person who built everything is three weeks from leaving. That is the job.
CTO as a Service
A technical decision maker, without the hire.
Architecture and stack decisions
Written recommendations with the trade-offs and the cost of reversing them stated, rather than a preference dressed up as an industry standard.
Vendor and supplier oversight
We review proposals, estimates and code from your other suppliers. We are paid by you and take no licence margin, so the review is not an audition.
Technical due diligence
Pre-acquisition or pre-investment review of a codebase, the team around it and its real maintenance cost over the next two years.
Roadmap and hiring plan
What to build, what to buy, what to postpone, and the first engineers to hire in what order and at what seniority.
Security and compliance posture
GDPR and UK GDPR, access control, backups and the incident plan you want to have written before the week you need it.
FAQ
How much time does it involve?
Usually one to four days a month plus availability between sessions. Enough to be genuinely accountable, not enough to pretend we are your full-time CTO. If you need more than that, you need to hire.
Will you tell us not to build something?
Frequently, and that is most of the value. We are not paid by the line of code, so advising you to buy rather than build costs us money and we still give that advice.
Can you oversee our existing agency or developer?
Yes. Reviewing another supplier estimates and code is one of the most common reasons clients start with us, and we do it without trying to replace them.
Can this turn into a full delivery team later?
Yes, and it often does. It can equally end with us writing the job description for the person who replaces us. Both are good outcomes and we will say which one we think you need.
Tell us which two systems are fighting.
One business day, one clear next step. Not a proposal deck.