CTO as
a service
Experienced technical leadership without a full-time executive hire — for the decisions that are expensive to get wrong and cheap to get right early.
Where it helps
Value sits in decisions and review, not in daily coding.
Architecture
The foundational choices — data model, boundaries, build versus buy — made before they calcify into something expensive to change.
Vendor and stack
Choosing technology and contractors, and reading proposals critically. The cheapest quote is usually the one that understood the least.
Hiring
Defining the first engineering roles, screening candidates technically, and setting the bar before a bad first hire sets it for you.
Investor readiness
A straight account of technical risk and what it costs to clear — the version a board can act on, not a reassurance.
How we engage
A fixed number of hours a month, with a named person — not a rotating bench.
Orientation
We read the code, the infrastructure and the plan, then say plainly what the biggest technical risk to the business is right now.
Regular cadence
A standing session for decisions, plus availability for the ones that cannot wait. Decisions get written down with their reasoning.
Exit on purpose
The goal is a team that no longer needs us. We hand over documented decisions and help hire the permanent replacement.
Where we are useful
Honest about range: we advise where we have shipped, and say so where we have not.
Making calls
without a CTO?
Tell us the decision in front of you. If it needs a full-time hire instead, we will say that.
