Senior technical leadership wired into your operating cadence — a roadmap, architecture decisions, vendor management, and a team that levels up — without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.
We embed on a recurring rhythm — typically a set number of days per month — so decisions get made on time and momentum holds between sessions. You get a named leader who knows your stack and your team, not a rotating bench.
We translate business goals into a sequenced technology plan — what to build, what to buy, what to retire, and in what order — so engineering effort tracks to outcomes instead of the loudest request.
An honest read on the systems you run today: where they'll scale, where they'll break, and the highest-leverage changes to make first. Vendor-neutral, written down, and revisited as you grow.
We own the relationships with platforms, tooling, and outside developers — scoping work, holding vendors to it, and cutting the spend that isn't earning its place in the stack.
We raise the bar on the engineers you already have, set the standards and review habits that stick, and help you scope, interview, and hire so the team is stronger with or without us in the room.
A defensible technology budget, a clear view of technical and security risk, and the trade-offs framed for the board or owner — so spend is deliberate and surprises are rare.
You've outgrown ad-hoc technical decisions but a full-time CTO is premature or overkill. A Fractional CTO gives you executive-level judgment now, and a clean handoff to a full-time hire later when the scale justifies it.
You get senior technical leadership on a part-time, recurring basis — the strategy, architecture, and vendor judgment of an executive without the full-time salary, equity, and ramp. When the business grows into a full-time role, we help you scope and hire it, and hand off cleanly.
Most engagements run monthly on a set cadence — a standing leadership sync, a monthly technical review, and availability for time-sensitive decisions in between. The exact commitment scales to what your business needs; we right-size it together rather than selling a fixed package.
Fractional CTO work is a recurring monthly engagement scoped to the cadence and scope you need. We scope it in a conversation once we understand your team, stack, and goals — no generic tiers.
Both. We're based in Denver and work across Colorado in person, and we lead engagements remotely for teams nationwide. Most fractional leadership runs remote with on-site time where it earns its place.
The role is leadership first — strategy, architecture, and management. We stay hands-on where it moves the work forward and can bring in delivery through our own team when you'd rather we build than just direct.
After a scoping conversation we typically begin within a couple of weeks — starting with a current-state review so the first roadmap is grounded in how your systems and team actually work today.
