OFFER 01 — FRACTIONAL CTO
A CTO's judgment, without the full-time seat.
Architecture decisions, team structure, vendor calls, code reviews, incident response, hiring. I step into your leadership team for the part you actually need. A full-time CTO runs $300K and up before equity.
The team is busy. Sprints are full, tickets are moving, and somehow the thing the business actually needs is always one quarter away. The board meeting is coming and the technical slide is the one you rehearse.
A big decision is sitting on your desk. Rebuild or fix. Native or cross-platform. This vendor or that one. Every answer costs six figures if it's wrong, and everyone offering you one has something to sell.
You don't need more engineers. You need someone who has made these calls before, sitting on your side of the table.
HOW THIS GOES
No mystery. Here's the shape of it.
WEEK 0
We talk for 30 minutes about where the business is and where the technical pain is. You leave with my honest read on whether you need a fractional CTO at all.
WEEKS 1-2
I get inside your code, your team, and your roadmap. You get a written assessment: what is solid, what is fragile, and what I would do first.
MONTH 1
We pick the priorities together and I start operating: architecture calls, hiring plans, vendor decisions. You get a working cadence your team can feel.
ONGOING
I run the technical side of your leadership conversations and keep the team leveling up. Every quarter you get a team that needs me a little less.
A FAIR FILTER
This works best when it fits.
FOR YOU IF
- You are between CTOs, or hiring your first technical executive feels premature
- The team is shipping but the business needle is not moving
- A rebuild-or-fix decision is on your desk and every vendor has a different answer
- The board asks technical questions you want answered with confidence
NOT FOR YOU IF
- You need a full-time executive in the office five days a week
- You want a name to blame rather than a problem solved
- You are shopping for staff augmentation by the hour
WHY ME
I've done this before. On the record.
13x
TEAM GROWTH AT ALO YOGA, 5 TO 65
57%
REVENUE GROWTH, $350M TO $550M
$3M+
ANNUAL COSTS CUT VIA ARCHITECTURE
I have built and led engineering through two acquisitions, scaled a team 13x while revenue grew 57%, and cut seven figures of infrastructure cost. These are the calls you are hiring judgment for.
THE NUMBERS
Where this lands on the rate card.
Fractional CTO
$4K-$20K+/mo
The ongoing engagement. A full-time CTO runs $300K and up before equity; this buys the part you actually need.
Deep Audit
~$25K
A common starting point before a major investment or platform decision.
90-Day Growth Sprint
~$75K
When you need hands-on leadership now, not a report.
Prices are honest ranges, not bait. The full rate card, including what each engagement covers, is on the home page.
NEXT STEP
Let's talk about what's stuck.
30 minutes. Bring the decision that's keeping you up at night. I'll tell you how I'd think about it, whether or not we work together.
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