Fractional CTO advisory
A senior technology leader embedded part-time — for founders and boards who need architectural, hiring, and vendor decisions to land right the first time.
What a fractional CTO actually does
Senior technology leadership, in the rooms where the decisions get made — without the full-time cost of a hire.
Architecture reviews
A senior read on the current system — what works, what breaks under scale, and what to change now vs. later.
Technology roadmap
A 6-to-18-month tech roadmap tied to the business plan — investments, retirements, and staffing sequenced honestly.
Hiring & interviewing
Job specs, sourcing, interview rubrics, and closing conversations — helping you hire your first VP Eng or founding CTO.
Vendor selection
RFPs, shortlists, and reference calls for infra, security, and SaaS vendors — independent of any partner economics.
Board & investor updates
Board-ready tech readouts — reliability, security posture, hiring, and roadmap risks — in language a board understands.
Weekly office hours
A standing weekly slot with your leadership team — plus ad-hoc availability for the decisions that can't wait.
From discovery to ongoing advisory
A four-phase engagement that gets a senior technology leader in the room quickly and keeps them there for as long as it helps.
Discovery interviews
Founder, board, and current engineering leads. Understand the business, the tech, and the actual open questions.
Assessment & roadmap
A written read-out — architecture, hiring, and vendor state, plus a proposed 6-to-12-month roadmap you can act on.
Weekly cadence
A standing weekly slot with your leadership team plus ad-hoc availability. Monthly board-ready readouts.
Ongoing advisory
Rolling monthly engagement with clear priorities each quarter. Hand-off support when the full-time hire lands.
Where a fractional CTO is the right fit
Fractional CTO is right when the decisions are big, the full-time hire is months out, or an independent read matters.
Seed & Series A startups
When a full-time CTO isn't the right hire yet but board-level tech judgment is already needed.
Pre-hire founding CTO gap
Cover the leadership gap during a founding CTO search — including participating in interviews and closing.
Post-acquisition tech integration
A senior read on the acquired stack, integration plan, and team structure — separate from the operating deal team.
M&A due diligence
Independent technical DD on architecture, security, tech debt, and team quality — with a written report the board can act on.
Regulated-industry oversight
For healthtech, fintech, and public-sector-adjacent companies — senior oversight on security, audit, and vendor risk.
Team readiness reviews
A candid outside read on whether the current engineering team is set up to deliver the next 12 months of roadmap.
The areas we commonly advise on
Not a build stack — these are the categories a fractional CTO engagement most often touches.
What you get from fractional leadership
The advantages of senior part-time leadership over waiting to close a full-time hire.
Senior-only technology leadership
A leader who has already run engineering organizations — not a first-time exec learning on the job.
Board-ready readouts
Monthly written readouts on reliability, security, and hiring — in language a board and investors can act on.
Real hiring pipeline
Access to senior engineering and leadership candidates through the same network we use for placement work.
Independent, vendor-neutral
Recommendations independent of any partner economics — no incentives to steer you toward a specific cloud, tool, or vendor.
A product we advised from architecture to launch
A production AI system shaped by senior technology advisory alongside a hands-on engineering team.
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NeuraDesk
A retrieval-augmented support copilot that grounds answers in a company's own knowledge base.
Read Case Study →Why founders pick us for fractional CTO work
Senior leadership with real operating scars — and the independence to say the hard thing.
Learn more about us →Real operating experience
Our fractional CTOs have led engineering organizations through hiring, scaling, and hard architectural pivots.
Independent, not a sales channel
We are not paid by AWS, Databricks, or any vendor. Recommendations are what we would tell you as a co-founder, not as a channel.
Willing to say the hard thing
Board readouts that reflect reality, hiring calls that reflect risk, and honest reads on the current team.
Clean transition to a full-time hire
When the full-time CTO or VP Eng lands, we hand off cleanly with documentation — no attempt to extend the engagement forever.
Common questions about fractional CTO engagements
Practical answers on commitment, commercials, and how a fractional CTO actually integrates with your team.
How much time does a fractional CTO commit?
Is this a title or a real operating role?
Can the fractional CTO help hire our full-time CTO?
Is there a conflict if we also use Zikosoft for engineering?
What's the minimum commitment?
Do you handle M&A due diligence?
Need senior tech leadership in the room this quarter?
Tell us the stage and the open questions. We'll propose a fractional CTO engagement sized to the work.
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