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Fractional CTO and technical consulting

The technical decisions of an experienced CTO without the cost of a full-time hire: architecture, roadmap, hiring, cloud infrastructure and data. A few days a month or a one-off project, with straight answers: build, buy or leave it alone.

  • 15 years of experience in the UK, the UAE and Romania
  • Monthly collaboration or a one-off project
  • Straight answers, no jargon

Who it’s for

  • Startups without a technical co-founder

    You have a product to build and suppliers to evaluate, but nobody to make the technical decisions on your behalf.

  • Growing SMEs

    The development team needs direction, process and someone to check that the infrastructure keeps up.

  • Companies with scattered data

    Information in several systems, reports built by hand. Data pipelines that collect, clean and structure everything in one place.

What’s included

The scope is agreed after the call, based on what you need. We usually cover:

How it works

Four steps, the same on a two-week fix or a year-long build.

  1. A 30-minute call

    Tell us what you’re building or what needs improving. In 30 minutes, we’ll explore your goals, discuss the options and give you an honest view on whether we’re the right fit.

  2. Agree and sign the brief

    We agree the scope, deliverables, milestones, price and what’s excluded. You sign the project brief and contract before work begins, so both sides know what to expect.

  3. Follow the build

    You get a private web page with progress updates and preview links to try the work. We use Claude to help prepare updates, then review them before sharing. We remain responsible for the work and its delivery.

  4. Launch and hand over

    You own the code, the designs and the accounts. Documentation included, support if you want it.

Relevant work

Projects that show this kind of work in practice.

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Frequently asked questions

Straight answers to what people ask before booking a call.

What does a fractional CTO do?

Makes the technical decisions an employed CTO would make, a few days a month: what we build and how, with which technologies, with whom and in what order. Works directly with the founders and with the development team, in-house or external.

How is a fractional CTO engagement paid?

As a monthly retainer with an agreed number of days, or as a one-off project such as a technical review or an architecture decision. You receive the scope and price in writing before we start; we do not bill by the hour without agreement.

Do you also work with external development teams?

Yes. Often the role is to represent the company’s interests with an agency or freelancers: clear briefs, review of deliveries and quality checks.

Does it include hands-on building?

When needed, yes. The same person can make the decisions and write code for critical components within the agreed scope, or coordinate the team that builds them.

What does data engineering mean in practice?

Automated pipelines that pull data from public or private sources, for example procurement notices or property listings, clean it and structure it in a database you can report from or build products on.

Other services

Most projects combine two of these. We help you start with what you need now.

Let’s talk about your project

Book a 30-minute call. You get an honest view of the options and a fixed quote afterwards. No preparation needed.

Book a 30-minute call

Calls are in English, with Romanian support on request.