Fractional CTO
Senior technology leadership for startups that need it now, without the full-time hire.
Seed to Series B
Previously at Amazon · Capital One · Sysco
You're building a company, not an engineering org.
I own architecture, the hiring bar and the technical roadmap a few days a month, or hold the whole seat when your CTO leaves, so your engineers build the right things and your board gets straight answers. You hire me, I work for you.
Know what you're buying.
Independent technical due diligence in two weeks: architecture, team, security and AI risk, severity-ranked and costed, so the risk is in your model before you commit.
Start with one question:
Need someone to think with?
Technical Advisory
2 sessions a month
You already have a technical leader. I'm the second opinion on architecture, hiring and org decisions, and I'll sit in on senior interviews.
Need someone to own it?
Fractional CTO
~1 day a week
Engineers but no senior technical leader. I own strategy, architecture and the hiring bar.
Interim CTO
3 days a week
The seat is empty. I hold it, and recruit my permanent replacement.
Not sure yet?
Start with an Engineering Assessment: one question, four weeks, a fixed fee and a written answer with a 30/60/90 plan.
Four weeks · fixed fee
⇄Step up when you hit a hiring push.
⇄Step down once you've hired a leader.
Big-company judgment, sized for a startup.
I spent ten years leading engineering, from Amazon and Capital One to early-stage startups. Now I work with founders who need that experience, but aren't ready to hire it full-time.
Scale
$51M+
Infrastructure budget I owned and defended through executive reviews.
Security & reliability
99.9%+
Availability across security products used by hundreds of thousands of people.
AI
50%
Faster delivery after embedding AI into how engineering teams ship.
- Led engineering at
- Amazon, Capital One, Sysco, others
- Specialty
- Application security, distributed systems, AI agents
- Serving
- New York · Miami · Remote, US-wide
- Works with
- Startups, seed to Series B · Investors, for due diligence
Technology leadership
Technical Advisory
For founders and engineering leaders already in the seat who want a second opinion from someone who has operated at scale.
$5,000
Per monthFractional CTO
For companies with engineers but no senior technical leader. I own the outcomes a CTO would own.
$10,000
Per monthInterim CTO
For companies without technical leadership in the seat: a departure, a founder transition, or an organization that has outgrown who is running it.
$30,000
Per monthAssessments
Engineering Assessment
An independent read on what is working, what is not, and what it costs to fix. Scoped to one question: architecture and technical debt, engineering organization, or a build-versus-buy decision.
$20,000
Fixed feeTechnical Due Diligence
For investors who need an independent technical read on a target before committing capital.
$35,000
Per engagementNeed something else?
Every company is a little different. If none of these is quite the shape of your problem, let's talk. Engagements can be scoped to fit.
Common questions.
How much does a fractional CTO cost?
Technical advisory is $5,000 a month, a fractional CTO retainer $10,000 a month, and an interim CTO $30,000 a month. Fixed-scope work: an engineering assessment is $20,000 and technical due diligence $35,000.
What does a fractional CTO actually do?
The same job as a full-time CTO, on a part-time schedule: owns architecture decisions, sets the hiring bar, shapes the technical roadmap, and is the senior escalation point for engineers and the CEO.
Fractional or interim CTO: what's the difference?
A fractional CTO owns technical direction part-time alongside your existing team. An interim CTO holds the entire seat, usually after a departure, until a permanent hire lands.
What stage companies do you work with?
Mostly seed, Series A and Series B: a real team and product, but no senior technical leader yet. Non-technical founders are some of my best fits.
How do you work with investors?
Through technical due diligence: two weeks from data room access, a $35,000 fixed fee, and no stake in whether the deal closes. It's a separate engagement from my work with companies. Whoever hires me is my client.
How fast can you start?
Advisory and assessments usually start within two weeks. Interim work depends on what I'm already holding.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes, happy to sign one before you share anything sensitive.
Let's talk.
Thirty minutes for whatever's on your mind: a technical decision, a team question, something you're building.