Senior tech judgement in the room. Without the six-figure hire.

Technology decisions compound. A good one saves years of cost and rework. A bad one becomes the thing you are still paying for three years later. A fractional CTO on retainer means a senior engineer is thinking about your technology direction every week, not just when something breaks.

What a retainer actually covers.

A senior engineer thinking about your technology direction every week, not just when something breaks.

Architecture and stack decisions

Independent review of what you are building on and whether it is the right foundation for where the business is going. No vendor relationships, no upsell agenda.

Vendor and contract scrutiny

Someone who can read a technology contract, spot the lock-in clauses, and tell you what questions to ask before you sign. We have saved clients from expensive platform decisions more than once.

Hiring and team building

Scorecards, interview questions, and a senior eye on candidates so you do not hire the wrong developer at the wrong stage. We know the difference between a good CV and a good engineer.

Quarterly roadmap

A structured session every quarter to align your technology direction with your business goals. What to build, what to defer, what to stop paying for.

Leadership sit-in

Available for board calls, investor discussions, and leadership meetings where a technical voice changes the quality of the decision. We bring the same independence we bring to everything else.

AI strategy and governance

Which AI tools are worth your time, which are noise, and how to build AI into your business in a way that compounds rather than creating new dependencies. We evaluate independently and implement where it makes sense.

Retainer. No lock-in.

Weekly subscription, no long contracts. We stay close enough to understand your business and far enough to stay independent. We do not take vendor kickbacks and we do not have a preferred stack. You get advice shaped around your business, not around our incentives.

The gap most growing businesses hit.

Businesses with existing tech staff but no senior leadership layer. Founders making technology decisions without a trusted technical voice. Companies preparing for a funding round, a major platform decision, or a critical hire. If you have ever wished you had a senior engineer you could call before signing something, this is what that looks like.

What changes with senior judgement in the room.

Six-figure migrations avoided

Through early architecture review that catches the wrong platform decision before it gets signed.

Lower SaaS spend

Independent vendor assessment that cuts the tools that do not earn their monthly bill.

Faster decisions at leadership level

Confident technology calls with a senior voice in the room, not weeks of guesswork.

How this looks in practice.

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