Fractional CTO and technical advisory

I provide senior architecture and engineering leadership on retainer, for founders and teams who need a CTO-grade partner without a full-time hire. I have been a startup CTO and a federal-cloud architect for 20 years, and I bring that judgment to your hardest technical decisions, your build, your raise, or your next scale event.

Who this is for

You are a fit if you need real seniority part-time. Common situations:

• A founder heading into a raise who needs a credible technical voice for the deck, the data room, and the investor calls.
• A team that has outgrown its first architecture and needs someone who has scaled past the wall before.
• A company facing a compliance or security milestone, like SOC 2, FedRAMP, or a serious security review, with no one in-house who has carried one.
• A board or investor who wants an independent technical assessment of a company or a deal.

What you get

• Architecture and engineering leadership: design reviews, technical roadmap, build oversight, and honest calls on build versus buy.
• Technical due-diligence support. I have run the diligence process from the CTO seat for an $80M raise, and I can prepare you for the team on the other side of the table.
• Investor-meeting preparation and, where it fits, sitting in on the technical portion of the call.
• Security and compliance guidance grounded in real FedRAMP and DoD delivery, not theory.

How it works

We start with a short scoping conversation to define what you actually need and how much of it. Engagements run on a monthly retainer sized to that scope. No long ramp, no full-time cost, and a clear exit when the need is met.