What I offer —
two ways to engage.
Every engagement starts with a short, defined diagnostic. If it makes sense to continue, we move to an ongoing retainer — the scope shaped around what your company actually needs.
Clarity in two weeks
A focused two-week assessment of your stack, architecture, delivery practices, team setup, and security posture. Fixed scope. Fixed price. A prioritised, specific picture of what's working, what's fragile, and what to fix first.
Not a generic audit — the output is sequenced for your stage and goals. Most of the time this leads to an ongoing engagement. Sometimes the diagnosis is all you need. Either way, you leave with clarity.
Start with a conversationWhat's covered
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Architecture review — current state, scalability risks, key structural decisions and their consequences.
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Codebase health — tech debt hot spots, dependency risks, test coverage reality.
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Delivery practices — how the team actually works, where time is lost, what slows you down.
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Team setup — skills mapping, communication patterns, hiring gaps.
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Security & compliance posture — surface-level flags, not a pentest.
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Action plan — sequenced, specific, realistic for your team size.
Technical Landscape
Current state, architecture diagram, and key risks — documented.
Risk Register
Prioritised list of what could hurt you and when.
Action Plan
Sequenced next steps, scoped to your team size and pace.
Readout Session
Walkthrough with founders and key team members.
Fractional CTO, ongoing
The diagnostic surfaces the problems — the retainer installs the fixes. Three commitment tiers; the right one depends on how involved your technical situation needs me to be.
Strategic
1 day / week
Best when the team is capable and you mostly need a senior technical voice for direction and sanity-checks.
- Weekly exec sync
- Architecture decisions
- Hiring input
- Async availability
Active
2 days / week
When delivery is inconsistent, architecture decisions are backing up, or you're hiring and need someone to own the process.
- Everything in Strategic
- Delivery rhythm ownership
- Sprint reviews
- Team coaching
Embedded
3 days / week
For major transitions: cloud migration, AI integration, regulatory compliance, or scaling from 5 to 15 engineers.
- Everything in Active
- Deeper hands-on involvement
- Suitable for crunch periods
- Rapid scale support
Always includes: async availability (response within business day), monthly strategy session with founder, and written monthly summary of decisions and progress.
How to start
Three steps. No pitch, no long sales process.
Discovery call
30 minutes. You describe your situation; I ask about the technical landscape. No obligation — this call tells both of us whether there's a fit.
Proposal
If there's a fit: a tailored proposal within 48 hours. Fixed price, clear deliverables, defined timeline. No surprises.
Sprint starts
Diagnostic begins within two weeks of signature. From there, most engagements move into an ongoing retainer shaped around what you actually need.
Sound like a fit?
Start with a 30-minute call. No pitch — just a conversation about your situation.
Sound like a fit?
Start with a 30-minute call. No pitch — just a conversation about your situation.