Six ways to work with me.
Most engagements combine several of these.
Fractional CTO
Setting the technical direction, leading the team, owning security and compliance, and representing the business to contractors, suppliers, customers, and the board.
- ↳Technology strategy & roadmap
- ↳Security, governance & compliance
- ↳Discovery, build-vs-buy & product ownership
- ↳Leading contractors, agencies & suppliers
- ↳Technical lead on pitches, bids & customer calls
Solutions architecture
How the system is shaped, where it will strain under load, what it costs to run, selecting platforms and vendors.
- ↳System & solution architecture
- ↳Scalability & performance
- ↳Integration & data design
- ↳Technology selection
Development & delivery
Most engagements are hands-on. I design and build the software, or lead the contractors who do, and usually both.
- ↳Web apps, APIs & cross-platform mobile
- ↳Data & streaming pipelines, system integrations
- ↳Leading contractors & delivery teams
- ↳Rescuing & finishing stalled builds
Secure infrastructure
Secure, reproducible infrastructure with everything defined as code, deployed automatically, monitored properly, and able to scale.
- ↳Infrastructure as code & CI/CD
- ↳Secure cloud hosting: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare
- ↳Networking, DNS, CDN & firewalls
- ↳Monitoring, backups & compliance
Applied AI
Working out what your AI should actually do, then building it so it holds up: secure, cost-effective, and able to meet your governance and data residency requirements.
- ↳Agentic systems & LLM pipelines
- ↳Retrieval & document intelligence at scale
- ↳Evaluation, guardrails & regulatory requirements
- ↳Agent-ready websites & applications
- ↳AI-assisted engineering, with senior review
Due diligence & advisory
An independent read on a purchase, an investment, or a plan you are about to commit to. Third-party review of the technology, the risks and what it will really cost.
- ↳Codebase & architecture review
- ↳Investment / acquisition due diligence
- ↳Risk & security assessment
- ↳A written report the board or investors can read
Got something that needs someone in charge?
A short email is plenty. Tell me where you are and what you're wrestling with.