Executive CTO for Enterprise

Fractional CTO for complex situations. Technical integration for M&A, architecture transformation, crisis management, or interim CTO during permanent hire search.

Challenges you may be facing

Complex situations requiring executive-level guidance

Interim CTO

Lost your CTO (quit, fired, or on leave)
Searching for permanent CTO takes 3-6 months
Need to maintain momentum during transition
Don't want to make a mistake with wrong hire

M&A technical integration

Acquiring a business — need technical due diligence
Post-acquisition: integrating two engineering organizations and tech stacks
Your company being acquired: preparing for due diligence and integration
Multiple acquisitions: need integration guidance

Architecture transformation

Monolith to microservices migration
On-premise to cloud migration
Multi-region expansion
Complete platform rewrite
Legacy system modernization

Crisis management

Major technical incident or series of outages
Catastrophic technical debt
Failed project requiring rescue
Engineering team crisis (conflicts, attrition, low morale)
Missed deadlines threatening the business
Data breach response and security recovery

Compliance and multi-region expansion

GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA, or other regulatory requirements
Expansion to new regions (EU, APAC, etc.)
Enterprise customer requirements (security, SLAs)
Changes in regulatory environment

Hyperscale challenges

Managing 100+ engineers
Complex multi-product portfolio
Global distributed teams
Large-scale platform transformation

What I do

Immediate stabilization

Quickly stabilize the situation to create a solid foundation for transformation.

Assess the situation and identify critical issues
Stabilize what's breaking
Stakeholder communication
Quick wins to build trust

Strategic planning

Develop a clear transformation plan aligned with stakeholders.

Develop transformation roadmap
Risk assessment and mitigation
Resource planning
Timeline and milestones

Execution leadership

Lead the engineering organization through transformation, ensuring plan execution.

Own technical decisions and strategy
Lead engineering organization
Manage complex projects
Stakeholder management (board, investors, customers)
Vendor negotiations
Hire and develop leaders

Handover/completion

Ensure smooth knowledge transfer and transformation completion.

Document everything
Knowledge transfer
Help hire permanent CTO (if that's the goal)
Smooth handover

Results You'll Achieve

No service disruptions or major incidents for customers
Strategic initiatives continued on schedule
Team morale improved
Target architecture achieved on time
Improved performance and scalability
Root causes addressed and safeguards implemented
Stakeholder trust restored

Pricing

Executive CTO

Custom pricing

Full engagement, 25-40 hours per week

Companies seeking a full-scale CTO on an outsourced basis.

Scope defined individually. Typical scenarios:

Acting CTO role during permanent CTO search
Technical integration for M&A and due diligence
Application architecture transformation (monolith → microservices, cloud migration, etc.)
Multi-region compliance (GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA)
Scaling engineering team from 20 to 100+ people
Crisis management (failed projects, team conflicts, critical technical debt)

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How it works

Phase 1: Discovery and planning

Week 1-2

Deep dive into current situation. Stakeholder interviews (founders, board, team, customers as needed). Technical assessment. Risk analysis. Develop transformation plan. Present plan to stakeholders.