Fractional CTO engagement · Portfolio capped at 5
Apply for the open seat.
One accountable executive runs your entire technology and demand operation and ships to production every week, for less than a third of a full-time CTO. Platform, traffic, automation, and reporting — all of it under one roof and one invoice.
Most fractional CTOs sell advice. Most agencies sell deliverables. I do both: I own the strategy and build the systems myself.
The problem it solves
Right now your technology is scattered across vendors, and not one of them owns the outcome.
A web agency here, an SEO retainer there, a freelancer for automations, and you in the middle stitching it together and hoping it adds up. This engagement replaces that scramble with one executive who owns all of it and answers for the result.
What the engagement includes
Six systems, one executive, one invoice.
Everything below is what I already run, every month, for a small roster of multi-million-dollar companies. Bought separately, it takes an agency roster, a couple of hires, and an executive to cover.
E-commerce & web platform
Custom e-commerce and headless architecture, product data systems, RFQ and checkout pipelines — the same class of infrastructure behind a Fortune 100 company's $10M contract and a client-attributed $23M pipeline. Your website stops being a brochure and starts producing pipeline you can name.
Replaces a platform build team
SEO & content systems
Programmatic SEO at scale: I took an American tech platform to 4 million search impressions in a single month, including the #1 result for a term with 240,000 monthly searches. Keyword-mapped architecture and content systems that keep growing without you buying every click.
Replaces an SEO agency retainer
AI & automation
Custom automations and AI agents doing staff-level work: prospect research, campaign generation, reporting dashboards, monitored systems. The busywork runs while you sleep, and payroll never feels it.
Replaces one to two full-time hires
Ads, CRM & reporting
Google Ads management with custom dashboards, CRM wiring, and attribution reporting — every marketing dollar visible in one place. You spend on what works and cut what doesn't, with the proof in front of you.
Replaces an ads agency retainer
Executive ownership
Quarterly technology roadmap, vendor and agency oversight, build-vs-buy calls, hiring input, and a weekly executive brief in plain English. One person owns the decisions, so the technology load finally leaves your desk.
Replaces a full-time CTO
Direct access & incident response
Direct line with 24-hour response and incident ownership: backups, rollback, monitoring. When something breaks at 2 AM, it's my problem, and you sleep through it.
Priceless when it's down
6
systems, run as one
1
accountable executive
1 of 5
seats open right now
Written into the contract
The Weekly Ship Guarantee
"Something ships to production every single week, documented in your weekly brief, or that month is free."
A shipped change to a production system, in writing, every week. You can verify it yourself in the brief. Advisory firms can't match this guarantee, because they don't build.
How it starts
Start with the audit. Decide with evidence.
Step 1 · Weeks 1–2
The Technology Reality Audit
A fixed-scope audit of your platform, traffic, ad spend, automation opportunities, and tech spend. You get a 12-month Technology Roadmap you keep either way.
Fixed fee
fully credited against month one
Step 2 · Ongoing
The engagement
The full six-system stack, quarterly re-anchored against the roadmap. Ships weekly, guaranteed. The roadmap's #1 quick win goes live within the first 7 days.
Flat monthly retainer
12-month term
Alternative
Advisory only
Roadmap, weekly executive brief, and vendor oversight, without hands-on building. Same judgment, smaller scope.
Smaller retainer
advisory only
Major builds, like full replatforms and new revenue-line launches, are scoped separately. The engagement runs the machine, and big builds get their own engagement.
Included with every engagement
Built so you're never hostage to anyone. Including me.
A win in week one
The engagement starts with a first-week deep-dive, and the roadmap's #1 quick win ships to production within 7 days. You see value before your first invoice clears.
You own everything
All code, content, and infrastructure live in accounts you own from day one. There is no agency lock-in, because there is nothing of yours in my accounts.
Everything documented
Living documentation of every system, so you're never dependent on any vendor. That includes me.
What these systems have done
The systems in this stack have produced a $23M attributed sales pipeline for one American manufacturer and closed a $10M Fortune 100 contract for another, plus an American tech platform rebuilt to serve 398K+ users and another taken to 4M monthly search impressions, including #1 for a 240K-volume term.
Questions worth asking
What does the engagement cover? +
Strategy and execution in one place: your platform, SEO and content systems, AI automation, ads and CRM reporting, vendor oversight, and a weekly executive brief. One accountable executive on a 12-month term.
Why cap the portfolio at five seats? +
Because every seat gets an executive, and an executive doesn't scale past a handful of companies. Every seat is a multi-million-dollar company getting weekly production shipments. One seat is open right now, and once it fills, the next opening is whenever an engagement ends.
How does applying work? +
Fill out the application below: who you are, your revenue band, and the technology problem that's costing you. Qualified applicants hear back within one business day, and the engagement itself starts with the Technology Reality Audit, so the decision gets made on evidence.
How does the Technology Reality Audit work? +
It's a two-week, fixed-scope audit of your platform, traffic, ad spend, automation opportunities, and technology spend. You get a 12-month Technology Roadmap you keep either way, and the full audit fee is credited against your first month if we work together.
What is the Weekly Ship Guarantee? +
Something ships to production every single week, documented in your weekly brief, or that month is free. It's in the contract. Advisory firms can't offer that guarantee because they don't build.
What does it cost? +
The audit is a fixed fee, and the engagement is a flat monthly retainer on a 12-month term — well under what the stack costs bought separately, and a fraction of full-time CTO compensation. Exact numbers come with the audit conversation, once I've seen your business.
What if I need a major build, like a full replatform? +
Major builds (replatforms, new revenue-line launches) are scoped as separate projects. The engagement runs and compounds the machine, and big builds get their own engagement with their own timeline.
Is there a smaller option? +
Yes — an advisory-only version: the roadmap, the weekly brief, and vendor oversight, without hands-on building. Same judgment, smaller scope and a smaller retainer.
One of five seats open
Apply for the open seat.
Tell me where your company is and what technology problem is costing you. Qualified applicants hear back within one business day, and the engagement starts with the Technology Reality Audit: fixed fee, fixed scope, fully credited if we work together. You keep the 12-month roadmap either way.
The portfolio holds companies that are
- ✓ Owner-led
- ✓ $5–50M revenue
- ✓ Committed to shipping weekly
General question instead? Contact me.