CTO Services
We provide Fractional CTO services.
The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is a company executive that defines the technology trajectory. A CTO strategically pushes development forward and makes teams productive through organization, design, and consensus.
The fractional CTO (FraCTO) works the CTO role on a part-time basis, helps define and refine a company’s technology strategy and architecture, and accelerates technological growth.
CTO Solutions Include:
Define/Maintain the Technology Strategy: Work with leadership to define the tech goals and road map.
Technology Leadership and Guidance: Work with team leads to mentor, prioritize, and align architectural and design decisions.
Fielding of New Technologies: Identify and recommend new tech that helps company goals.
Determine MVP for a major release
Vendor Management: Make sure that vendors fit the tech strategy.
Risk Mitigation: Understand, communicate, and reduce risks: Includes: security, technical debt, ease of integration and compatibility.
Oversee Tech Operations: Keep a finger on the pulse of the tech development, infrastructure, and QA.
(Optionally) Oversee IT operations: sometimes needed if no CIO exists.
Why Do Companies Need a Fractional CTO?
Small companies and startups benefit from a FraCTO that don’t need a full time CTO, but still need technical guidance that a FraCTO provides. A FraCTO is a good choice for emerging businesses that need professional guidance without the cost of a full time CTO. Typical problems that a FraCTO resolves:
Confusing, incompatible, or incoherent technical strategy
Avoid or reduce expensive technical debt
Organize development teams to efficiently solve challenges
Quality assurance (QA) teams organization and strategy
Avoid going down risky tech rabbit holes that waste time and assets
Prioritize developer communications and documentation to optimize dev time