Fractional CTO
A fractional CTO gives growing organizations senior technology leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time executive hire. I step in to own IT strategy, infrastructure operations, and technology decision-making — the same accountability a full-time CTO would carry, sized to what your organization actually needs right now. That includes the operational discipline this role actually requires, not just strategic slide decks: I've written an organization's first disaster recovery plan, led a 50+ application data center migration, and kept uptime in the high 99s for a $1B+ financial institution.
What this covers
IT strategy, roadmap, and budget ownership
Setting technology direction tied to business priorities, not just keeping the lights on. Budget decisions get made against what actually reduces risk or unlocks growth.
Data center, cloud, and infrastructure operations oversight
Architecture decisions, vendor selection, and day-to-day reliability — the same ownership whether the environment is on-prem, cloud, or mid-migration between the two.
More on this →Business continuity & disaster recovery planning
Documented, tested plans instead of institutional knowledge that walks out the door. When one doesn't exist yet, writing it from scratch is part of the job.
More on this →Vendor, MSP, and internal team management
Holding technology partners and internal staff to clear accountability. A six-person team and a sixty-vendor contract list get held to the same standard: measurable deliverables.
Capacity planning and system reliability
Uptime targets, monitoring, and redundancy built in before they’re needed — the goal is boring reliability, not a 3am page during a board update.
Technology due diligence for M&A and vendor consolidation
Assessing what you're actually buying or replacing before you commit to it, including the technical debt and integration risk that don't show up in a sales deck.
More on this →Who this is for
Organizations that have outgrown ad hoc IT management but aren't ready for — or don't need — a full-time CTO: companies navigating a critical infrastructure project, preparing for an audit or acquisition, or simply tired of technology decisions being made reactively. The fit is clearest when there's real technical complexity to manage — a legacy system migration, a security incident aftermath, a compliance deadline — rather than a need for general hands-on-keyboard IT support. Engagements typically start with a working assessment of what's actually running today: what's documented, what exists only as institutional knowledge, and where the real operational risk sits before any roadmap gets written.
Let's talk about it & infrastructure leadership
I take on a limited number of clients at a time so every engagement gets real attention. Reach out to discuss scope, cadence, and fit.
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