Engagement

How we can work together

Start small and fixed-price, then go deeper only if it is working. You always know what you are buying and what you will receive.

Four ways to start

Every option is priced after the free review, once I understand the system and the problem. Scope and price are agreed before any paid work starts.

1. Free 30-minute technical review

A call to understand the problem and tell you honestly whether I can help. No slides, no pitch.

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2. Technical health check or cloud cost audit

Fixed price, 1-2 weeks. You receive a ranked list of fixes by business impact, with effort and risk for each.

What the audit covers Read: What a technical audit delivers

3. Fix-and-stabilise or build project

A scoped project to fix the top items, scale a system, ship an MVP to production, or add AI safely.

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4. Monthly fractional CTO

Ongoing senior ownership of architecture, hiring input, vendor decisions and delivery, for a fixed monthly cost.

Fractional CTO Read: What a fractional CTO costs

What drives the price

/Size and age of the system, and how well it is documented.
/How many people and environments are involved.
/How urgent the problem is, and how much risk the fix carries.
/Compliance requirements (healthcare, payments, student data).
/Whether you want advice only, or hands-on delivery alongside your team.

Who I work best with

/Seed to Series B startups with a live product and a real technical problem.
/Founders who want a straight answer, even when it is "do not build that".
/Teams with at least one engineer who can work with me day to day.

Who I am probably not the right fit for

/Anyone looking for the cheapest hourly rate, or for pure staff augmentation.
/Projects with no live users yet and no budget to validate the idea first.
/Teams who want sign-off for a decision that has already been made.

Frequently asked questions

Do you work on fixed prices?

Audits are fixed price. Projects are scoped with a clear outcome first. Fractional CTO work is a monthly engagement with an agreed number of days or hours.

How fast can you start?

Availability changes. Book the free review and I will tell you the current start date straight away.

Who owns the code and documents?

You do. Everything produced for you, including audit reports, is yours.

Not sure where to start?

Tell me what is going wrong. In 30 minutes we will work out whether I can help, and what the first step is.

Book a free 30-minute technical review