How I work with companies

Fractional CTO

Ongoing strategic technical leadership without the full-time cost.

Embedded part-time in your leadership team. I own the technical strategy, attend board calls, advise on hiring and vendor decisions, and make sure the roadmap is defensible. Typically 2–3 days per month.

• Technical strategy and roadmap review
• Board and investor communication
• Vendor and tooling decisions
• Hiring and team structure guidance
• Architecture review

AWS Cost & Architecture Review

Most early-stage companies are overpaying AWS by 30–60%.

A structured review of your AWS bill, architecture, and infrastructure decisions. I identify the waste, explain why it happened, and give you a prioritized action plan. One-time engagement with a written report.

• Full AWS bill analysis
• Reserved instance and savings plan gaps
• Over-provisioned services and orphaned resources
• Architectural debt that drives cost
• Prioritized remediation plan

SOC2 Planning

Getting to SOC2 without the 18-month consulting engagement.

A practical path to SOC2 Type I or Type II readiness. I help you pick the right controls, avoid over-engineering your compliance posture, and select tooling that won't become a burden to maintain.

• Scope definition and control selection
• Tool and vendor evaluation (Vanta, Drata, Secureframe)
• Gap analysis against current state
• Evidence collection process design
• Audit readiness review

Tech Stack Review

Clarity on what you have, what it costs you, and what to change.

A one-time deep-dive into your current stack. What is working, what is accumulating risk, and what decisions are quietly compounding into future problems. Delivered as a written brief with specific recommendations.

• Current stack inventory and dependency map
• Technical debt assessment
• Security posture review
• Scalability risk identification
• Decision brief with recommendations

Team Mentoring

Elevating technical teams that are moving fast but missing context.

Working directly with your engineers or technical leads — not to manage them, but to help them develop judgment. Code reviews, architecture discussions, and 1:1s focused on the decisions that matter.

• Engineering 1:1s focused on technical judgment
• Code review and architecture feedback
• Hiring loop design and candidate assessment
• On-call and incident process setup
• Career development for senior ICs