Fractional CTO & Advisory
Your CTO,
without the full-time hire.
Senior technical leadership for founders building products. Architecture reviews, product roadmapping, AI strategy, and hands-on guidance from an engineer with 4 exits and $63M+ in outcomes.
Capabilities
What a fractional CTO covers
Architecture Review & Roadmapping
Build on the right foundation
Deep analysis of your system architecture with an actionable roadmap. Identify bottlenecks, scalability constraints, and the highest-impact improvements before they become expensive problems.
AI Readiness Assessment
Find the highest-ROI AI opportunities
Evaluate your data infrastructure, team capabilities, and product roadmap to identify where AI creates real competitive advantage, not just hype.
Product Strategy & Prioritization
Ship what matters, cut what does not
Translate your business goals into a technical roadmap with clear priorities. Know exactly what to build first, what to defer, and what to skip entirely.
Team Building & Hiring Guidance
Build the right engineering team
Engineering org design with role definitions, hiring sequences, and interview frameworks. Know who to hire first, what to look for, and how to structure the team for your stage.
Technology Stack Evaluation
Cut through the noise on tech decisions
Assessment of your current or planned technology stack against what actually matters for your stage and goals. Identify technical debt, licensing risks, and modernization paths.
Build vs Buy Analysis
Make smart investment decisions
Data-driven build vs buy analysis with total cost of ownership modeling. Know when custom software is the right call and when off-the-shelf solves the problem.
What You Get
Decisions backed
by experience
Not generic consulting reports. Actionable guidance from an operator who has built products behind 4 exits totaling $63M+ and 2 Series A fundraises totaling $44M. Every recommendation is grounded in what works in production.
Architecture Review & Roadmap
Comprehensive assessment of your current or planned architecture with a prioritized roadmap for the next 6-12 months.
AI Opportunity Assessment
Identify high-ROI AI use cases with feasibility analysis, data readiness scoring, and implementation plans.
Product Roadmap & Scoping
Translate business goals into a phased technical roadmap with clear milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements.
Hiring Plan & Org Design
Engineering team structure, role definitions, hiring sequences, and onboarding frameworks for your growth stage.
Technology Migration Strategy
End-to-end migration planning with parallel-run strategies, data migration plans, and rollback procedures.
Vendor & Tool Evaluation
Structured vendor assessment with weighted scoring, total cost analysis, and integration complexity mapping.
Our Expertise
Technologies we advise on
Why Fortissimo
What sets us apart
Ready for
technical leadership?
Whether you need a one-time architecture review or ongoing CTO-level guidance, let's talk about what your product needs to succeed.