Don't hire a CTO yet.
Hire the judgment.
Senior technical leadership for founders who need someone who's done it before — to own the decisions, steer the build, and tell you the truth. No $400k salary. No equity grant. No three-month search.
No contract. Month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
"saved us ~$140k"
"finally, someone steering"
If any of these are true, we should talk.
You don't have a coding problem. You have a judgment problem. That's the one I solve.
A consultant hands you a deck.
I take the wheel.
I own decisions, not opinions
I'll fire the developer who isn't working out, redraw the architecture, renegotiate the vendor, and sit in front of your board. Advice is cheap. Ownership is the job.
I've seen your exact situation
The mistakes early companies make are remarkably predictable. The value isn't that I'm smart — it's that I've already paid for these lessons so you don't have to.
You can fire me next month
No lock-in, no equity, no drama. If I'm not earning my fee, you'll know — and you can walk. That's the deal, and it's the thing that keeps me honest.
Getting started is deliberately low-risk.
A 20-minute fit call
No pitch deck, no pressure. You tell me what's broken; I tell you straight whether I can help — and whether you even need me yet. Sometimes the honest answer is "not yet."
A Teardown or a retainer
Not ready to commit monthly? Do a two-week Tech Teardown first — a blunt written verdict on your tech, team and spend. Go monthly within 30 days and the fee comes off month one.
We get to work
Weekly sessions, decisions owned, your roadmap actually shipping. Month to month. You stay in control the whole way through.
Three retainer tiers depending on how deep you need me. One-off Teardowns start at $7,500. No contract, no equity required.
See full pricing →Tell me what's broken.
I'll tell you straight.
No pitch, no deck. Whether I can help, what it'd cost, and whether you even need me yet — in twenty minutes.