Technical Advisory
Most technical decisions get made without the full picture. We give founders and executives the senior, outside read they need to make them well.
You can't judge what you can't see clearly.
Non-technical founders take their team's or vendor's word for how the system is doing. Technical founders rarely have the room to step back and look at their own architecture with fresh eyes.
Either way, you're flying without the full picture. That kind of risk builds up quietly for a long time, and then all at once.
Our advisory work is here to give you that picture, plainly and honestly, while the decisions can still be changed.
Weeks
2–3
Typical time to deliver a Technical Health Check
Monthly
Ongoing
Fractional CTO engagements run on a monthly model
Independent
100%
No vendor relationships. No product commissions.
Founders
Non-tech
We work extensively with non-technical founders
Advisory Services
Each one is fixed-scope, with deliverables you can point to.
Technical Health Check
A clear read on where your system actually stands.
We go through your codebase, architecture, infrastructure, and how the team works, and measure it against where the business is headed. You get a report with the findings ranked by what matters, not a flat list of everything that's wrong.
What's included
- Architecture and scalability assessment
- Code quality and technical debt analysis
- Security posture review
- Infrastructure and deployment evaluation
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
Architecture & Scalability Review
Know what your system can take, and where it'll give.
A deep look at how your architecture is built, focused on whether it scales, holds up, and stays maintainable. We pressure-test the assumptions it rests on, find the weak joints, and hand you a concrete plan.
What's included
- Component and service boundary analysis
- Data model and storage strategy review
- Load, concurrency, and failure scenario modeling
- Integration and dependency risk assessment
- Architecture improvement recommendations
Vendor & Team Audit
An honest read on what your team or vendor is really delivering.
For when you want a second opinion you can trust on what your dev team or vendor is actually shipping. We look at code quality, engineering practices, how disciplined the process is, and whether any of it lines up with your goals.
What's included
- Code quality and best-practice assessment
- Delivery process and velocity evaluation
- Risk and dependency identification
- Communication and documentation review
- Actionable findings with decision support
Fractional CTO Advisory
Senior technical leadership, without the full-time hire.
An ongoing partnership for founders and executives who want a senior technical voice on the big decisions. We help you weigh the options, work through the trade-offs, and keep a steady hand on technical direction, without putting a CTO on the payroll.
What's included
- Weekly or biweekly strategic sessions
- Technology selection and vendor guidance
- Engineering team structure and hiring support
- Architecture and roadmap direction
- Technical due diligence for investors or acquirers
Need it built, not just reviewed?
Our Engineering & Delivery work covers architecture, modernization, rescue sprints, and building things from scratch.
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