Fractional CTO & AI Strategy

A senior technical owner, without the full-time hire.

I don't just advise — I own the outcome. Strategy, architecture, and hands-on delivery from someone who's done it at E.ON, Experian, and as a founder. Boardroom in the morning, pull request in the afternoon.

A small number of finite engagements — not an on-call maintenance service.

What you get

The work, not the deck

Strategy & roadmap

A clear, prioritised technology and AI roadmap tied to your business goals — build-vs-buy calls, the right stack for your stage, and where AI genuinely earns its place.

Architecture & decisions

I make the expensive-to-get-wrong calls early and own them. System design, data, infrastructure, and the technical bets your business depends on.

Embedded leadership

I don't hand over a document and disappear. I'm in your standups, unblocking the team, reviewing code, and accountable for what ships.

How I work

Short cycles. Working software early.

We scope the problem in a conversation, I build, we review progress, and we repeat short cycles until it's live and useful. You see real output early — not status reports against a six-month plan.

Experience

Trusted with serious technical problems

Multi-year delivery leadership at E.ON (SAP migration) and Experian. Software for AstraZeneca, the NHS, McDonald's, Sky and UK Government. Currently fractional CTO for Global LT, leading an AI-powered language-learning platform — and I built and sold my own SaaS along the way.

The price

£900/day

Retainers from £4,000/month for ongoing fractional CTO work. Day rate for defined projects and advisory. No hourly billing.

Useful reading before we talk: what a fractional CTO actually does, fractional CTO vs full-time vs consultant, and why startups fail at technical decisions.

Need someone to own the technical side?

Get in touch, no pitch — just an honest read on fit.

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