Fractional CTO · part-time CTO
A fractional CTO for founders and CEOs
Bring a senior technology leader into the company without a full-time hire. I take ownership of the technical direction, the architecture, the team and the suppliers, and report directly to the leadership.
Responsibilities
What a fractional CTO does in your company
Technology strategy
Decide what to build, what to buy and what to leave for later. The technology serves the business goals.
Architecture
Interfaces, data, environments and security in order. I find the real risks and prioritise the fixes.
Team and hiring
Role descriptions, the technical side of interviews and how the work is split. I help build a team that can carry the product.
Suppliers
Requests for proposals, the technical content of contracts, steering and quality reviews. The software firm builds what you need.
Technical due diligence
An assessment for a buyer, an investor or a board: architecture, dependencies, quality and the team's ability.
Roadmap
A technical plan for the next quarters, written as decisions the leadership can follow.
When a fractional CTO makes sense
- Before a larger rebuild or replatforming
- Ahead of a funding round or an acquisition
- When the first developers are being hired
- When a software firm's work needs to be brought under control
- When AI should be adopted in a controlled way
- When a full-time CTO is still too big a step
Fractional CTO in Finland
The role is also called a part-time CTO or CTO as a service. I work from Turku, and remotely across Finland.
The first month
How the work gets going
Week 1
I get to know the system, the code and the people who know it. I list the open decisions.
Week 2
You get a written view: the risks, the architecture and the recommended next steps.
Weeks 3–4
The agreed work starts. We set a rhythm for meetings, reporting and decisions.
After that
Regular reporting to the leadership and roadmap updates. The focus shifts with the situation.
Contract and price
A monthly retainer for an agreed number of days. The number of days is agreed to fit the need, and it can be adjusted month by month. Busy phases, such as a launch, a funding round or a hiring push, can get more time.
The price is agreed after the first conversation, once the scope is clear. The options are a monthly retainer for an agreed number of days, a fixed-scope piece of work, or hourly billing.
Related services
If the work needs project management, a separate technical review or building, those are agreed as their own pieces of work. How we work describes the first month in more detail.
Starting under an NDA
I sign a non-disclosure agreement before I see code or figures. The contract transfers the results of the work to you.
Tell me which technology decision is ahead
Book a free 30-minute call. We go through the situation, and you get a straight view of where to start.