A CTO's judgment,without the full-time seat.
Architecture decisions, team structure, vendor calls, code reviews, incident response, hiring. I step into your leadership team for the part you need. A full-time CTO runs $300K and up before equity.
The team is busy. Sprints are full, tickets are moving, and somehow the thing the business needs most is always one quarter away. The board meeting is coming and the technical slide is the one you rehearse.
A big decision is waiting on you. Rebuild or fix. Native or cross-platform. This vendor or that one. Every answer costs six figures if it's wrong, and the people offering you one have something to sell.
The missing piece is someone who has made these calls before, sitting on your side of the table.
No mystery. This is the shape of it.
Week 0
We talk for 30 minutes about where the business is and where the technical pain is. You leave with my honest read on whether you need a fractional CTO at all.
Weeks 1-2
I get inside your code, your team, and your roadmap. You get a written assessment: what is solid, what is fragile, and what I would do first.
Month 1
We pick the priorities together and I start operating: architecture calls, hiring plans, vendor decisions. You get a working cadence your team can feel.
Ongoing
I run the technical side of your leadership conversations and keep the team leveling up. Each quarter you get a team that needs me a little less.
This works best when it fits.
For you if
- You're between CTOs, or hiring your first technical executive feels premature
- The team ships every sprint but the business numbers stay flat
- A rebuild-or-fix decision is in front of you and every vendor has a different answer
- The board asks technical questions you want answered with confidence
Not for you if
- You need a full-time executive in the office five days a week
- You want a name to blame rather than a problem solved
- You're shopping for staff augmentation by the hour
I've done this before. On the record.
13x
Team growth at Alo Yoga, 5 to 65
57%
Revenue growth, $350M to $550M
$3M+
Annual costs cut via architecture
I have built and led engineering through two acquisitions, scaled a team 13x while revenue grew 57%, and cut seven figures of infrastructure cost. These are the calls you're hiring judgment for.
Where this lands on the rate card.
Fractional CTO
$4K-$20K+/mo
The ongoing engagement: the CTO role, sized to the company you have now.
Deep Audit
~$25K
A common starting point before a major investment or platform decision.
90-Day Growth Sprint
~$75K
When the next 90 days have to show results and you want hands-on help.
Prices are honest ranges. The full rate card, including what each engagement covers, is on the home page.
Let's talk about what's stuck.
30 minutes. Bring the decision you keep circling. I'll tell you how I'd think about it, whether or not we work together.
Rather email?eric@invertedimpact.com
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