Engagement Models

Strategic technology leadership tailored to your stage, your challenge, and your timeline. Every engagement starts with a conversation — not a contract.

Strategic CTO Advisory

Starting at $5,000 / month

Senior technology counsel for leaders who need a strategic sounding board — not another consultant with a slide deck.

  • Two 60-90 minute strategy sessions per month (video)
  • Asynchronous access via Slack or email for time-sensitive decisions
  • Architecture and technology stack reviews
  • Vendor evaluation and selection guidance
  • Quarterly technology roadmap alignment
  • Security posture and compliance readiness assessment
  • Access to my vetted network of senior engineers, architects, and security specialists

Ideal for: Founders and CEOs at growth-stage companies ($2M-$30M revenue) who need experienced technology guidance without the overhead of a full-time CTO. You have a development team that's executing — you need someone who ensures they're building the right things, the right way.

Most Common Engagement

Embedded Technology Leadership

Starting at $12,000 / month

I become part of your leadership team — attending your meetings, making hiring decisions, and owning technology outcomes alongside you.

  • 1-2 days per week embedded with your leadership team
  • Board meeting and investor communication support
  • Engineering hiring: job descriptions, interviews, and offer decisions
  • Architecture ownership and hands-on technical direction
  • CI/CD pipeline, code review standards, and incident response process implementation
  • Team structure, engineering culture, and performance framework development
  • Ongoing security and compliance oversight (SOC 2, FedRAMP readiness, cloud security)

Ideal for: Companies navigating a critical growth phase — scaling from 10 to 100 engineers, preparing for a funding round, managing a CTO transition, or building the technology foundation for a market expansion. You need someone who owns outcomes, not someone who sends recommendations and disappears.

Technical Due Diligence & Assessments

Starting at $15,000 per engagement

Independent, investor-grade technology assessment — built from the perspective of someone who has been on both sides of the due diligence table.

  • Comprehensive platform architecture audit (infrastructure, data, application layers)
  • Security vulnerability assessment and compliance posture review
  • Scalability and performance risk analysis
  • Technical debt quantification with remediation roadmap
  • Engineering team capability and organizational health evaluation
  • Executive-ready deliverable: risk matrix, recommendations, effort estimates, and ROI projections
  • Optional: post-acquisition technology integration roadmap and interim CTO support

Ideal for: Private equity firms, venture capital firms, and corporate acquirers evaluating technology companies for investment or acquisition. Also valuable for boards and CEOs who want an independent assessment of their own technology organization before a major strategic decision.

Not Sure Which Engagement Fits?

Most relationships start with a 30-minute discovery call. I'll ask about your technology challenges, your team, and your goals — and I'll tell you honestly which engagement model makes sense. Sometimes the answer is "you don't need me yet," and that's fine too.

How Engagements Work

Step 1

Discovery Call

We spend 30 minutes discussing your technology challenges, team structure, and business goals. No pitch — just an honest conversation about whether I can help.

Step 2

Tailored Proposal

Based on our conversation, I'll send a proposal outlining the engagement scope, timeline, deliverables, and investment. Every proposal is custom — I don't do cookie-cutter packages.

Step 3

Onboarding & Impact

Engagements typically begin within 1-2 weeks. For advisory and embedded work, we establish communication rhythms, access, and initial priorities in the first session. For due diligence, I deliver the assessment within 2-4 weeks depending on scope.

Frequently Asked Questions

Let's Talk About Your Technology Challenges

Every engagement starts with a conversation. Book a free 30-minute discovery call and I'll give you an honest assessment of how I can help — or whether you need something different entirely.