I become your technical lead without the full-time salary. I plan the system, build it and stay on to run it, so you have someone senior in your corner who explains it all in plain English.
How much you sign up for: A standing role. Start with a written plan, then build and run it together.
Sound familiar?
You run on a patchwork of spreadsheets, forms and apps nobody remembers setting up.
You have an idea for a portal, an app or a tool, and no one to build it.
Vendors talk tech at you, and you can't tell who's right.
You need someone senior, not another full-time salary.
Bigger clients ask about security, and you're not sure what to say.
What changes
A plan before money is spent: A map of how your business really runs, and a scored list of what to fix first.
One system instead of ten: The public site, the customer forms and the internal tools, all connected.
Someone senior who stays: I don't ship and disappear. I run it with you after launch.
What I take off your plate
A discovery plan: How work really moves through your business, what to fix first, and a written plan with a fixed scope. Yours to keep, even if someone else builds it.
A full platform: The website, intake forms and quote calculators, admin dashboards for your team, your CRM and documents connected, and AI where it saves real time.
Client portals: A branded place for your clients instead of an email thread.
Technical leadership: Product and engineering ownership, release governance and production change control.
Testing before every release: Test plans, user acceptance testing and regression checks that run overnight.
An incident process people can follow: Clear clocks, clear owners, and runbooks anyone can pick up.
Speed that holds up: Caching, image pipelines and Core Web Vitals monitoring.
Real businesses I've done this for
Heleos VDC: The website that brings in the work and the command center the whole firm runs on, for a BIM and laser-scanning firm.
AI App (Under NDA): Product and engineering lead for a consumer AI app on iOS and web: the release path, the operating standard and the tooling that enforces it.
Personal Command Center: The hub Mitchell B Consulting runs on: milestones in AI lanes, a CRM, a change log, and a day plan.
How we start
Tell me what's going on: A free 30-minute call or a two-line message. No prep, no jargon.
Get a plan and a price: In writing, before any work starts. Fixed scope, never hourly.
I get to work: You see progress every week, and you can stop at the end of any week.
Questions
What is a fractional CTO?
A senior technical lead who works with your business part-time. You get someone who has built and run production systems, without a full-time salary.
How long does a build take?
A first working tool in two to four weeks. A full platform in about 12. You see working software at the end of every week.
What do I own at the end?
Everything. The code, the files and the accounts are yours.
Can I stop?
Yes. Work runs in weekly sprints, and you can stop at the end of any week.