Fractional AI & technology leadership — that ships.
For businesses that need senior AI and technology judgment — whether for a single decision or an ongoing mandate. Engaged as a fractional Chief AI Officer, CTO, or technical expert: Advisory when a call needs making, hands-on when it needs building — automation, design, architecture, and implementation.
Engaged at the level the mandate requires. Discrete Advisory for a defined question, or a Retainer spanning AI strategy, architecture, roadmap, hiring, and hands-on delivery over time.
What the Engagement covers.
Whether Advisory or Retainer-based, the work is the same — technical judgment applied to the decisions that matter, with hours committed rather than slides delivered.
- Architecture The technical calls that compound.
- System design, vendor selection, build-vs-buy, scaling decisions. The choices that look small now and define the next two years.
- Security & compliance Posture, not paperwork.
- security architecture, credential management, incident response, and the compliance posture appropriate to the business stage.
- Roadmap What gets built next, and why.
- Quarter-by-quarter planning aligned to operating reality. The roadmap is honest about what’s blocked, not a wish list.
- Hiring Senior input on technical hires.
- Job specs, screening, interview design, calibration. The technical interviews you’d otherwise outsource to a recruiter who can’t vouch for the work.
- Vendor management Relationships that don’t end in lock-in.
- Contract review, escape-hatch design, total-cost analysis. The vendors you sign with are the vendors you can leave.
- Hands-on shipping When the Engagement needs shipping.
- Stays close enough to the code to ship when required. The role is not purely Advisory.
- AI strategy & implementation A Chief AI Officer who builds the system, not the deck.
- Where AI earns its place and where it does not, then the working pipelines to deliver it — evaluation, integration, and the infrastructure that makes it durable.
- Automation & delivery Design through deployment.
- Workflow automation, systems integration, and the hands-on build — carried from architecture to a shipped, maintained system.
Pricing.
All Engagements are bespoke — quoted against the scope, the decisions being supported, and the hours required to do the work properly.
One-off consulting by the hour. A client brings a specific question, decision, or situation — architecture, vendor selection, a technical hire, a security posture review. Rate is scoped per Engagement.
Ongoing senior technology leadership inside the business. A minimum of five committed hours per month, with a three-month minimum term. Rate and structure are defined together at the start of the Engagement based on the scope of responsibilities and committed hours.
Common questions.
What is a fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO)?
A fractional CAIO sets the AI agenda and delivers it — determining where automation and intelligence create durable advantage, then building the pipelines, integrations, and governance to operate them. Strategy and implementation under one accountable Engagement, without a full-time executive salary.
What is a fractional CTO?
A fractional CTO is a senior technology executive engaged part-time — providing architecture guidance, technical strategy, vendor management, and hands-on execution without the cost of a full-time hire. The Engagement scales to what the business actually needs.
Who typically needs a fractional CTO?
Businesses that have outgrown ad-hoc technical decisions but are not yet ready for a full-time CTO. Common situations: scaling a technical team, evaluating a major platform decision, recovering from technical debt, or needing an operator who can both advise and build.
Can I engage NexVerto for a one-time decision instead of a Retainer?
Yes. One-off Advisory Engagements are available by the hour for specific questions — architecture review, vendor selection, a security posture assessment, or a technical hire evaluation. Rate is scoped per Engagement.
Do you just advise, or do you build as well?
Both. The Engagement is delivered hands-on. Retainer Engagements include hands-on execution — writing code, configuring infrastructure, leading technical reviews — at the level the business requires.
How is the Retainer structured?
Monthly Retainers are scoped to a defined number of hours and deliverables based on the Engagement. Scope is reviewed regularly and adjusted as the business's needs change.
Technology consulting and leadership, on your terms.
Describe what you need — a specific decision, an ongoing role, or something in between. The Engagement is scoped from there.