Fractional CTO, Technology Operations Manager, and AI Integration Specialist.
Three Engagement modes — a Fractional CTO for strategic technology direction, a Technology Operations Manager for the day-to-day work, or an AI Integration Specialist for AI deployment and API integration. Each is engaged fractionally, scoped to what the business needs.
Fractional CTO — quarter-by-quarter roadmap, architectural accountability, vendor selection, and technical hiring oversight. Technology Operations Manager (also known as Fractional Tech Ops Manager) — day-to-day technology operations, incident response, vendor coordination, and the operational rhythm that keeps the stack healthy. AI Integration Specialist (also known as Fractional AI Consultant) — deploying AI into the business, building with APIs, integrating models into existing workflows, and applying the technology where it earns its place. Each role sits inside the business and is engaged fractionally, remotely, across the United States.
Engagement modes.
Three paths. We discuss which fits before anything is quoted.
Solo build, handed off.
A complete system delivered to your team — code, documentation, deployment runbooks, and the handoff sessions to get your engineers fluent. You own it entirely from day one, including the infrastructure and the decisions that follow.
Build, host, and maintain.
We build the system and keep it running. Hosting, monitoring, security, updates, and feature work — handled in-house.
Complement to the stack.
A custom layer extending the systems already in place — a private API the website and automations both consume, an internal tool pulling from the knowledge base, a bespoke analytics surface on top of existing data. Built to fit what is running, not replace it.
What we build.
The underlying work behind any of the models above.
Internal tools & admin consoles.
Admin dashboards, operations consoles, and workflow tools designed for how the team actually works — replacingthe spreadsheets and manual processes the business has outgrown.
APIs & integration layers.
Endpoints, webhooks, and middleware that expose the right data to the right systems — built to a clear contract, with proper versioning, authentication, and error handling.
Data pipelines.
Pipelines sized to the shape, volume, and timing the business actually needs. Sync, transform, enrich, and deliver — whether the source is modern, legacy, structured, or not.
Analytics & bespoke tooling.
Custom analytics surfaces, domain-specific reporting, modeling, and any internal tool without a reasonable off-the-shelf answer. If it is a real problem and no tool on the market fits, we build it.
How we work.
Closer to an in-house team than a vendor relationship — with defined phases and formal approval gates, so strategy can shift without the work going off the rails.
A real conversation first.
Before anything is quoted, we sit down — often more than once — to understand where the business is trying to go, what constraints are in the way, and which Engagement model fits. Clients who come in with a clear sense of direction and a budget range get the most out of this.
Phased scope with approval gates.
Every Engagement is broken into phases with defined deliverables, agreed outcomes, and a formal check-in at the end of each one. Strategy shifts happen. When they do, we negotiate the change at a gate — never six weeks into the next phase.
Joint work, not vendor distance.
We work alongside the team through the build — engineers, operators, leadership, outside advisors. This is closer to an in-house engineering relationship than a typical vendor arrangement. The work is shared, the decisions are explainable, and ownership is always clear.
Shipped working, documented, transferable.
Clean architecture, documented code, and no unnecessary dependencies. If the Engagement ever ends, the system keeps running — and whoever inherits it can read it, extend it, and maintain it without archaeology.
Custom Development is not the right answer for every problem. If the challenge is friction between existing systems, that is an automation Engagement. Custom Development is the right answer when the business needs something that does not exist — a system no vendor sells, a workflow no platform supports, a tool built entirely around how that specific operation runs. It requires clarity about where the business needs to go, acceptance that off-the-shelf tools cannot get it there, and readiness to work alongside the people building it.
Pricing.
Every Engagement is individually scoped. The tiers below reflect the shape of the work; setup and Retainer are defined together before the Engagement begins.
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AI Integration Specialist
Model selection, prompt engineering, evaluation, deployment
AI applied to the workflow where it earns its place
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Scoped per Engagement
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Technology Operations Manager
Day-to-day technical operations, incident response, vendor management
The work that keeps the stack healthy in production
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From $1,200 setup
From $500 / month
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Fractional CTO
Architecture, security, roadmap, hiring, vendor strategy
Senior technical accountability embedded inside the business
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From $3,000 / month
Setup quoted per Engagement
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Engage technology leadership.
Describe the operational context, the decisions the business is currently making, and the technical role required. The Engagement is scoped from there.