Ask yourself…

• Is your team building software that runs on the Internet?
• Are you a founder, engineering manager, or platform lead responsible for keeping things stable?
• Do you need someone to bring clarity to complexity—or momentum to a stalled initiative?
• Are you deep into a project and realizing you need someone who’s been there, done that?
• Do you wish you had a trusted expert to sanity-check your infrastructure or delivery plans?
• Are your senior engineers stretched too thin to mentor the rest of the team?
• Have you found yourself searching Google and Stack Overflow when you really just need answers?
• Ever wish you could stop rubber-ducking and call someone who’s seen it before?

If any of this sounds familiar, I might be exactly who you’re looking for.

I work with software teams who are smart, capable, and just need help getting over the next hump. Sometimes that’s architecture. Sometimes it’s delivery process. Sometimes it’s ops. Often—it’s all three.

Let’s talk.

My job is to make sure your team can ship—consistently, confidently, and without burning out. That usually means looking across the whole delivery system: product, process, people, and platform.

Sometimes we’re fixing what’s broken. Sometimes we’re stabilizing what’s chaotic. Sometimes we’re just pulling the blockers out of the way.

I’ll work with you to find the actual problems (not just the loudest ones), figure out the shortest path to relief, and help you build toward the long-term system your team deserves. I won’t sell you a prefab playbook. I’ll help you build a system that fits your team and your product—and won’t fall apart when you grow.

FAQs

When do teams call me?

• When shipping takes weeks instead of hours
• When production is down and no one knows why
• When a roadmap exists, but nothing’s making it out the door
• When leadership is overwhelmed and needs a calm, experienced hand

What if our stack is weird or messy?

Perfect. I specialize in making weird things work. Legacy systems, half-migrated platforms, conflicting tools—it’s all part of the job. I won’t tell you to throw everything out. We’ll keep what works, patch what’s holding you back, and make sure you have a plan for evolving as you go.

Can you help with our roadmap?

Absolutely—if that’s useful. I won’t try to take over product strategy, but I bring a strong product mindset to the table. I can help your team turn ambitious ideas into something that’s actually shippable, identify the hidden risks early, and avoid getting stuck in endless build cycles.

How fast can you get up to speed?

Faster than you think. I’ve dropped into unfamiliar stacks, teams, and systems for decades. You don’t need perfect documentation or a full onboarding plan. I’ll ask good questions, listen closely, and find the high-leverage points quickly—even in a single 30-minute call.

What about cost?

I’m not your cheapest option—but I’ll bring clarity, momentum, and better decisions fast. If we work together, I’ll make sure it’s worth it.

Calling all SaaS teams
(Even if you don’t think you’re SaaS—you probably are.)

I’m a Fractional CTO for teams that need to get stable, ship faster, or survive a critical transition.
If you write software and operate it in production, I help you get from “it runs on my machine” to “it’s rock solid in production."

You might call that DevOps. I don’t care what we call it—as long as it works.

What I Do

• Get teams unstuck when shipping has slowed to a crawl
• Build or stabilize delivery systems
• Improve communication across product, engineering, and ops
• Guide infrastructure decisions—whether cloud, colo, or hybrid
• Make legacy systems workable, not shameful
• Keep things moving during transitions, exits, or team churn
• Jump into chaos and restore control, even when everything’s on fire

What I Don’t Do

I’m not trying to be your everything.

If you need:

• A Terraform specialist → talk to Masterpoint
• A K8s rescue squad → call Fairwinds
• A flexible DevOps soloist → try Lee Whalen
• A CISO to wrangle compliance chaos → try Harbor Technology Group
• A dev studio to take you from 0 to 1 → talk to TechNeed
• A front-end/backend/database engineer → not me!

I’ll work with your tools and your team—but I won’t replace them.

How I Work

• I prefer retainers or fixed-fee engagements
• I don’t bill hourly unless it’s the only way forward
• I’m expensive—but I move fast, and I don’t waste time
• If you’ve got a budget in mind, we’ll find something that works

Even if your team is AFK and you’ve lost the root passwords, I can still help.

If you’re dealing with complexity, chaos, or a team on the edge, I’m the one you call before things break entirely.
Let’s talk.