El_Mo

Fractional CTO for Startups – MVP to Maturity

I help early-stage teams avoid costly tech mistakes and scale confidently. I provide a range of services for teams at different growth stages.

  * CTO LaunchPad: Build MVPs that don’t collapse later
    - MVP planning and build oversight
    - Hiring your first devs (not too early, not too late)
    - Tech due diligence for early investors
    - Set up strong but lightweight processes

  * CTO ScaleUp: Grow your team and architecture without chaos
    - Re-architect before it's too late
    - Hire and structure your engineering org
    - Scale delivery and CI/CD
    - Build a product / tech culture that lasts

  * CTO Stabilize: Tech debt, infra, and compliance before Series B panic
    - Clean up tech debt and prepare for audits
    - Level up infra and observability
    - Guide the engineering org through rapid change
    - Align tech with exec goals (finance, ops, product)

  * 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD
  * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations
  * 35 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS
  * 23+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C+
  * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases

Fractional CTO for Startups – MVP to Maturity

I help early-stage teams avoid costly tech mistakes and scale confidently. I provide a range of services for teams at different growth stages.

  * CTO LaunchPad: Build MVPs that don’t collapse later
    - MVP planning and build oversight
    - Hiring your first devs (not too early, not too late)
    - Tech due diligence for early investors
    - Set up strong but lightweight processes

  * CTO ScaleUp: Grow your team and architecture without chaos
    - Re-architect before it's too late
    - Hire and structure your engineering org
    - Scale delivery and CI/CD
    - Build a product / tech culture that lasts

  * CTO Stabilize: Tech debt, infra, and compliance before Series B panic
    - Clean up tech debt and prepare for audits
    - Level up infra and observability
    - Guide the engineering org through rapid change
    - Align tech with exec goals (finance, ops, product)

  * 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD
  * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations
  * 35 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS
  * 23+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C+
  * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases

Not finding the right level of technical quality, experience or expertise?

Stuck with a problem you can't solve?

I'm the guy with the answers.

I work in the following areas:

  * DevOps / SRE / Systems Engineering
  * Cloud Architecture / Engineering
  * CTO-level architecture / strategy / leadership

Some highlights (more would put me over the character limit):

  * 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD
  * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models.
  * 35 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools.
  * 23+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++
  * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases
  * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family.

I can do pretty much anything in IT. What I love doing the most is using my 30+ years of technical experience to create responsive, efficient and long-lasting technology implementations for clients.

I can work as easily at the project level as I can at a global C-level.

I have 30+ years of experience in every area of IT, with hundreds of technologies, products, and technical paradigms. I'm a hands-on CTO, specialising in cloud, IT strategy, systems & DevOps engineering, enterprise development, solution / enterprise architecture, IT management, Big Data and data-based systems in general.

==> Are you trying to hire a new CTO?

==> Is your IT management getting overloaded?

==> Do you need emergency expertise for specific topics?

Consider a contract CTO!

I provide dedicated, part-time CTO services by the hour or day, up to 2 full days a week. I fill gaps in areas like:

  * Regional CTO coverage
  * Customer technical engagement
  * Startup CTO services
  * Technical strategy
  * Platform architecture
  * Hands-on POCs
  * Systems design / refactoring

  * Cloud infrastructure audit
  * PoC design
  * DevOps audit
  * Startup advisor report
  * CTO hiring assistance

==> Are you trying to hire a new CTO?

==> Is your IT management getting overloaded?

==> Do you need emergency expertise for specific topics?

Consider a contract CTO co-pilot!

I provide dedicated, part-time CTO services by the hour or day, up to 2 full days a week. I fill gaps in areas like:

  * Regional CTO coverage
  * Customer technical engagement
  * Startup CTO services
  * Technical strategy
  * Platform architecture
  * Hands-on POCs
  * Systems design / refactoring

  * Cloud infrastructure audit
  * PoC design
  * DevOps audit
  * Startup advisor report
  * CTO hiring assistance

==> Are you trying to hire a new CTO?

==> Is your IT management getting overloaded?

==> Do you have knowledge gaps that you can't find the right expertise for?

Consider a contract CTO co-pilot!

I provide dedicated, part-time CTO services by the hour or day, up to 2 full days a week. I fill gaps in areas like:

  * Regional CTO coverage
  * Customer technical engagement
  * Startup CTO services
  * Technical strategy
  * Platform architecture
  * Hands-on POCs
  * Systems design / refactoring

  * Cloud infrastructure audit
  * PoC design
  * DevOps audit
  * Startup advisor report
  * CTO hiring assistance

Packaged CTO solutions starting from $10,000!

  * Cloud infrastructure audit
  * PoC design
  * DevOps audit
  * Startup advisor report

  * Regional CTO coverage
  * Customer technical engagement
  * Startup CTO services
  * Technical strategy
  * Platform architecture
  * Hands-on POCs
  * Team leadership
  * Best-practice implementations
  * Greenfield systems design
  * Existing systems refactoring

I have deep, hands-on, technical expertise in cloud, IT strategy, systems & DevOps engineering, enterprise development, solution / enterprise architecture, IT management, Big Data and data-based systems in general.

Are you a startup but can't justify a full-time CTO?

Are you looking for a CTO focused on your European operations or a specific technical project?

I can help! I'll be your dedicated part-time CTO, at your disposal the same time every day or week, for anything you need. I work for clients anywhere from 1 hour per day to around 2 full days per week.

I can provide:

  * Regional CTO coverage
  * Customer technical engagement
  * Startup CTO services
  * Technical strategy
  * Platform architecture
  * Hands-on POCs
  * Team leadership
  * Best-practice implementations
  * Greenfield systems design
  * Existing systems refactoring

IT Specialist / Fractional CTO / Consulting CTO

My core skill is in building IT systems and teams that work. That means using tried and true technologies and techniques, as opposed today's disturbing trend of inexperienced people hacking what is at best PoC quality systems using inappropriate and non-performant technologies.

As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I that I can insure that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of deep experience in all areas of IT and hundreds of different technologies.

As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.

Summary:

  * 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD
  * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models.
  * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools.
  * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++
  * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases
  * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family.

IT Specialist / Fractional CTO / Consulting CTO

My core skill is in building IT systems and teams that work. That means using tried and true technologies and techniques, as opposed today's disturbing trend of inexperienced people hacking what is at best PoC quality systems using inappropriate and non-performant technologies.

As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I that I can insure that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of deep experience in all areas of IT and hundreds of different technologies.

As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.

Summary:

  * 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD
  * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models.
  * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools.
  * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++
  * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases
  * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family.

IT Specialist / Fractional CTO / Consulting CTO

My core skill is in building IT systems and teams that work. That means using tried and true technologies and techniques, as opposed to what I see happen today, inexperienced people hacking what is at best PoC quality infrastructures on top of untried and fadish technologies.

As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I that I can insure that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of deep experience in all areas of IT and hundred of technologies.

As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.

Summary:

  * 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD
  * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models.
  * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools.
  * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++
  * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases
  * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family.

Fractional CTO / Consulting CTO

Are you a startup looking for help in shaping your IT team and technology direction? Are you an established company seeking to modernise your infrastructure but without throwing everything out?

I can help. I am a highly experienced consulting CTO with a unique, hands-on approach to technology and software engineering.

As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I always know that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of experience in all areas of IT, but especially in architecture, systems engineering, DevOps and development.

As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.

Summary:

  * 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD
  * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models.
  * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools.
  * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++
  * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases
  * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family.

Interim / Consulting CTO

Are you a startup looking for help in shaping your IT team and technology direction? Are you an established company seeking to modernise your infrastructure but without throwing everything out?

I can help. I am a highly experienced consulting CTO with a unique, hands-on approach to technology and software engineering.

As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I always know that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of experience in all areas of IT, but especially in architecture, systems engineering, DevOps and development.

As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.

Summary:

  * 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD
  * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models.
  * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools.
  * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++
  * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases
  * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family.