The Challenge

You know something is off with your engineering team but you cannot pinpoint what. Work takes longer than it should. Estimates are always wrong. Your developers say things are on track, but the product never quite ships the way you described it.

Or maybe you have no team yet. You used AI tools to build something that works — and now you need to take it to production. You have no idea whether it is secure, whether it will scale, or what it will cost to run.

You are not alone. These are the two of the more common situations we see.

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Architecture decisions with no senior voice in the room

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Your first senior engineering hire is a $400K bet

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An AI strategy your investors will actually believe

What We Do For You

A Senior Technical Voice in the Room

A Senior Technical Voice in the Room

Our Fractionals are embedded in your planning meetings, architecture calls, vendor negotiations, and most importantly, in your code base. Decisions are made with years of hard-won judgment instead of guesswork, on a budget that fits a small team.

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Hire the Right Engineers, the First Time

Hire the Right Engineers, the First Time

Bad hires cost early-stage teams months they cannot afford. We write the roles, screen the candidates, run the technical interviews, and tell you plainly whether each one can build what you actually need.

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Vendor and Tool Decisions You Won't Regret

Vendor and Tool Decisions You Won't Regret

Platform choices made in year one shape your engineering costs for the next five. Our Fractionals helps you evaluate build-versus-buy, negotiate with vendors, and avoid the lock-in traps that quietly eat your margin.

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What We Handle

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Data Architecture Consulting
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Culture Advisory
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Hiring CTOs & CPOs
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Product Strategy Consulting
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Engineering Leadership Coaching & Mentoring
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Measuring Engineering Team Productivity

Get Started

Two fixed-scope engagements. Both include a written deliverable and a 90-minute readout session.

Solo Founder

Vibe to Production

$7,200

You built something with AI tools. Find out if it’s ready for real users — before they do.

  • Discovery sessions on product roadmap and business goals
  • Architecture & code quality review
  • Security & operations assessment
  • Data governance review
  • 1-year Aikido Security subscription
  • Prioritized recommendations deck
  • 90-minute readout & Q&A
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Most clients transition to an ongoing fractional CTO engagement after their initial assessment.

Grant Ingersoll

Led by Grant Ingersoll

Every engagement is overseen by Grant, supported by a team of senior practitioners with deep experience across engineering, product, and AI strategy.

  • CTO, Wikimedia Foundation — 18 engineering teams, 150+ people
  • Co-founder & CTO, Lucidworks — scaled to 80+ engineers
  • Author, Taming Text · Apache Lucene committer · Apache Mahout co-founder

Ready to talk?

Tell us where you are and what decisions you are facing. We will get back to you within one business day.