CTO on tap for scrappy startups
Senior tech partner for startups that move fast and build smart.
Your tech should help you grow…
…I make sure it does.
Fractional CTO
A trusted tech partner embedded in your team, without the full-time overhead. A hands-on tech leader who works with you 1–3 days a week. I sit inside your team, help prioritise, guide your engineers, and speak founder-to-founder when it comes to product.
Standups & one-to-ones,
Roadmap Creation & Review
Tech Strategy + Team Structure
Vendor Calls
Hiring
Architecture Sprint
Pressure-test your architecture, spot the cracks, and reset your foundations fast. A 4-week deep-dive to get your stack stable, sane, and scalable. Ideal before funding rounds or major product pushes.
Infrastructure & codebase audit
Bottleneck & scaling review
Investor-facing technical slide pack
Tech Due-Diligence
Get your codebase and stack investor-ready with a clear, no-BS report. Investor due-diligence prep or pre-acquisition sanity check. Either way, you get a report you can actually use
Code + infra walkthrough
Risk matrix + red/yellow/green flags
Slide-ready summary
Mentor-in-Residence
Grow and retain your dev team with hands-on mentoring, support, and leadership. I help your engineers grow into leads, and your leads grow into real managers. Support that scales your team without making it slower.
Weekly one-to-ones with leads
Career ladder + hiring input
Pairing & process refinement
Optional pairing + async code reviews
How I work with teams like yours
It’s not just about advice, it’s about traction. I drop in, get context fast, and work alongside your team to make real changes.
Diagnose
Find out what’s slowing you down.
Direct
Focus on the team, set the priorities
Deliver
Join the build, clear the path, MOVE THE NEEDLE
Hey, I’m Nick
I’ve spent over two decades leading teams and building tech across telco, media, retail, health, and startups. I’ve shipped code, led squads, pitched to execs, and debugged at 2AM. Now I plug into early-stage teams where the stakes are high and the timelines are tight.
What I care about
Shipping things that actually work
Making teams faster, not just bigger
Helping founders sleep better at night
What makes me different
I’ve done this at scale - Virgin, BBC, HSBC
…but I work like a startup: fast, lean, no fluff
I’m not here for politics, i’m here to help you win.