Fractional CTO & Senior Technical Leadership. Focused on Your Product.
Get the strategic vision and architectural roadmap of a veteran CTO without the full-time headcount. We bridge the gap between business strategy and code, ensuring your software team builds exactly what your company needs to grow.
Strategic Engineering Management
Strategic technical leadership focused on application development and software engineering, not IT operations or infrastructure management.
Strategic Tech Roadmapping
Align technology decisions with business goals. Build 6-12 month technical roadmaps that support growth and avoid costly rewrites.
Architecture & Code Review
Evaluate existing systems for scalability, security, and maintainability. Identify technical debt and prioritize improvements.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
Level up your existing developers. Implement best practices, code reviews, and development processes that improve velocity.
Hiring & Team Building
Help you find, vet, and onboard the right technical talent. Screen candidates, conduct technical interviews, and build strong teams.
Vendor & Budget Management
Manage third-party vendors, negotiate contracts, and control technology spending. Prevent over-spending on tools and services.
This Works When You
Need Strategic Direction, Not Just Execution
You have developers building your product, but need an experienced technical leader who can guide architecture and strategy, audit what's actually happening under the hood, and translate it all into business terms you can act on.
Can't Justify a Full-Time Executive
You're an early-stage startup, established business modernizing tech, or non-technical founder who needs CTO-level expertise without the $200K+ salary commitment.
Want to Scale Without Technical Chaos
Your business is growing but your technology is becoming a bottleneck. You need someone to professionalize your tech operations before they break.
How It Works
Flexible engagement designed around your needs and growth stage.
Initial Assessment
30-minute discovery call to understand your business, current tech setup, and immediate challenges. No sales pitch, just clarity on fit.
Scope & Engagement
We define focus areas (roadmap, architecture review, team mentorship, etc.) and set a monthly engagement level that fits your budget.
Ongoing Partnership
Regular strategic sessions, architecture reviews, team guidance, and hands-on support. Scale up or down as your needs evolve.
Engagement Options
Choose the level of involvement that matches your current stage.
Strategic Advisor
Monthly strategy sessions, architecture reviews, and async guidance. Perfect for companies with existing tech leadership who need experienced oversight.
Active CTO
Regular involvement in architecture, team leadership, vendor management, and technical decisions. Acts as your technical executive.
Hands-On Leader
Deep integration with your team. Strategic direction plus hands-on code reviews, hiring, infrastructure work, and daily technical leadership.
Note: All engagements include the ability to build and lead teams, either within Digital Roots or helping you build your own internal team.
Common Questions
How is this different from a consultant?
We're not writing reports or giving recommendations you implement later. We're hands-on: reviewing code, making architecture decisions, mentoring your team, and managing development vendors, acting as your product-focused CTO, not an IT director.
Can you help us hire developers?
Yes. We can screen candidates, conduct technical interviews, and help you build your team. Alternatively, we can build and manage a team for you (see Development Partnerships).
What if we need development work too?
We can combine Fractional CTO with hands-on development through our Development Partnerships model. You get both strategic leadership and execution.
How long do engagements typically last?
Most clients work with us for 12-24 months, evolving the engagement as their needs change. Some start as fractional and transition to full development partnerships as they scale.
Ready to Get Strategic Tech Leadership?
Let's start with a 30-minute discovery call to understand your needs and see if we're the right fit.
Schedule Discovery Call