How is CTO-as-a-Service different from hiring a full-time CTO?

You get experienced CTO-level guidance without full-time cost. We focus on strategy, governance, and the decisions that matter most. Advisory is typically 2-4 days per month; Development embeds us more deeply when you need hands-on execution.

What do we get in the first 2-4 weeks?

We assess your current technology strategy, identify critical risks, and define an initial roadmap. You get clarity and documented direction. Governance (architecture decision records, standards, risk register) follows over 4-8 weeks.

Can CTO-as-a-Service help with compliance and security?

Yes. Risk oversight - including security, compliance, and scalability - is part of our advisory remit. We also offer CTO-as-a-Service with an explicit compliance focus. See our pricing page for monthly options.

THINK · Strategic Challenge

Technical Leadership Void

"We have no CTO and no tech strategy." - We hear this often. Get strategic leadership without full-time CTO cost.

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The Problem

What this looks like

•No clear technology strategy - decisions made ad-hoc

•Architecture evolves randomly based on who builds what

•Technical debt accumulates without anyone owning it

•The board asks about technology and nobody has credible answers

•Best engineers leave for companies with clearer direction

What it costs you

•Scattered investments in tools and platforms that do not integrate

•Slower delivery from inconsistent standards and architecture

•Difficulty hiring - no clear technical vision to attract talent

•Increased risk from ungoverned security, compliance, and scalability decisions

•Strategy-technology misalignment that gets more expensive to fix every quarter

The real risk

Technology companies without technology leadership make expensive mistakes. Wrong architecture choices cost multiples to fix later. Security gaps create existential risk. Talent leaves for companies with direction.

Our Approach

Our approach is sequenced by pillar:

THINK

We start with a half-day strategy session with the people who make technology decisions - or who need to. Not a discovery exercise. A structured session that produces three things: a clear picture of where technology is working against the business, a set of prioritised decisions that have been deferred too long, and a framing that the board can act on. We challenge assumptions in the session, not in a report six weeks later.

OPERATE

Once direction is established, the business needs someone to hold it. Fractional CTO engagement provides part-time leadership, with the authority to represent the technology function to the board and to external partners, and the accountability to make and own decisions. Ongoing strategic advisory supports the business as internal capability develops - a retained relationship for the questions that arise in the gaps between major decisions.

Expected Outcomes

From uncertain/slow to clear and documented

Decision speed

Engagement deliverable

From reactive to proactive, systematically managed

Technology debt management

Engagement deliverable

Improved - clear vision and direction reduces attrition

Engineer retention

Industry benchmark (engineering satisfaction research)

From uncertain to informed with clear technology roadmap

Board confidence

Engagement deliverable

Your path forward

Start with one concrete service that matches your situation, then review how we sequence the rest.

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Fractional CTO

Strategic technology leadership at a fraction of the full-time cost. Your board gets answers, your team gets direction, your architecture stays sound.

From CHF 10’000 (Basic)

Audience: Organisations without a CTO, or with a technical founder who needs a senior partner to own the technology function.

Outcome: Provides the strategic and operational technology leadership of a full-time CTO at a part-time commitment. Engagement scales from advisory-level to near full-time depending on the tier. Covers everything from board-level technology narrative to hands-on architecture decisions and team development.

Delivers

Monthly technology direction report
Architecture review notes
Vendor evaluation recommendations
Team mentoring session notes

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Entry

Strategy Workshop

Know where AI will create value in your business, what it will cost, and what to do first - before you commit to building anything.

From CHF 4’000 (Standard)

Audience: C-suite and senior leadership teams that need to align on AI investment before committing budget.

Outcome: Brings your senior leadership together to assess your current technology position, identify where AI creates the most value, and align on investment priorities. Suited to organisations that have not yet committed to an AI direction and need clarity before investing. Delivers a strategic roadmap and a trained AI assistant configured to your context.

Delivers

Strategic roadmap
AI readiness assessment
Investment priority recommendations
Trained AI assistant

Sustain

AI Operating Model Advisory

Senior technology direction every month - without the cost of a full-time hire. Architecture stays sound, vendors stay honest, your team keeps moving.

From CHF 4’000 (Standard)

Audience: Organisations with active technology delivery that need ongoing senior guidance without a full-time CTO or VP Engineering.

Outcome: Ongoing technology leadership on a retainer basis. Provides direction on build-vs-buy decisions, vendor selection, architecture oversight, and team mentoring. Suited to organisations that need strategic input regularly but cannot justify a full-time senior technology hire.

Delivers

Monthly advisory session notes
Vendor evaluation report
Architecture review findings
Trained AI assistant

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Prices are indicative. We scope every engagement before quoting.

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Let's align your leadership on technology strategy.

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Technical Leadership Void

The Problem

What this looks like

What it costs you

The real risk

Our Approach

THINK

OPERATE

Expected Outcomes

Your path forward

Fractional CTO

Strategy Workshop

AI Operating Model Advisory

Establish Clear Technology Direction

Frequently Asked Questions

How is CTO-as-a-Service different from hiring a full-time CTO?▾

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