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Fractional CTOs

Fractional CTOs

This page lists 58 named fractional CTOs. You find one by reading who they serve, shortlisting a few, and opening their practice site. Listed Fractional does not match, rank, or sell quotes. The work of choosing stays with you.

A fractional CTO runs the technology seat part-time: architecture, build-vs-buy, hiring the first eng leaders, and the roadmap a non-technical founder cannot own alone. They sit on your side of the table. A staff-aug or rent-a-dev shop sells capacity. A full-time CTO is the same seat at a full-time cost. Founders hire fractional when the product is real but the tech leadership seat is not. The on-page FAQ covers agency vs co-founder.

58 rows. Each row's facts come from the operator's public site. On the CTO who-they-serve lines, 35 name founders or startups. A search for fractional CTO companies is a list of named operators with a practice URL. A practice is a company. The row is a person. This is not a ranked companies list.

A to Z is not rank. Unclaimed rows show five facts only: name, seat, practice URL, geo, and who they serve. Filter chips are a text match on the published line, not a second ranking. Shortlist two or three in this browser, then open each practice site.

No photos, email, phone, or biographies until an operator claims the row. A claim does not reorder the list. Claim and takedown have equal standing. Claim · Takedown.

If the who-they-serve sentence describes your company, open the site. If it does not, skip the row.

What is a fractional CTO?

A fractional CTO is a senior technology leader who holds the CTO seat part-time. They make the technical decisions a non-technical founder can't make alone: what to build, what to buy, how the system is put together, and who to hire to build it. They're on your side of the table. A dev agency or staff-augmentation firm sells developer hours. A fractional CTO decides what those hours should go to and checks the work. Companies bring one in when the product is real but nobody senior owns the technology.

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All 58 Fractional CTOs, alphabetical

58 CTOs listed. Alphabetical.

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58 Fractional CTOs, alphabetical
Name and who they serveGeoPracticeStatusShortlist
Adam Clarey

Boards and founders turning AI from pilots into shipped systems (fractional CTO / CAIO).

USOpen site (adamclarey.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Adam Clarey, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Adam Clarey's listing
Adriano Junior

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

USOpen site (adriano-junior.com, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Adriano Junior's listing
Alan Wagner

Startups needing fractional CTO help on roadmap, velocity, hiring/org design, investor tech narrative, and risk — from MVP toward scale

Not statedOpen site (alanwagner.io, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Alan Wagner's listing
Alex Bobes

Early-stage startups needing technical leadership (8x CTO).

Bucharest, ROOpen site (alexbobes.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Alex Bobes, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Alex Bobes's listing
Alex Rudin

Non-technical founders / seed-stage startups needing architecture, hiring, and roadmap.

Irvine, CAOpen site (rudin.tech, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Alex Rudin, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Alex Rudin's listing
Almog Koren

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

Not statedOpen site (almog.io, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Almog Koren, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Almog Koren's listing
Alon Bochman

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

New York, New YorkOpen site (Flatiron Consulting, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Alon Bochman, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Alon Bochman's listing
Andreas Scharf

Startups and scaleups wanting a 6–18 month fractional CTO with a defined exit.

Austria / EuropeOpen site (int32, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Andreas Scharf, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Andreas Scharf's listing
Anton Shubin

Non-technical and scaling founders needing architecture + fractional CTO retainer ($3–5k/mo published).fee published

Da Nang, VNOpen site (antonshubin.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Anton Shubin, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Anton Shubin's listing
Arthur Prishchepov

Organizations that need senior technology architecture and CTO/CIO advisory without a full-time executive hire.

Not statedOpen site (GetArchitect, opens in a new tab) ↗Claimed Oct 2026
Brent Nowak

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

TexasOpen site (Texas Live Oak Partners, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Brent Nowak, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Brent Nowak's listing
Brett Comer

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

USOpen site (Pivotal Foundry, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Brett Comer, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Brett Comer's listing
Brian Wasserman

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

USOpen site (Brian Wasserman CTO, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Brian Wasserman, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Brian Wasserman's listing
Chris Norris

Startups from PMF through scale needing a real CTO/VP Eng, not a rented developer.

USOpen site (Startup Fractional CTO, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Chris Norris, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Chris Norris's listing
Christian Schulze

Leadership teams needing product/engineering transition leadership — assessment, retainer, handover

Frankfurt, GermanyOpen site (Christian Schulze / thefractionalcto.io, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Christian Schulze's listing
CTO on Demand (a Webisoft practice)

Startups and scaleups facing a technical leadership gap, including sudden CTO departures, fractional and interim CTO coverage, engineering audits, and technical due diligence preparation.

Montreal, Quebec, CanadaOpen site (ctoondemand.com, opens in a new tab) ↗Claimed Oct 2026
Daniel Haynes

Startups needing technical leadership / architecture / team guidance without full-time CTO salary

Charlotte, NCOpen site (daniel-haynes.com, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Daniel Haynes's listing
Daniel Tofan

SaaS startups needing architecture, hiring, and AI decisions without a full-time CTO.

USOpen site (DCTSoft / Daniel Tofan, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Daniel Tofan, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Daniel Tofan's listing
Don Bora

Established companies that need fractional CTO leadership to modernize the stack, replatform legacy systems, or launch a first product version — Chicago-based, working remotely nationwide

Chicago, Illinois / remote USOpen site (Don Bora / Chicago Fractional CTO, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Don Bora's listing
Eric D. Brown

Mid-market leadership teams and startups that need a fractional CTO to judge technology and AI decisions before they get expensive — and to diagnose the ones that already have

Denver, Colorado / remote USOpen site (ericbrown.com, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Eric D. Brown's listing
Ganesh Kompella

Healthcare, fintech, and SaaS startups pre-seed through Series B.

US / India / SingaporeOpen site (Kompella Technologies, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Ganesh Kompella, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Ganesh Kompella's listing
George Mantov

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

Cincinnati, OhioOpen site (Mantov, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of George Mantov, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim George Mantov's listing
Heman Duraiswamy

Fractional CTO services for startups and non-technical founders.

United StatesOpen site (CTO in a Box, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Heman Duraiswamy, opens in a new tabClaimed Sep 2026
Isaac Bell

Healthcare AI founders needing compliance, architecture, and enterprise scrutiny.

New York, NYOpen site (isaacbell.io, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Isaac Bell, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Isaac Bell's listing
Jason Spencer

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

Houston, TexasOpen site (jasonspencer.org, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Jason Spencer, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Jason Spencer's listing
Jeff Wray

Owners and operators needing calm senior technical judgment before hire, vendor decision, rebuild, or compliance push

Not statedOpen site (Jeff Wray Fractional CTO / Fractional CTO Solutions, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Jeff Wray's listing
Jeremy Rajan

Companies whose engineering has outgrown ad-hoc leadership — part-time CTO for architecture, delivery operating model, incidents, and cloud cost without a full-time exec hire

Dubai / global remote (UK / Singapore / US teams)Open site (jeremyrajan.com, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Jeremy Rajan's listing
Jonathan Mann

SaaS startups and Springfield-area businesses hiring fractional CTO / AI engineering.

Springfield / NixaOpen site (jonathanmann.tech, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Jonathan Mann, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Jonathan Mann's listing
Jose Restrepo

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

Dover, DelawareOpen site (Great Geometer, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Jose Restrepo, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Jose Restrepo's listing
Justin McKelvey

$1–50M founders needing product/tech leadership and AI implementation.

Austin, TXOpen site (justinmckelvey.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Justin McKelvey, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Justin McKelvey's listing
Kris Chase

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

USOpen site (krischase.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Kris Chase, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Kris Chase's listing
Kunal Vohra

AI-first startups needing part-time CTO ownership of architecture, engineering hires, and security posture without full-time CTO cost

US / UK / UAE / SingaporeOpen site (kunalvohra.com, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Kunal Vohra's listing
Lance Ennen

Pre-seed to Series A startups (AI-agent, digital identity, payments/fintech) needing part-time CTO ownership of architecture, hiring, and investor diligence without a full-time CTO hire

Naples, Florida / Miami, FloridaOpen site (Lance Ennen / ByEnnen, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Lance Ennen's listing
Mark Moloughney

Companies where software, data, and automation are mission-critical and bad technical decisions are expensive

USOpen site (Mark Moloughney Consulting, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Mark Moloughney's listing
Martin Wells

Non-technical founders who have raised and need embedded fractional CTO (8–12 hrs/wk published).

Not statedOpen site (martinwells.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Martin Wells, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Martin Wells's listing
Matt Ferrante

Non-technical founders / early-stage teams needing architecture, hiring, vendor oversight

Park City, UTOpen site (Hey Ferrante, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Matt Ferrante's listing
Matt Francois

Non-technical founders with a working SaaS product who need fractional technology leadership — audits, hiring/vetting, retainers

North America / Europe / Oceania (Canadian operator; clients across those regions)Open site (SaaS Tune, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Matt Francois's listing
Matteo Gazzurelli

Founders and SMBs needing senior AI-focused fractional CTO judgment — what to build with agents/models, then ship to production without a full-time CTO

Brescia, Italy / remote US & internationalOpen site (MaGa / Matteo Gazzurelli, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Matteo Gazzurelli's listing
Matthias Isler

I help founder-led SaaS and digital ventures build, scale, and fix technology when they need senior technical leadership without hiring a full-time CTO.

SwitzerlandOpen site (matthias-isler.com, opens in a new tab) ↗Claimed Oct 2026
Michael Hands

VC-backed startups Seed–Series B needing CPO/CTO.

USOpen site (mikehands.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Michael Hands, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Michael Hands's listing
Miguel Tineo

Founders (pre-seed–seed) and scale-ups (A/B) needing part-time CTO judgment on architecture, hiring, delivery

Not statedOpen site (Miguel Tineo / miketineo.com, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Miguel Tineo's listing
Mike ONeal

Growing companies needing architecture, PR review, and contractor oversight.

USOpen site (Augmented Mike, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Mike ONeal's listing
Mohit Sengar

Startups that need part-time CTO ownership of architecture, hiring, vendors, and delivery without a $400K/year full-time CTO

Dubai / global remoteOpen site (mohitsengar.org, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Mohit Sengar's listing
Mudassir Khan

Seed–Series A teams needing senior engineering leadership before a full-time CTO

Not statedOpen site (mudassirkhan.me, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Mudassir Khan's listing
Niels Meersschaert

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

Katonah, New YorkOpen site (niels.meersschaert.online, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Niels Meersschaert, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Niels Meersschaert's listing
Nikhil Garg

Non-technical founders needing strategy plus hands-on build (not a staffing shop).

US / INOpen site (nikhilgarg510.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Nikhil Garg, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Nikhil Garg's listing
Oleg Sotnikov

Startups, established businesses, and accelerators wanting lean AI-augmented engineering leadership

Not statedOpen site (Oleg Sotnikov / oleg.is, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Oleg Sotnikov's listing
Paul Okhrem

B2B software, ecommerce, and AI-driven companies needing senior engineering authority.

USOpen site (paul-okhrem.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Paul Okhrem, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Paul Okhrem's listing
Riccardo Pisano

Founders needing architecture, hiring, and AI calls without a full-time CTO salary.

MiamiOpen site (riccardopisano.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Riccardo Pisano, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Riccardo Pisano's listing
RJ Lindelof

Growth-stage SaaS (under ~250 people; eng teams ~10–60) needing strategy, AI adoption, architecture, hiring, board reporting

Not statedOpen site (RJL.dev, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim RJ Lindelof's listing
Rob Britton

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

USOpen site (robbritton.com, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Rob Britton, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Rob Britton's listing
Sambit Basu

Early- to mid-stage startup CEOs needing a fractional or interim technical counterpart — product strategy alignment, tech roadmap, and execution

San Francisco Bay Area, CaliforniaOpen site (Sambit Basu / Bixan, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Sambit Basu's listing
Stephan Smith

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

Boston, MassachusettsOpen site (stephansmith.me, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Stephan Smith, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Stephan Smith's listing
Thejas Prasad

Startups building with AI that need a fractional CTO / Head of AI.

San Francisco, CAOpen site (Manas Intelligence, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Thejas Prasad's listing
Udi Schlessinger

Their site doesn't say who they serve in one line.

New York, New YorkOpen site (Blakbird, opens in a new tab) ↗LinkedIn profile of Udi Schlessinger, opens in a new tabUnclaimedClaim Udi Schlessinger's listing
Umid Ghimire

Founders and technology leaders needing technical review, CTO-partner second opinion, or senior technical ownership without a full-time hire

Not statedOpen site (findthecto, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Umid Ghimire's listing
Volodymyr Kravchenko

SaaS startups and PE needing part-time CTO judgment on architecture, infra cost, hiring, diligence

Kyiv, UkraineOpen site (thefractionalcto.tech, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Volodymyr Kravchenko's listing
Waseem Ahmad

AI startups needing architecture / AI roadmap / diligence judgment (site candid when role is a bad fit)

Not statedOpen site (waseemahmad.dev, opens in a new tab) ↗UnclaimedClaim Waseem Ahmad's listing

Before you reach out

  1. On the practice site, look for shipped things: products named, systems described, decisions explained. A CTO page with no artifacts is a résumé, not a practice.
  2. Read the "who they serve" line for stage and domain. "Pre-seed through Series B" and "healthtech, HIPAA" are both filters. Use them like filters, not like decoration.

Questions founders ask before hiring this seat

What is a fractional CTO?

A fractional CTO is a senior technology leader who holds the CTO seat part-time. They decide what to build, what to buy, how the system fits together, and who to hire. A dev agency sells capacity. The fractional CTO decides what that capacity should do. When you need that judgment every day, the same seat becomes a full-time hire.

What does a fractional CTO do for a non-technical founder?

They translate. You describe the business; they choose the stack, scope the first build, hire or oversee the developers, and tell you when a vendor is selling you a problem. They also guard against the two expensive mistakes: building too much too early, and building on something that cannot grow. Rows here name that exact buyer: non-technical founders and seed-stage startups.

Fractional CTO vs dev agency vs technical co-founder?

A dev agency builds what you specify and bills for it. A technical co-founder owns equity and stays. A fractional CTO sits between the two: senior judgment for a monthly fee, no equity, and no incentive to bill more hours. Hire the agency to build, the fractional CTO to decide what to build, and the co-founder when you find one worth the equity.

How is this list sourced?

Every listing starts at the operator's own site. We record five facts. If a fact is wrong, the takedown page fixes it. How every listing is sourced: /about#method.

Which CTO listings are claimed?

4 of 58 CTO listings are claimed; 54 remain unclaimed. Across the site, 9 of 397 listings are claimed; 388 remain unclaimed. Until verified, the listing shows five facts collected from the operator's public site. When an operator claims a listing, the label changes to Claimed with the month. The row does not move.

Is this a list of the "best" fractional CTO companies?

No. Rows are alphabetical. Position is not rank. A companies query here is a named operator plus a practice URL, not a ranked companies list.

Fractional CTO vs a full-time CTO: which one is this?

This page lists fractional CTOs: the same seat, a set number of days a month. A full-time hire is a different job. SuperHired appears on this site only as a labeled house ad for that different job. It does not place the CTOs listed here.

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