Fractional CTO Services in Birmingham

Jon Macklin – The Bytesized Fractional CTO

  • Over 27 years of experience.
  • VC funding and trade sales.
  • Defined, shipped and scaled products for major global brands.
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Improbable
Huler Social
Amazon Web Services
Lloyds Bank
bet365

I help Midlands CEOs Scale Products, Teams & Performance

From the gaming studios of Leamington Spa’s “Silicon Spa” and the fintech meet‑ups of Nottingham’s Lace Market to the advanced‑manufacturing labs clustered around Coventry & Warwick University, the Midlands blends industrial heritage with world‑class digital innovation. It’s where I first cut my teeth as a CTO, founding and successfully exiting two ventures from a modest office above the old Apple building on Birmingham’s New Town Row and where I’ve since helped founders across the West & East Midlands raise capital, modernise legacy stacks and launch products that scale globally.

Over the past 27 years, I’ve built startups from idea to exit, scaled technology at bet365 to handle millions of concurrent users, enabled established companies transform outdated tech, launched new services at AWS, bootstrapped exciting new brands, and built the product direction and technical strategy for the world’s most complex immersive simulations.

Whether you’re scaling an automotive IoT platform near Coventry, rebuilding an e‑commerce stack in Derby, or steering a health‑tech start‑up out of Nottingham BioCity, I deliver clarity, confidence and sustainable velocity right here in the Midlands or remotely across the UK.

Jon Macklin – Fractional CTO Midlands

Fractional CTO Services

Subscribe to a skilled CTO

Bring a seasoned CTO on board part‑time to guide your technology decisions, leadership and strategy.

Tech & Product Advisory

Plan product roadmaps, streamline development and ensure your tech stack can scale with your growth.

Innovation and R&D

Innovation and R&D to forge your tech breakthroughs.

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Get in Touch

Ready to take your tech to the next level? I’d love to hear about your project, team or idea. Drop me a message or email jon@bytesizedcto.com.

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