A Fractional CTO gives you senior technical leadership on a
flexible, cost‑effective basis, perfect for companies that need
C‑level guidance but not a full‑time salary commitment.
Every engagement starts with a 1‑day discovery workshop. We then agree a monthly allocation of CTO time, anywhere from 1 to 8 days per month blending on‑site strategy sessions, technical help, remote stand‑ups, product roadmap reviews and investor presentations.
Unused hours roll forward for 30 days so you always get the value you pay for.
- Pre‑Series A start‑ups validating product‑market fit.
- Series A‑C scale‑ups under pressure to accelerate delivery safely.
- Private‑equity backed SMEs looking to modernise legacy systems pre‑exit.
Absolutely. I’ll define role profiles, run technical interviews,
and provide 1‑to‑1 coaching for existing engineering leads so
they’re ready to step up when the time is right.
Packages start at £2,495 / month for one CTO day
per month. See the Pricing page for a
full breakdown and bolt‑on options.
A Fractional CTO is a named senior executive embedded
with your leadership team for a fixed number of days each month,
owning delivery and strategy end‑to‑end. CTO‑as‑a‑Service is
typically a broader subscription that provides on‑demand access to
a pool of experts and tooling. With Bytesized you get the best of
both worlds: the continuity of a dedicated Fractional CTO,
delivered through a predictable subscription model.
Alongside strategic leadership I remain deeply hands‑on: I’ve
architected distributed, cloud‑native systems that serve millions
of concurrent users; I code in Erlang, Java, Go, TypeScript and
Python; and I routinely jump into code reviews, incident response
and performance tuning. A modern CTO must engage at product,
strategy and technology levels and that’s exactly how I
operate.