Fractional Leadership

Named executives, embedded and accountable for closing the leadership gap that's costing you most: a fractional CTO to own technology and systems, a fractional Solution Architect to own the target architecture, a fractional CDO or Chief AI Officer to own data and AI strategy, a fractional COO for operations, and a fractional CMO for growth, from positioning to new export markets, all without full-time overhead.

All 6 pillars
Fractional CTO in practice
Technology Leadership

Fractional CTO

A named CTO, embedded and accountable, not a rotating bench.

A named technical executive who owns your roadmap, architecture decisions, and vendor selection, not advisory input from the sidelines. Embedded on a fractional basis with a defined handoff plan to a full-time hire built in from day one.

  • A named executive embedded in your leadership team, not a shared bench
  • Roadmap, architecture, and vendor-decision ownership, not advisory-only input
  • Quarterly roadmap and budget ownership with measurable delivery outcomes
  • A defined handoff plan to a full-time hire, agreed at the start

How we engage

Business impact

  • Technical roadmap decisions get made and owned, not endlessly deferred
  • Vendor and build-vs-buy calls backed by someone accountable for the outcome
  • Engineering delivery predictability improves within the first two quarters

Transformation outcomes

  • A shipped roadmap instead of a backlog that never converges
  • An engineering org with clear ownership and a working delivery cadence
  • A permanent leader who inherits a running system, not a rebuild
Fractional Solution Architect in practice
Technology Leadership

Fractional Solution Architect

Architecture decisions made once, written down, and held to.

A named architect who owns the system design across your platforms: integration boundaries, data contracts, and the build-vs-buy calls underneath them. For teams shipping faster than their architecture was designed for, where every new feature costs more than the last one did.

  • End-to-end solution design across platforms, integrations, and data flow
  • Architecture decision records, so a call made once stays made
  • Technical due diligence on vendors, platforms, and inherited systems
  • Design authority over delivery teams, with review gates that actually hold

How we engage

Business impact

  • Integration work stops being rediscovered on every project
  • Technical debt gets paid down against a plan rather than absorbed as drag
  • Delivery estimates get more reliable as the architecture stops surprising teams

Transformation outcomes

  • A documented target architecture the team builds toward, not around
  • Integration and data contracts that new work plugs into instead of reinventing
  • An in-house team that inherits the design authority, not just the diagrams
Fractional CDO / AI Advisor in practice
Technology Leadership

Fractional CDO / AI Advisor

Data and AI strategy, owned by someone accountable for the outcome.

A named executive who owns data strategy, AI governance, and the portfolio of AI initiatives across the business, deciding what gets built, what gets bought, and what gets shelved, with the authority to actually make those calls stick.

  • Data and AI strategy ownership across the full initiative portfolio
  • AI governance, risk, and responsible-use policy ownership
  • Build-vs-buy authority across the AI and data initiative pipeline
  • A defined handoff plan to a permanent hire

How we engage

Business impact

  • AI initiatives get prioritized against business value, not novelty
  • Data and AI risk gets governed instead of discovered after the fact
  • A pipeline of pilots starts converting into production systems

Transformation outcomes

  • A prioritized AI/data portfolio with clear ownership
  • A governance framework that survives the fractional engagement
  • A permanent leader who inherits a running strategy, not a blank page
Fractional COO in practice
Operations Leadership

Fractional COO

Operational execution owned by someone accountable for delivery, not just process.

A named COO who owns operational execution (delivery cadence, cross-team process, resourcing) for organizations that need senior operating leadership before they need, or can justify, a full-time hire.

  • Delivery cadence and cross-team process ownership
  • Resourcing and capacity planning tied to the actual roadmap
  • Operational KPI ownership with regular leadership reporting
  • A defined handoff plan to a permanent hire

How we engage

Business impact

  • Cross-team delivery bottlenecks get owned and cleared, not just flagged
  • Resourcing decisions get made against real capacity data
  • Operational KPIs get tracked and acted on, not just reported

Transformation outcomes

  • A delivery cadence the organization can actually sustain
  • Resourcing decisions backed by real capacity data
  • A permanent COO who inherits a working operating rhythm
Fractional CMO in practice
Growth Leadership

Fractional CMO

A growth strategy owned by someone accountable for the pipeline it produces.

A named CMO who owns go-to-market strategy, positioning, and the marketing function's contribution to pipeline, from sharpening the domestic position to opening new export markets, for organizations that need senior growth leadership without committing to a full-time executive hire yet.

  • Go-to-market and market-entry strategy, positioning, and segmentation ownership
  • International growth and buyer-acquisition strategy for new export markets
  • Marketing-sourced pipeline accountability, not just activity metrics
  • Team and agency oversight with a defined operating cadence
  • A defined handoff plan to a permanent hire

How we engage

Business impact

  • Positioning and messaging get sharpened against what's actually converting
  • New markets get entered against a researched plan, not a trade-show gamble
  • Marketing spend gets tied to pipeline contribution, not vanity metrics

Transformation outcomes

  • A positioning and GTM strategy the team can execute without you
  • A marketing function measured on pipeline, not just output
  • A permanent CMO who inherits a working growth engine
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Engagements in this pillar are delivered on named platforms we build and run, not a fresh stack every time.

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What it costs

Fractional Leadership, Priced Up Front

A named executive on a monthly retainer, with the scope written down before you commit. No day-rate surprises, no minimum term buried in a schedule.

Fractional CDO / AI Advisor

Data and AI strategy, owned by someone accountable for the outcome.

$129/month

  • Data and AI strategy ownership across the full initiative portfolio
  • AI governance, risk, and responsible-use policy ownership
  • Build-vs-buy authority across the AI and data initiative pipeline
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Fractional Solution Architect

Architecture decisions made once, written down, and held to.

$49/month

  • End-to-end solution design across platforms, integrations, and data flow
  • Architecture decision records, so a call made once stays made
  • Technical due diligence on vendors, platforms, and inherited systems
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Fractional CTO

A named CTO, embedded and accountable, not a rotating bench.

$59/month

  • A named executive embedded in your leadership team, not a shared bench
  • Roadmap, architecture, and vendor-decision ownership, not advisory-only input
  • Quarterly roadmap and budget ownership with measurable delivery outcomes
See the full scope

Fractional COO

Operational execution owned by someone accountable for delivery, not just process.

$69/month

  • Delivery cadence and cross-team process ownership
  • Resourcing and capacity planning tied to the actual roadmap
  • Operational KPI ownership with regular leadership reporting
See the full scope

Fractional CMO

A growth strategy owned by someone accountable for the pipeline it produces.

$99/month

  • Go-to-market and market-entry strategy, positioning, and segmentation ownership
  • International growth and buyer-acquisition strategy for new export markets
  • Marketing-sourced pipeline accountability, not just activity metrics
See the full scope

Every engagement starts with a scoping call. The retainer is agreed against the gap you actually have, and the handoff plan to a permanent hire is written in from day one.

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How is this different from hiring an advisor?

An advisor gives you an opinion; a fractional executive owns the outcome. Ours sit inside your leadership team with the roadmap, the vendor decisions, and the delivery accountability, the same responsibilities the permanent hire would carry.

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