I help founders get their tech on track.
“Fantastic at building self-sufficient teams and giving them what they need.” – Tadas T
“If you’re looking for someone to help build a great team, or you need someone experienced to help develop a sound tech strategy, I would thoroughly recommend Chris.” – Roisi P
“Chris has clearly learned a lot about the world of being a delivery-focused CTO” – Ian O
You have raised funding. You have got some developers. You want to move fast: but the tech is messy, the product is fuzzy, and everything is feels like it is on fire.
That’s where I come in. As a fellow founder, I know how it feels to have so much to fix you don’t know where to begin, and how you can feel fantastic one day and terrified the next.
I can help you scale without burning cash, build tech teams that ship daily, and make product decisions that don’t backfire.
Fill in this form and I’ll email you back:
Some of the reasons we should talk
- Your tech costs are out of control
- Process overhead is killing productivity
- You are not confident in your architecture
- Development speed has slowed to a crawl
- You are not sure if you have product/market fit
- Your AI/LLM projects are not getting to production
- You are struggling to hire and retain great engineers
- Your tech team culture is heading in the wrong direction
- The CEO and technical leaders aren’t aligned on priorities
- Technical strategy feels disconnected from business goals
- Your tech team is building too much or spending too much doing it
What people say about me
“Chris is very experienced both in the technical side of setting up a well functioning tech team, but also in the business side, possessing a keen eye for strategy and a good sense for what will and will not work in any given environment. If you’re a startup looking for someone to help build a great team, or you need someone experienced to help develop a sound tech strategy, I would thoroughly recommend Chris.”
“Chris has clearly learned a *lot* about the world of being a delivery-focused CTO, he has a very clear understanding of the need for pragmatic planning, knowledge sharing, team up-skilling and the paying down of technical debt… I hope to continue to learn from Chris’ experience.”
“Chris is fantastic at building self-sufficient teams and giving them what they need to deliver impactful product changes and experiments. He provides a lot of freedom while setting clear goals, which creates highly productive teams in early-stage startups. At the same time, he’s an empathetic leader who always keeps a pulse on team morale. This is an extremely punchy combo.”
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