Transform your tech team into a focused, high-performing force.
I rebuild momentum, clarity, and confidence across tech organisations that have lost their mojo. I do this through coaching, workshops, and helping the team reshape how they work and think.
Spend thirty minutes with me discussing your unique challenges, and learn exactly how I can help:
Some of the reasons we should talk
Give me a call if any of these are true for you, or if something else is troubling you with your tech team:
- 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
Activities
Some of the things I do to help, depending on the need:
- Health checks
- Team workshops
- Strategy reviews
- Meeting facilitation
- Surveys and feedback
- 1:1 and group coaching
- Product/market fit checks
- Hiring and culture reviews
- Strategic advisory services
Testimonials
“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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