Common questions
Answers about engineering projects and CTO work.
What kinds of CTO and technical leadership work are a fit?
Good fits include clarifying architecture and roadmap tradeoffs, defining scope, evaluating vendor choices, improving delivery, and taking hands-on ownership of important implementation work.
What kinds of engineering projects are a fit?
Good fits include building a product or major system, replacing spreadsheet workflows, connecting systems, building internal tools, improving production applications, and working on financial or operational software where reliability matters.
Do we need to know exactly what software to build?
No. Many projects start with a messy business process, not a clean feature request. I can help map the workflow, identify the important constraints, and decide what should be built first.
Do you work with non-technical businesses?
Yes. A lot of my work is with operators who know the business well and need a technical partner to turn the workflow into software.
What kinds of Rails projects are a fit?
Good fits include shipping features, improving architecture, debugging production issues, improving performance, building admin tools, connecting APIs, and getting stalled delivery moving again.
Do you work on Shopify and e-commerce systems?
Yes. I work on Shopify-connected applications, custom workflows, webhooks, fulfillment tools, commission systems, reporting, and revenue operations.
Do you offer ongoing fractional CTO support?
Yes, when that is what the product needs. I can provide ongoing technical direction and delivery ownership while remaining hands-on with architecture and implementation.