Strategic
Tech Consulting

An initial roadmap audit typically takes 4–6 weeks. Most clients then move into a 'Strategic Oversight' phase providing ongoing vCTO guidance for 6–12 months. For M&A due diligence, we typically deliver within 3–4 weeks. Every engagement is scoped with clearly defined deliverables and a fixed-fee structure.

We use a hybrid of TOGAF for enterprise architecture structure, AWS Well-Architected Framework for cloud workloads, and our proprietary 'Cloud-Native Readiness Score' to evaluate scalability, security, cost-efficiency, and developer velocity. Every audit produces a scored assessment with prioritized, costed recommendations.

We track literal metrics: infrastructure cost reduction, improvement in development velocity (features shipped per sprint), elimination of high-risk security vulnerabilities, and reduced incident MTTR. We set baseline measurements at engagement start and provide a 6-month impact assessment showing exactly what changed.

A vCTO engagement typically covers: technology strategy & roadmap alignment, architecture review & design decisions, engineering team structuring & hiring guidance, vendor evaluation & contract negotiation, board and investor technical Q&A, OKR setting for technical teams, and incident management oversight. Engagement intensity ranges from 1 day/week to 3 days/week depending on your growth stage.

Yes. Technology selection is one of our most impactful engagements. We evaluate options across five dimensions: developer ecosystem, total cost of ownership (3-year), scalability ceiling, security posture, and hiring market depth. We deliver a structured recommendation report, not just an opinion, so your leadership team can make a fully informed decision.

We serve both, with tailored engagement models. For startups (Seed to Series B), we focus on founding architecture, tech stack selection, and fractional CTO leadership. For growth-stage and enterprises, we focus on modernization, scalability, M&A due diligence, and multi-team engineering governance.

Our M&A tech DD reports cover: codebase quality assessment, architectural scalability evaluation, security vulnerability exposure, technical debt quantification (in engineer-months), key-person dependency risk, IP ownership verification, vendor and licensing risk, and a post-merger integration complexity score — all expressed in financial impact terms your investment team can act on.