AI Strategy, Architecture & Fractional CTO

Every engagement is tailored to the situation, structured around the following categories.

A range of services, one consistent standard.

SERVICES

01 / 04.


AI & Technology Strategy

An independent assessment of where your technology is helping the business and where AI can genuinely move it forward or where it is just a distraction. 

 

Outputs include a prioritised roadmap, build-vs-buy guidance and a clear view of the risks worth taking.

     DELIVERABLES

  • Current-state & AI readiness review
  • 6-12–24 month roadmap
  • Build-vs-buy / build-vs-partner guidance
  • Executive readout

02 / 04.


AI Solution Architecture

Architecture for AI-enabled systems that must stay reliable, secure and maintainable. 

 

Model selection, data pipelines, integration patterns, safety guardrails, cost controls and the difficult trade-offs between them.

     DELIVERABLES

  • Reference architecture
  • Model selection & integration design
  • Safety, cost & risk framework
  • Decision records (ADRs)

03 / 04.


Engineering & Delivery

Working alongside your engineering leaders,  we improve the practices that actually ship product: planning, code quality, AI-assisted workflows, deployment, observability and the rituals that keep teams delivering.

     DELIVERABLES

  • Engineering practice review
  • AI-assisted development playbook
  • Tooling & observability roadmap
  • Hands-on coaching

04 / 04.

Interim & Fractional CTO

Embedded senior technical leadership on a part-time basis. For founders, scale-ups and PE-backed businesses navigating AI adoption, hiring, vendor choices and product decisions before a full-time executive is justified.

     DELIVERABLES

  • Board & exec contribution
  • AI adoption roadmap
  • Hiring & team design
  • Vendor & partner selection

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