Fractional CTO & Strategic Technical Advisor

Ship Faster.Raise More.Avoid Missteps.

MIT-trained engineering leader with 10+ years architecting 0→1 products across AI/LLM, FinTech, and Digital Health.

10+
Years Experience
$100M+
ARR Generated
4M+
Users Scaled
$30M+
Fundraising Supported

Services

I typically work with 2-3 companies at a time (5-10 hrs/week each) to ensure focus, responsiveness, and executive-level impact.

AI/LLM System Design

Provider strategy, inference routing, prompt optimization, and context management

Early Team Hiring

Building your first 5-20 engineers with rigorous technical vetting and culture fit

Architecture & Infrastructure

Untangling stalled or over-engineered systems; right-sizing for your stage

Acting CTO Coverage

Interim leadership during founder transitions, searches, or scaling inflection points

Fundraising Technical Diligence

Architecture reviews, roadmap validation, and pitch deck support for seed through Series B

Outcomes Delivered

Track record of driving measurable impact across team scaling, revenue growth, and technical excellence.

Scaled Teams

  • ⦿0→20 at Arkius
  • ⦿0→15 at Cline
  • ⦿0→15 at Snowball
  • ⦿0→5 at String

User Growth

  • ⦿200k→4M+ downloads in 9 months
  • ⦿0→40k users in 6 months

Revenue Growth

  • ⦿$100M+ incremental ARR
  • ⦿$0→$7.8M ARR
  • ⦿$0→$5M ARR

Architecture

  • ⦿Multi-provider AI inference management & routing
  • ⦿Global payment systems with KYC and risk management

Fundraising

  • ⦿Supported ~$30M in fundraising (Pre-seed–Series A)

Patent Grants

  • ⦿25+ international grants through architecture and claims co-authorship

Work

Select case studies from recent engagements.

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Cline Bot, Inc.

Head of Engineering and Staff Engineer

Scaled engineering team from 2 to 15 while designing and implementing enterprise API enabling $5M+ ARR

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Meta

Software Engineer, Facebook Ads Monetization

Drove >$100M ARR through large-scale experiments and cross-functional coordination

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String Technology, Inc.

Co-Founder, CTO

Built financial interoperability platform with 48 state MTLs and <10s onramping at 2.5% fees

Let's Talk

If you're a founder navigating architecture decisions, preparing for fundraising, or scaling your engineering team, I'd welcome a conversation.