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Fractional CTO for AI, Legal Tech & Internet Services

I help founders go from prototype to growth: infrastructure, compliance, and product execution—without the full-time CTO cost.

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What you get

Hands-on leadership without the overhead

Technical Strategy & Execution

  • 0→1 and 1→10 architecture (Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps)
  • Developer velocity & observability

Compliance & Trust

  • SOC2/HIPAA readiness
  • Privacy foresight for AI features

Fundraising & Hiring

  • Investor diligence & technical narrative
  • Interim leadership & hiring help
Transparent pricing

Simple options for early-stage founders

Advisory

$250–$350 /hour

Fractional CTO

$5k–$12k /mo

Project-Based

From $8k

Why CTODirect

30+ years of engineering leadership, now a J.D. candidate at Syracuse Law—bringing the rare mix of scale + compliance that AI, legal tech, and internet services need.

Blog

Founder notes on scaling, compliance, and AI

Scaling Startups with Compliance in Mind

Why speed + legal foresight beats speed alone in AI, legal tech, and internet services.

5 min read • Strategy

3 Infra Mistakes I See Every Week

Kubernetes isn’t magic, CI/CD needs audit trails, and observability can’t wait.

4 min read • DevOps

AI Startups: Compliance is a Growth Multiplier

Get to enterprise faster by building trust into your stack.

6 min read • Compliance

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Let’s talk

Email hello@ctodirect.io or grab time on my calendar.