Hands-on Fractional CTO for Startups.
Ship faster. Scale smarter. Build with confidence.
I help founders turn ideas into real, investor-ready products. Blending senior technical leadership with actual execution.
Technical leadership + real shipping
You get strategy, architecture, and hands-on engineering — all for a predictable monthly cost.
- Turn your idea into an MVP in 30 days
- Fix your tech stack or dev workflow
- Build scalable architecture
- Lead your engineering direction
- Coach your developers
- Create a clear roadmap investors understand
Good fit for
- Founders with a product idea but no in-house technical leadership
- Startups scaling past MVP and needing more structure & roadmap
- Companies prepping for funding, needing technical leadership for investor confidence
- Teams stuck in tech debt or delivery slowdowns
- Founders who want a coach to help grow their own product/tech leadership skills
- Anyone who needs a flexible technical partner without hiring full-time execs yet
Trusted by teams at
Wakefully • Turnstile Stubs • Wavelo • OpenSRS • Hover
Experience
- CTO
- Director of Engineering
- Senior Developer
- Leadership for 30 + person org
- Architecture + platform leadership
- Hands-on builder for early stage teams
He has a great capacity to build a safe space for the team to grow and bond while at the same time keeping us focused on shipping.
Tom Aratyn
Staff Engineer
He's got this magic ability to guide us when we need it, yet at the same time, he trusts us to do our thing.
Daphne Hart
Sr Tech Program Manager
Colin consistently fostered an environment that empowered team members to excel while offering insightful direction when needed.
Ahmed El-Daly
Principal Engineer
He is smart, and gets results.
Pete Bevin
Software Development Manager
Are you ready to start shipping?
Let’s take 20 minutes and map the fastest path to launch.