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Fractional CTO

A CTO when you need one.
Without hiring one.

Get experienced technology leadership for critical decisions, transformation programs, product strategy and engineering execution.

Fit

When a fractional CTO makes sense

If several of these describe your situation, the conversation is worth having.

  • Your company has outgrown its current technology
  • Engineering is moving but product delivery is slow
  • You're preparing for investment
  • You need to build an engineering team
  • You're evaluating AI
  • You have mounting technical debt
  • You're replacing a vendor
  • You're planning a cloud transformation
  • Your board wants a clearer technology strategy
  • You're preparing for technical due diligence
  • You're launching a new digital product

Method

How JStar works

  1. 01

    Discover

    Understand business objectives, customers, people, systems and constraints.

  2. 02

    Diagnose

    Identify the technology risks, opportunities and bottlenecks.

  3. 03

    Design

    Create the target architecture, roadmap and operating model.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    Work alongside your team to make it happen.

  5. 05

    Scale

    Build the engineering capability, processes and architecture required for growth.

Scope

What sits inside the engagement

Ongoing leadership across strategy, architecture, delivery, risk and cost — with the depth to review code and cloud spend, not only slide decks.

Technology strategyTechnology roadmapsArchitecture governanceEngineering leadershipVendor evaluationBoard and investor supportTechnical due diligenceTeam structure and hiringBudget and cloud optimisationSecurity and riskM&A technology assessment

Need senior technology leadership?

Book a CTO conversation.

A 45-minute discussion about your platform, your team and the decisions in front of you.

Or email hello@jstar.technology

Ready to talk technology?

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