Fractional CTO · Northern Virginia

A Fractional CTO for Northern Virginia's next chapter

Senior, part-time technical leadership for Northern Virginia startups, scaleups and contractors, whether you are building a health-tech product or pivoting to AI and efficiency as federal budgets tighten.

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Fractional CTO Claude Certified 3 products shipped AI & efficiency

Northern Virginia is being asked to do more with less

Federal budgets are tightening, and the pressure is on across the Dulles corridor: contractors diversifying into commercial work, teams asked to automate, startups doing more with fewer people. Every one of those moves is a technical bet.

Making that bet without a senior technical owner is how good ideas turn into stalled projects and runaway cloud bills. You need someone accountable for the architecture and the roadmap, who has shipped real products, at a fraction of a full-time CTO.

A senior technical partner for the pivot

I act as your fractional CTO: setting the architecture, leading the build, and owning the technical outcome, whether that is a new product, an AI-and-automation push, or a commercial pivot away from shrinking federal work.

For the Dulles corridor and the DC metro

Reston, Tysons, Herndon and the wider contractor ecosystem, where "do more with less" has gone from a slogan to a mandate.
Health-tech and commercial startups across Northern Virginia that need senior engineering leadership before they can justify a full-time hire.
AI and automation done responsibly: I bring the regulated-AI discipline that gov-adjacent work demands, not a black box you cannot defend.

Why NoVA teams bring me in

Fractional CTO, Technical Architect and Consultant with 7+ years across regulated and enterprise work.
Claude Certified (six Anthropic certifications) for the AI and efficiency side, plus Acquia, Veeva and ABPI for regulated builds.
I have shipped 3 products end to end, one Australian product now at AUD 150,000 in revenue, so I lead the build, I do not just advise on it.

How we work together

Step 1

Where you stand

A scoped, paid review of your architecture, team, and the pivot or product ahead.

Step 2

The plan

A pragmatic roadmap: what to build, what to automate, what to buy, and in what order.

Step 3

Embedded leadership

I lead delivery and own the hard technical calls, in your leadership conversations.

Step 4

Scale to fit

Month to month, dialled up for a push and down when you need less. You keep control.

Month to month, no lock-in

We start with a scoped, paid review so you see the value before committing. Engagements flex with your budget and your roadmap, and you keep the code and the control.

Questions, answered

Do you work with government contractors?

Yes. I help contractor and gov-adjacent teams pivot to commercial work, automate, and adopt AI responsibly as federal budgets tighten.

Can you lead an AI or automation initiative?

Yes. I am Claude Certified and build AI under proper governance: grounded, audited and human-in-the-loop, not a black box.

What does it cost versus a full-time CTO?

A fraction. It is a monthly retainer scoped to the leadership you need, starting with a fixed-price review.

Do you cover Reston, Tysons and Arlington?

Yes, remotely across Northern Virginia and the DC metro, with on-site time when it genuinely helps.

Where I work

Startups, scaleups and contractors across Reston, Tysons, Herndon, Arlington and the wider Northern Virginia and DC metro, remotely.

Let's talk about your build

A straightforward conversation about your product, your constraints, and how I can help. No sales pitch.