How we work
Diagnosis, then path.
Here is your actual situation. Here is what we can do about it.
Every substantive claim the practice makes follows this pattern. It pairs candor — the diagnosis — with empathy and commitment — the path. It's what distinguishes radical candor from blunt negativity.
The practice works across three shapes of senior technical problem — alignment, scale, and IP — through five engagement types. The engagement type answers what you are buying. The problem shape answers what you are bringing.
Three problem shapes
Each archetype is a problem shape, not a size or vertical. Buyers self-locate by problem, not by company stage.
Five engagement types
Engagement type answers what am I buying. Problem shape answers what am I bringing.
Diagnostic
A two-to-four-week read on your technology function.
CAD $25,000–$45,000 fixed
Retained CTO
An embedded fractional CTO, two to three days per week.
CAD $16,000–$32,000 / month
Technical due diligence
Senior technical assessment for pre-deal use.
CAD $15,000–$35,000 fixed
Board Advisor
Senior technical judgment in the room, on an ongoing basis.
CAD $4,000–$7,000 / month
Founder Advisory
Selective engagement for early-stage founders.
CAD $2,000–$3,500 / month
What the practice does not do
- AI advisory as a named offering — AI is an ingredient inside the work, not the category.
- Workshops or training — would pull toward a training-firm identity.
- Project delivery — would pull toward a dev-shop identity.
- Interim CTO-as-employee engagements — would pull toward a staffing-firm identity.