I help early- to mid-stage startups move faster and build better through pragmatic engineering leadership. With 13+ years as a technical founder in Silicon Valley, including a successful exit, I operate as a full-stack CTO—from hands-on code and architecture to product strategy, people, culture, and shaping business direction.
Where I’m a good fit
- You’re a non-technical founder needing interim technical leadership
- You’re a first-time CTO seeking mentorship
- You’re figuring out how to scale a team past a few developers
Where I’m a poor fit
- You need a full-time workhorse founding engineer to produce as much product as possible
How I can help
- Technical & product strategy – build the right thing at the right time
- Architecture & design review – avoid expensive mistakes that slow you down and waste precious cycles
- Hands-on build support – accelerate shipping by working directly with your team
- Hiring – set up the hiring flywheel that repeatedly brings incredible talent on board
- Coaching – teach your team how to rapidly build and iterate on startup-grade software
- Leveling - devise a career framework appropriate to your stage
- Process & structure – get the right teams with the right rituals to maximize throughput
- Vibe coding for grownups – ship faster with fewer developers using best practices from the San Francisco AI frontier
- Customer discovery & validation – make sure you’re building what people want
- Interim leadership – steady the ship while finding the right long-term eng leader