Executive-level tech leadership without the full-time price

Fractional CTO for Growing Companies

25+ Years Experience | $3B+ in exits | 200+ Podcast Episodes

I help $2M-$50M companies scale their technology, teams, and systems using proven strategies from 25+ years building $3B+ in successful exits.

What I Do

Choose your level of technology leadership - from strategy to full transformation

Strategic Advisory

2 - 4 Weeks

  • Technology roadmap development

  • Architecture reviews & recommendations

  • Executive strategy sessions

  • Team hiring guidance

Hands-On Leadership

1 - 3 Months

  • Direct team management

  • Project oversight & delivery

  • Process optimization

  • Performance improvement

Transformation Projects

3 - 6 Months

  • Complete digital transformation

  • Legacy system modernization

  • AI integration strategy

  • Team restructuring

Who I Help

I specialize in three types of companies at critical technology crossroads

Book a 30-minute strategy call to identify what stage your technology challenges are at and whether we're a good fit.

Growing SaaS Companies

$2M-$20M revenue, Series A-B funding, scaling fast but hitting technical bottlenecks

Your Challenge: Your MVP got you to market, but now you're hiring developers, and velocity is slowing down. Investors are asking tough questions about your technical roadmap, and every new feature takes twice as long as it should.

How I Help: Architecture review, technical debt assessment, and scalable system design that supports your growth without breaking your budget.

Real Result: Cut operational costs by 70% for a Series A company while improving performance. Six months later, they're handling 10x users on the same budget.

Traditional Companies Going Digital

$10M-$100M revenue, established business, but technology is now competitive necessity

Your Challenge: Your industry is being disrupted by tech-first competitors. You have legacy systems that work but don't integrate, and you need digital transformation but don't know where to start.

How I Help: Technology audit, modern system integration, and complete digital transformation roadmap with measurable ROI.

Real Result: Implemented customer portal for 50-year-old manufacturer. Result: 40% increase in customer retention and 25% reduction in operational costs.

Private Equity Portfolio Companies

Recently acquired or preparing for sale, need interim technology leadership during transitions

Your Challenge: The previous CTO left during acquisition. You need to integrate systems across companies, address technical debt revealed in due diligence, and maximize technology value for exit.

How I Help: Technology due diligence, system consolidation, and value creation through technology optimization.

Real Result: Consolidated systems for three acquired companies. Result: 30% reduction in technology costs and 50% increase in feature delivery.

Book a 30-minute strategy call to identify what stage your technology challenges are at and whether we're a good fit.

Proof I Can Help

Real clients, real problems, real results - with numbers to prove it

B stands for Billions

It's not every day you get to transform a technology organization that powers the growth of a "Unicorn Company"

Before: A company gets some funding and starts acquiring some major players in their industry to build its portfolio. What happens next? Log jam. Culture, product, and operations are all trying to work together with no strategy.

After: Synergy. Between all of the key components needed for a $2B company, even faster than you expected. 

Explosive growth, without exploding

Increase team size from 1 to 30 engineers. Ship 5 new products. All done within 12 months.

Growing a team from 1 engineer to 30 in one year? Challenging.

Shipping 5 new products at the same time? Tough.

 It's what I do.

Through a lean implementation of multiple agile frameworks (dubbed The Agile Donut), this team grew to over 100 engineers, spread across the globe, continuing to ship amazing products. Companies from all over the world came to visit, learn, watch, and study the Agile Donut.

Global agile in the face of adversity & disbelief

Deploying agile in a global organization when everyone said it couldn't be done

Imagine a multi-billion-dollar company with decades of success in the hardware business. Let's pretend that the same company decides to go all-in on software, and they want to try this agile thing out. Unfortunately, the world of waterfall permeates everything they do (including growing into a multi-billion-dollar company).

We implemented agile with so much success that it turned into an "agile roadshow" as we travelled across the globe, educating the rest of the organization on how they too could thrive with agile.

A product and company re-ignited

Reviving a product and company that deteriorated to the point of freezing sales.

It's bad news when a company decides to stop selling its product for a full year. Onboarding new customers became so cumbersome and buggy that the company couldn't bear to add even one more.

Then I arrived.

Establishing proper engineering processes, architectural approaches/guidelines, and hiring amazing engineers reduced the onboarding process from 8 months to 1 week.

Oh, and we saved the company hundreds of thousands in operating costs while we were at it.

Customer Testimonials

Under Josh's leadership, we successfully transitioned to a holistic product management approach, where Product Managers and Group Product Managers were fully responsible for the financial, technical, and customer-related outcomes of their respective product lines. This shift was critical in unlocking our potential for growth through scale as we rapidly brought seven new products to market unlocking massive enterprise value.
Josh is great at sharing his knowledge with everyone. I love listening to podcasts he does with Bob Galen because I find them very realistic, educational, and honest. It really helps me think of action plans for my own setup in our scrum team and learn new ways of approaching our daily process. I hope he never stops his podcasts! 

How It Works

Simple 4-step process

1. Strategy Call (30 Minutes, Free)

We discuss your challenges, goals, and determine if we're a good fit.

2. Assessment (1 Week)

I analyze your current technology, team, and processes.

3. Roadmap (1 Week)

You get a detailed plan with priorities, timelines, and recommendations.

4. Execution (Ongoing)

We implement the plan together, with regular check-ins and adjustments.