How this works from Scottsdale
Las Vegas is about an hour's flight from Scottsdale, and I travel there regularly to meet clients. Most of a fractional CTO's work is decisions, architecture and direction, which happens remotely. The work that needs a room, such as leadership sessions, vendor reviews and getting to know your team, happens in person.
The problems I am usually called for
- Revenue is healthy, but there is no plan for how the company grows from here, or what the technology has to do to get it there.
- Reservations, memberships, payments and customer records living in systems that do not agree.
- Several locations, each doing things its own way.
- Developers or an agency shipping work with nobody owning the architecture.
- A platform rebuild, an acquisition or an AI rollout that needs a senior owner.
What you get
- A technology roadmap tied to the business plan.
- One owner for architecture, security, vendors and the people doing the work.
- Hands-on building where it is faster for me to build the core than to explain it.
Details are on the fractional CTO service page, and the cost comparison is in CTO salary versus fractional CTO cost in 2026.
Proof
- Epic Golf Club: a national private membership with more than 1,000 members, moved from three databases that never agreed to one platform on web, iOS and Android.
- SottoPelle Therapy: more than ten offices brought onto one centrally managed network and a custom medical records platform.
- Mr Target: a manufacturer and retailer with its website and Amazon sales feeding one system.
Frequently asked questions
Are you based in Las Vegas?
No. I am based in Scottsdale, Arizona, about an hour away by air, and I am in Las Vegas regularly.
How often would you be on site?
As often as the work needs. That is usually more at the start, while I learn the business and the team, and less once the roadmap is moving.
Do you work with companies that already have developers?
Yes. In most engagements I direct the people you already have. See fractional CTO versus agency, MSP and dev shop.