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Fractional CTO services

Fractional CTO leadership before technical decisions get expensive.

For founders and small teams that need a clear product roadmap, sound architecture, and experienced oversight from idea through delivery.

Decide what to build, how to build it, and how to keep delivery moving without adding a full-time CTO.

20+ yearsbuilding software
Strategy through deliveryone accountable partner
Startup focusedbuilt for lean teams

Why fractional leadership

You need a technical leader, not another list of recommendations.

Product, architecture, budget, and delivery decisions affect each other. Fractional CTO support gives one experienced leader ownership of those tradeoffs at the stage you need it.

A roadmap tied to the business

Know what to build now, what comes next, and what is not worth funding yet.

Architecture for your current stage

Make choices that support today's product without creating an expensive rebuild tomorrow.

Delivery with clear ownership

Turn priorities into an executable plan, remove blockers, and keep work aimed at the outcome.

Technical risk you can see

Understand debt, security, reliability, and vendor risk before they become urgent problems.

Fractional CTO services

Senior direction for the decisions in front of you.

Work together on an ongoing basis or focus the engagement on a critical product, architecture, or delivery decision.

Product & Technology Strategy

Turn business priorities into a technical roadmap, budget, milestones, and clear tradeoffs.

Architecture & Risk Review

Review the product, codebase, infrastructure, and vendor choices before committing more time or capital.

Product Delivery Leadership

Guide execution, review progress, resolve technical blockers, and keep product and engineering aligned.

MVP Scope & Launch

Define the smallest product that can test the idea, then carry the right decisions through launch.

AI & Automation Strategy

Identify where AI can improve the product or operation before investing in a costly experiment.

Cloud & DevOps Direction

Set a practical path for deployments, reliability, observability, security, and infrastructure cost.

How the work starts

A clear path from uncertainty to delivery.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Start with the business goal, product, current systems, team, and constraints.

  2. 02

    Decide

    Set priorities, make the key tradeoffs, and define a roadmap the team can act on.

  3. 03

    Lead

    Guide delivery, review outcomes, and adjust the plan as the product and business change.

Built for the stage between idea and scale

Bring in technical leadership when the decisions outgrow the team.

Fractional CTO support fits companies that need senior judgment now, but do not need a full-time executive.

Discuss Your Product
  • You are a founder without senior technical leadership.
  • Your product is growing faster than its architecture or delivery process.
  • A critical build has stalled, drifted, or become hard to evaluate.
  • You need to review a codebase, vendor, or technical plan before committing budget.

Need hands-on product delivery too?

MoonPixels can carry the strategy into MVP development, custom web and mobile applications, AI integrations, and cloud delivery. The build stays connected to the business decision that justified it.

Eric Wooley, founder and fractional CTO

Direct senior involvement

Technical judgment earned by building.

Eric Wooley, Founder & Fractional CTO

Eric has spent more than 20 years building software across startups, enterprise products, and independent ventures. Clients work directly with the person setting the strategy, reviewing the tradeoffs, and staying close to delivery.

That means clear communication for founders, useful direction for technical teams, and decisions grounded in what the business needs next.

Business first

Technology choices start with the customer, budget, and result the company needs.

Candid tradeoffs

You get a direct view of cost, risk, and options before making the decision.

Close to delivery

Strategy stays connected to the work, so the plan survives contact with the product.

Make your next technical decision move the business forward.

Bring the product, architecture, or delivery problem. Leave with a clearer next step.

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