A CTO-level partner embedded in your business.
Senior technical leadership 1-2 days a week. TechLevity sets direction, builds teams, and bridges the gap between engineering and the board — so you can scale with confidence.
When you need a Fractional CTO
“Your engineering team is growing but there's no technical strategy”
“The board keeps asking questions your current team can't answer”
“You need to hire a CTO but can't afford to get it wrong”
“A full-time CTO is overkill, but no leadership is risky”
What this engagement looks like
Strategic
- →Technical vision and roadmap
- →Architecture decisions and standards
- →Board and investor reporting
- →Build vs buy decisions
- →Vendor evaluation and selection
Operational
- →Engineering team structure and hiring
- →Sprint/delivery process optimisation
- →Incident management and SLAs
- →Cloud infrastructure strategy
- →Security posture review
“I've spent 20+ years in engineering leadership — Amazon, JPMorgan, Playtech — and I founded TechLevity to give scale-ups access to the same calibre of technical leadership, without the full-time cost.”
Edward Kreiman
Founder & Fractional CTO, TechLevity
Which model fits your situation?
| Fractional CTO | Interim CTO | Full-time CTO | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commitment | 1–2 days/week | Full-time, temporary | Full-time, permanent |
| Typical cost | £5–15k/mo | £800–1,500/day | £150–250k/yr + equity |
| Time to start | 1–2 weeks | 2–4 weeks | 3–6 months |
| Best for | Ongoing leadership without full-time cost | Crisis, transition, or cover | Series B+ with dedicated budget |
| Equity required | Rarely | No | Yes — typically 0.5–2% |
Frequently asked questions
Typically 1-2 days. Flexible based on need. Some clients start at 2 and step down to 1 as the team matures.
Minimum 3 months. Average 6-12 months. We stay until the job is done or a full-time hire is in place.
Both. We default to remote with regular on-site days — especially for team and board interaction.
Yes. We often define the role, run the search, and ensure a smooth handover.
Fractional = part-time, ongoing. Interim = full-time, temporary. We do both depending on what the situation calls for.
Engagements are scoped individually. Book a call and we will give you an honest answer based on what you actually need.
Often combined with:
AI Strategy & Adoption
Move AI from boardroom slides to production systems that deliver measurable ROI.
Cloud Cost Optimisation
Most scale-ups overspend 30–50% on cloud without realising it. Oversized instances, idle dev environments, on-demand pricing for predictable workloads, and architectural inefficiencies add up fast. I bring a structured FinOps methodology — Discover, Analyse, Optimise, Govern — to find the waste, fix it without touching performance, and build lasting governance so costs stay controlled as you scale.
M&A Technology Integration
When you acquire a company, you inherit its tech debt, its architecture decisions, its vendor contracts, and its engineering culture. I help PE portfolios and scale-ups navigate the full technology integration lifecycle — from pre-deal due diligence that surfaces hidden risks, through a structured 100-day playbook that stabilises, integrates, optimises, and governs the combined estate.