Fractional CTO and Engineering Assessment
I’ve led engineering through hypergrowth, through turnarounds, and exits. I help you make engineering the thing that moves the business forward.
Max sets a bar that few can match. A world-class developer and an even better leader — he's empathetic when needed, but isn't afraid to make the tough decisions when the time calls for it.
Devin CiriacoEnterprise GTM, Genspark
The Problem
The engineering budget grows and the business doesn’t feel it. The custom solution still works, can’t scale, and now costs more to maintain than the thing you’d buy to replace it.
Everyone in the company is using AI and none of it reaches the numbers. People are faster at their own work and the P&L looks the same as it did last year. The token bill is now big enough that someone is asking what it returns.
One engineer holds the institutional knowledge and nothing moves without them. The business is scaling and engineering wasn’t built for it. The board asks a technical question and the answer doesn’t mean anything. Or a fractional CTO came in, delivered a strategy doc, and left.
None of this is permanent. Everything is solvable. But it compounds if you ignore it.
How I can help
What you get at the end is a working system.
Engineering Assessment
I look at how the team is structured, how fast it ships, what the architecture will and won’t carry, whether the company is ready for AI, how it’s led, and what all of it costs. You get an honest read.
Boards use it before a fundraise, investors before writing a check, and founders when things feel slow, or when everything is going right and they want the foundations to hold.
AI Adoption
Every company I talk to already knows AI should be doing more for them. The problem is knowing where to start and what will actually stick.
I map your operations, identify the use cases worth the investment, and take the first one to production with your team. The goal is a system your people use every day.
I’ve taken AI systems to production at companies from startups to enterprises.
Fractional CTO
Hiring, architecture, team structure and shipping cadence, without the full-time hire. I’ve been that hire.
Technical Diligence
If you’re acquiring or investing, I look under the hood before you commit. I’ve been through acquisitions as an operator and I know what analyst checklists miss.
How it works
Book a 20-minute call. You tell me what’s going on. I tell you if I can help.
If there’s a fit, you get a proposal within a week, with the scope, the price and the deliverables all fixed before we start.
About me
I’ve been building software since 1998. I led engineering through a $200M exit, through hypergrowth, and through a PE-backed turnaround. I co-founded Start Holdings, a venture studio with teams in New York and Barcelona.
Enterprise clients have included Oscar Health, PepsiCo, Levi’s, and BBVA.
Based in Barcelona. Work globally.
Book a call or email me at [email protected]