I work with engineering organizations as a Principal Architect, AI Innovation advisor, and Fractional CTO. These aren't separate tracks, they're the same work at different levels of engagement.

Architecture and AI are where the hands-on work happens. The Fractional CTO role is what that work looks like when an organization also needs executive technical leadership. Either way, the goal is the same: close the gap between what your engineering team can deliver today and what the business needs from it.

What I Work On

Principal Architecture Advisory

Hard architectural problems don't fix themselves, and the cost of getting them wrong compounds. I work directly with engineering teams on the decisions that shape everything downstream: platform structure, system decomposition, cloud infrastructure, observability, and the patterns that let teams move fast without accumulating debt.

This is hands-on work. I write code, review pull requests, and build reference implementations alongside the team. Credibility comes from being in the work, not above it.

Typical engagements: Platform modernization, monolith decomposition, cloud-native migration, Internal Developer Platform design, architecture standards and governance.

AI Integration & Innovation

Most organizations are somewhere between "we should be doing something with AI" and "we tried a thing and it didn't work." The gap is usually strategy, not technology.

I help teams move from experimentation to production. That means identifying where AI actually changes the economics of the work, designing systems that are grounded in real data and real constraints, and building the organizational patterns that let engineers use AI tools effectively day to day.

I've shipped production AI agents, integrated LLMs into developer tooling, and run AI IDE pilots across engineering departments. I know what works and what doesn't.

Typical engagements: AI strategy and roadmap, production AI agent design and build, AI-assisted development adoption, LLM integration architecture, developer productivity programs.

Fractional CTO

Some organizations need senior technical leadership without a full-time executive hire. That's where I work best.

A Fractional CTO engagement means I'm in the room for the decisions that matter: technology strategy, build vs. buy, vendor selection, organizational design, and the relationship between the engineering team and the rest of the business. I bring Wharton Executive CTO-level frameworks to those conversations, and I have the technical depth to follow them through to implementation.

This works well for companies that have outgrown their current technical leadership structure, are navigating a major platform transition, or are evaluating a permanent CTO hire and need experienced leadership in the interim.

Typical engagements: Interim or part-time CTO, technology strategy and roadmap, engineering org design, executive technical advisory, CTO search support.

How I Engage

I work remotely with occasional on-site visits when the work calls for it. Engagements are typically structured as a defined scope with a clear outcome, or as an ongoing advisory retainer for organizations that need consistent access to senior technical judgment.

I take on a small number of engagements at a time. That's intentional. The work I do requires real attention, and I'm not interested in spreading it thin.

If you're not sure whether your situation fits, reach out anyway. The conversation is free.

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Recent Work

Wharton Executive CTO Program graduate. 20+ years in engineering leadership. Based in New Jersey, working remotely.