BIS

Fractional CTO Leadership

Executive-level technology guidance to scale your products, people, and platforms – without hiring a full-time CTO.

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Why Companies Choose a Fractional CTO

If you are hitting growth bottlenecks, struggling to scale technology, or losing visibility into engineering performance, a Fractional CTO can help. Growth creates complexity: systems slow down, teams fragment, and founders lose clarity on what is actually working.

A Fractional CTO bridges that gap – bringing leadership, architecture, and process maturity so you can scale with confidence.

If these challenges sound familiar, it is time to bring in experienced technology leadership:

  • ✔ Outgrown an outsourced dev shop or solo tech lead
  • ✔ Slow, unpredictable releases and missed milestones
  • ✔ Need an architecture or data roadmap
  • ✔ Preparing for funding, audits, or compliance
  • ✔ Want to adopt AI or cloud modernization safely
  • ✔ Need senior technical leadership, but full-time CTO cost is out of reach

What We Deliver

1. Technology Roadmap

3–6–12–18 month technical vision, architecture strategy, and modernization plan that aligns engineering investment with business goals.

2. Team Structure & Hiring

Assess, design, and scale engineering organizations for productivity, clarity of ownership, and long-term retention.

3. Process & Delivery Optimization

Agile practices, CI/CD, and measurable delivery metrics to bring reliability and speed to every release.

4. Cloud & Cost Optimization

Audit, refactor, and automate infrastructure for performance, resilience, and cost efficiency across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

5. Product & Engineering Alignment

Tie engineering outcomes directly to OKRs, customer value, and revenue – not just ticket throughput.

6. Security, Compliance & AI Readiness

SOC 2, ISO 27001, SOX 404, or PCI DSS readiness integrated into the development lifecycle, with a realistic AI roadmap that balances opportunity with risk.

About BIS

Led by Dmitry F. – MBA, MS Computer Science, PMP, a principal enterprise architect with 20+ years across Oracle, Arrow Electronics, RE/MAX, and Carbon Solutions Group, BIS provides fractional technology leadership and consulting for companies at pivotal growth stages. We have helped organizations modernize technology operations, scale engineering capacity, and establish secure, audit-ready foundations for growth and compliance.

The focus is on “happy teams,” measurable delivery, and resilient technology foundations that grow with your business.

Engagement Model

  1. Discovery & Assessment: An initial consultation to understand current gaps, risks, and goals.
  2. 30-Day Roadmap: Define architecture, process, and hiring priorities tailored to your stage and constraints.
  3. Fractional Leadership: 10–20 hours per month of executive CTO engagement – joining leadership meetings, guiding teams, and owning the technology agenda.

Typical retainers are structured as a fixed monthly fee, adjusted to the size and complexity of your organization.

Recent Results

  • ✔ Scaled a cross-functional engineering organization from 10 to 45+ developers, QA specialists, and designers while increasing deployment velocity by an order of magnitude.
  • ✔ Reduced AWS costs by over 30% through strategic re-architecture, infrastructure-as-code automation, and cloud optimization initiatives.
  • ✔ Built automated decision systems for credit and transaction approvals that generated $6M+ in incremental profit.
  • ✔ Cut a monthly financial close cycle from 20 business days to 6 by redesigning data flows, integrations, and reporting.
  • ✔ Prepared organizations for SOC 2, ISO 27001, SOX 404, PCI DSS, and cyber liability insurance readiness by embedding governance and security practices into the software development lifecycle.

Ready to Scale with Confidence?

Let’s talk about how Fractional CTO leadership can accelerate your next stage of growth.

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