Software development advisory
Technical direction for teams deciding what to build, modernise, automate, or retire.
- Architecture and delivery reviews
- Roadmap and build-vs-buy decisions
- Technical due diligence and risk calls
Software advisory for serious operators
Making complex software decisions simple.
I help founders and leadership teams decide what to build, what to fix, and how to use AI in ways that actually survive contact with the business.
20+
years building and advising on software
CTO
judgment without the full-time overhead
AI
implementation beyond the demo sparkle
Plain English
Strategy your team can act on.
Real Systems
Architecture that knows where production lives.
What Stacktiqa does
Clear technical leadership, without the fog machine.
The work sits where product, engineering, operations, and leadership collide. Stacktiqa brings senior software judgment into that room, turns ambiguity into decisions, and keeps implementation honest.
Fractional CTO
Senior engineering leadership for companies that need judgment before they need another meeting series.
- Engineering strategy and prioritisation
- Vendor, hiring, and team guidance
- Executive-level translation of technical tradeoffs
AI application implementation
Useful AI workflows and applications that connect to your actual data, teams, and operating constraints.
- AI opportunity discovery and validation
- Internal tools, agents, and automation
- Guardrails, workflows, and rollout plans
The promise
The technology can be complex. The next step should not be.
You get direct advice, practical implementation paths, and enough technical depth to avoid expensive theatre. The aim is not to sound clever. The aim is to make the business move.
Clarity
Decisions explained in business language, with the technical tradeoffs visible.
Momentum
Short feedback loops, practical sequencing, and fewer decorative documents.
Pragmatism
Recommendations shaped by team capacity, budgets, risk, and real maintenance cost.
Implementation
Strategy stays connected to the shipped system, not abandoned at slide 47.
How engagements work
From uncertainty to operating rhythm.
01
Diagnose the decision
We map the business goal, current system, constraints, and the decision that has to be made next.
02
Design the practical path
You get a sequenced plan with tradeoffs, dependencies, risks, and the smallest useful next build.
03
Ship, measure, adjust
Implementation stays close to the business outcome so the work compounds instead of wandering off stylishly.
Ready for clarity?
Let’s turn the messy technical question into a decision your team can use.
Best fit: founders, operators, and leadership teams who need senior software thinking, fractional CTO support, or AI implementation that earns its keep.
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