Hands-on Fractional CTO for US SaaS Founders
You hired a dev shop. Got your MVP. Got traction. Now you're spending $20–30K/month and you can't tell what you're getting. I step in as your CTO. Audit the code, plan the escape, and build the in-house team so nothing breaks when I leave. Already out? I'll help you rebuild. Built it yourself with AI? I'll make it production-ready.
2x CTO · 15+ years building SaaS · Scaled to 7-figure ARR
15+ years in SaaS. 2x ex-CTO.
US LLC. Based in Europe.
Sound familiar?
The invoices keep coming but the features keep slipping. You can't read the code. You can't evaluate the architecture. Every time you ask a question, you get jargon. It feels like a black hole for money.
Repos, infrastructure, deployments, credentials... it's all in their accounts. You want to bring things in-house, but you're terrified that everything will break. The deeper you go, the more locked in you get.
Are they padding hours? Is the senior dev they promised actually working on your project? You have no way to know. You're not technical, and they know it.
I've been on both sides. As CTO, I inherited a broken outsourced setup and rebuilt it into a 20-person engineering org. I've seen every trick: billing seniors while staffing juniors, keeping repos in their accounts so you can't leave, padding timelines so the retainer never ends. I know what to look for.
How it works
I review your code, architecture, and infrastructure. You get a plain-English report of what's real, what's broken, and what it'll take to move on.
I build the transition plan and execute it with you. Repo transfer, infrastructure migration, knowledge docs, vendor negotiation. Fixed price, fixed timeline.
I design your team, hire your first in-house engineers, set up testing and deployment. A real engineering org, not another outsourced dependency.
I coach your team lead, document everything, and make myself unnecessary. You keep an engineering org that ships without me.
Services
One-time
$2–5K
I review your dev shop's code, architecture, and infrastructure. You get a plain-English report of what they actually built, what's at risk, and what it'll take to bring things in-house or move on.
Fixed-price project
$15–25K
I build and execute the full transition plan with you. Repo transfer, infra migration, first in-house hires, knowledge transfer. Fixed scope, fixed price, 6–10 weeks.
Monthly
$5–10K/mo
I plug into your team as CTO. Build the engineering org, lead your devs, set up processes, and make myself unnecessary. Also for founders who've already left their dev shop and need to rebuild from scratch. 6–18 months, then you're on your own.
Recent Work
Here's some of what I've built and shipped over the years.
Team Building
Grew a 3-person Upwork dev team into a 20-person engineering org (12 devs, PMs, QA, DevOps) across 3+ time zones. Built the hiring pipeline, onboarding, and engineering culture from zero.
Product Launch
Took product from MVP to production-ready SaaS. Set up CI/CD, monitoring, and scalable infrastructure. Shipped on time and under budget.
Marketing Tech
Built high-converting quiz funnel integrated with Meta Ads pixel tracking. Custom scoring logic, email sequences, and conversion optimization.
Want to see more? Let's chat about your project
About me
You hired a dev shop. Got your MVP built. Got traction. But now you're spending $20–30K/month and you can't tell if it's working. You want to bring things in-house, but you're scared everything will break. I get it. I've seen this story dozens of times.
So I step in as your CTO and figure out what's real. I audit the code, look at the architecture, and translate everything into plain English. Then I build the plan to get you out... and I execute it with you.
At Vidalytics, I inherited a fully outsourced SaaS setup and rebuilt it into a 20-person engineering org. Developers, QA, DevOps, project management. All in-house. I've been on both sides of the dev shop equation, and I know exactly how to get you to the other side.
I speak four languages, so I can hire and manage engineers that US-only CTOs can't reach. And everything I deliver to you is in plain English. No jargon, no hand-waving.
CTO experience
years building SaaS
engineers hired & led
Track record
2022 – 2025
RemoteCTO
Scaled engineering 3x to ~20 people. Designed the team across devs, QA, DevOps, and PM. Grew ICs into Team Leads and built a remote-first culture shipping 100+ releases per year.
2019 – 2022
HybridCTO
Led 12 engineers across Germany and Ukraine. Built the Ukrainian engineering office from zero. Sourced and hired devs in Ukrainian, reported to German leadership in German.
2018 – 2021
RemoteProject Lead (via XOVI acquisition)
Shipped SEO Toolkit, bringing SEO expertise into the Plesk platform.
2011 – 2019
On-siteEngineering Team Lead
Joined as engineer #2, grew into Team Lead. Built and managed remote teams across Germany and Ukraine. Shipped high-load databases and microservices.
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