What is a Fractional CTO?

A Fractional Executive offers their expertise to a business as part-time leaders, often to help fill leadership gaps.

The role of a CTO isn't as easy to define, but the fewest words I can think of to describe it is Technical Leadership. The good news for companies is that the role is versatile. Expect a CTO to foster and curate great product decisions and manage software engineers. They should impress customers on a sales call, investors in board meetings, and inspire the rest of the team to build great things.

Some content about the CTO role that I admire:

• The Different CTO Roles
• The Startup CTO’s Handbook
• Steve Blank Finding and Growing the Islands of Innovation inside a large company – Action Plan for A New CTO
• Awesome CTO: A curated and opinionated list of resources for Chief Technology Officers, with the emphasis on startups