Fractional CTO · Healthcare Tech & FinTech
I embed with Series A and B startups as Fractional CTO or VP Engineering.
You’ve raised your round. The board wants a roadmap, your engineers want direction, and the architecture decisions you make in the next six months will either compound or haunt you.
I’ve taken a healthcare platform from idea to launch — roadmap, architecture, and acquisition strategy. I’ve helped a FinTech go from one release per quarter to multiple releases per week by rebuilding their CI/CD pipeline, team structure, and SDLC. I do that work part-time, starting immediately.
Based in San Antonio, Texas · Working remotely across the US and Mexico
25+ years building and leading engineering teams at
Track record
Leading engineering, product and DevOps organisations — from a 3,000-customer ISP to global teams across three continents.
Due diligence and post-merger integration at Rackspace, Chargify, SWIVEL, and CyberFortress.
SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITRUST and GDPR programmes led end to end.
Release cadence improvement delivered for a FinTech client by rebuilding CI/CD, team structure and SDLC.
Engagements
Three ways I embed with Series A and B teams. Most engagements start part-time and adjust as the work demands.
For companies with no technology executive, or a founding engineer who has outgrown the role.
For companies where the technical vision is clear but delivery is not.
For companies raising, selling, or entering a regulated market for the first time.
Selected results
Healthcare Tech
Took a healthcare technology platform from concept to market as Fractional CTO — owning the product roadmap, the initial architecture, and the acquisition strategy that followed.
FinTech
Rebuilt a FinTech client's CI/CD pipeline, engineering team structure and SDLC, moving them from one release per quarter to multiple releases per week.
SaaS · M&A
Ran technical due diligence on MagicWrighter for SWIVEL's acquisition, and represented engineering during Battery Ventures' acquisition of Chargify — then led the integration planning.
Cybersecurity
Unified engineering teams from the Jungle Disk, LiveVault, KeepItSafe and OffSiteDataSync acquisitions into a single product organisation at CyberFortress.
Cloud Infrastructure
Led product for Cloud Identity (Keystone) and Key Management, helped launch Barbican as an official OpenStack project, and shipped Repose as an open developer toolkit.
Regulated Cloud
Architected enterprise microservice and multi-cloud AWS solutions at ClearDATA, and carried core products through SOC 2, HITRUST and other major healthcare audits.
About
Series A and B startups hire me when they need executive-level technology leadership but aren’t ready — or funded enough — for a full-time CTO.
I started as the sole employee of a small ISP, scaling it from 100 to 3,000 customers in eighteen months. I spent thirteen years at Rackspace as it became a cloud company. I’ve led engineering at ClearDATA building HIPAA-compliant infrastructure, run global DevOps and compliance at Chargify through its acquisition, unified four acquired brands at CyberFortress, and reported to the CEO at SWIVEL through a reorganisation and an exit.
That range matters because your problem is rarely purely technical. It’s usually a technical problem wearing an organisational costume — and pattern recognition is the thing you can’t hire junior.
Outside client work I’m CTO of Alenio Health (Tú TeleDoc), a telemedicine venture serving Mexico and Latin America. I sit on the board of Tech Bloc and the Leadership San Antonio Alumni Association, and I mentor engineers, engineering leaders and founders at local universities.
Experience
Leading technology and product strategy for an early-stage healthcare tech startup launching in Mexico.
Embedded as Fractional CTO and VP Engineering for post-revenue startups navigating growth and technical complexity.
Reported directly to CEO and led Software Engineering organization through major growth and transformation initiatives.
Led global Product Engineering, Product Management, and Information Systems teams for a cybersecurity company.
Led global DevOps, Software Engineering, IT, and Compliance teams across multiple international locations.
Led Operations, Compliance, and Helpdesk functions for a global SaaS organization spanning multiple continents.
Led distributed Engineering teams responsible for core components of HIPAA compliant hosting framework and enterprise microservice architectures.
Managed Product Management team responsible for Cloud Identity (OpenStack Keystone), Key Management (Barbican), and core cloud infrastructure services.
Led product management for billing & usage reporting systems and internal cloud infrastructure services.
Led development of Public Cloud Control Panel, internal management portals, and core cloud infrastructure services during Rackspace’s transformation to cloud computing.
Developed foundational customer-facing platforms during Rackspace’s early growth phase as a hosting company.
Served as Systems Engineer performing diverse technical functions across government and commercial contracts.
Served as sole employee of a small ISP, performing comprehensive technical operations across all business functions.
Writing
Last night was one of those “refill the tank” kind of evenings. I had the chance to celebrate the ProsperOps team on their recent …
Dr. Jeremy Roberts and I spent a great evening with the Alamo Angels and a room full of founders building some interesting things …
It’s always great to get the word out about Tú TeleDoc and meet a bunch of great entrepreneurs, mentors, and funders. …
Let's talk
A 30-minute call, no pitch. Bring the problem as you currently understand it — even if that's just "delivery feels slow and I can't tell why." If I'm not the right person, I'll tell you and point you somewhere better.
