// AMWARE · ENGAGEMENTS

Work with the engineer behind the tools.

Fractional CTO leadership and focused build engagements — scoped, senior, and pointed at the outcome instead of the hours.

6 engagementsremote-first

  • Advisor

    Best for pre-seed

    Starts at
    $3,000per month

    about 10 hrs a month

    Two strategy calls a month, async Slack and email between them, and someone senior reading the architecture before it calcifies.

    For a founding team that is building and wants the decisions checked: the database you are about to pick, the auth you are about to write, the hire you are about to make.

    Architecture reviews and technology roadmap input. No standing meetings beyond the two calls.

    Know what to fix next in 60 minutes.

    You leave knowing your highest-priority technical risk and the next move to make.

    Free tool included: CTO Systems Audit Prompt

    Full refund if we don’t work together.

  • Fractional CTO

    Best for seed to Series A

    Starts at
    $7,500per month

    about 20 to 25 hrs a month

    Weekly strategy calls, team mentoring and code review, hiring support including interviews, vendor negotiations and AI integration planning.

    For a team that has engineers and needs the person who sets the bar for them: what gets built, how it gets reviewed, and who gets hired next.

    This is the tier most companies want when they say they need a CTO and are not ready to pay for a full-time one.

    Know what to fix next in 60 minutes.

    You leave knowing your highest-priority technical risk and the next move to make.

    Free tool included: CTO Systems Audit Prompt

    Full refund if we don’t work together.

  • Embedded CTO

    Best for Series A+ or M&A prep

    Starts at
    $12,000per month

    about 35 to 40 hrs a month

    Near full-time commitment: direct engineering leadership, board and investor reporting, technical due diligence and fundraising support.

    For a company where the technical story is about to be examined by people who do this for a living: an acquirer, a lead investor, a board.

    Due diligence is easier to pass than to survive. This tier exists to make it the former.

    Know what to fix next in 60 minutes.

    You leave knowing your highest-priority technical risk and the next move to make.

    Free tool included: CTO Systems Audit Prompt

    Full refund if we don’t work together.

“I can tell you exactly what I want the business to do. I cannot tell you how it should be built. Alec took that and came back with something I could actually run, and walked me through the trade-offs in language I understood. He is the person I go to now before I commit to anything technical.”

Grace L.

Founder of GleeCreative

“We had made a couple of technical calls the wrong way round. Alec unpicked them, told me straight which were worth fixing and which we could live with, and then did the work. Having someone who holds the business and the architecture in his head at the same time changed how fast we could move.”

Mike Pryke

Founder of Sorta

From the very first conversation, Alec approached my ideas with genuine curiosity and care. He didn’t just build a website he helped shape the foundation of my brand. His ability to listen deeply and translate my values and aesthetic into a digital experience was nothing short of transformative.

Mark Schilling

Founder, regenerative architecture & landscape design practice

“Alec is genuinely fun to build with. I could explain what Green Light Go needed in my own messy way, and he would turn it into software without burying me in jargon. I love working with someone who makes the technical side feel easy.”

Brian Meece

Founder of Green Light Go · mentor and client

“Alec lays out the whole picture before I commit to a direction. He thinks the options through with me, shows me where each path leads, and leaves me room to decide. As a consultant myself, I value that kind of clear thinking, and he is who I bring my technical questions to.”

John Boese

Founder of John Boese Consulting

“Alec brought his Inventory Management to the IT Asset Management Task Force Special Project initiative. The success of the project is in part due to Alec and his inventory management and customer experiences. Alec delivered accurate and timely data - enabling leadership to make financial and technology decisions. Honestly a pleasure to work with and learn from!”

Rebecca Sunda

Former manager, IT asset management

“I gave Alec the automation nobody else wanted to own. He took the time to understand the system before he touched it, and what he built kept running without anyone babysitting it. He was solving problems above his level early, and he explained his reasoning well enough that the rest of the team learned from it.”

Dewayne K.

Former supervisor, RL Canning (Honeywell)