3 weeks to 2 days
Release Cycle
99.8%
Platform Uptime
+60%
Feature Velocity
9 months
Engagement Duration
The Challenge
A B2B SaaS company with $8M ARR lost their CTO unexpectedly, leaving a 12-person engineering team without technical leadership. The platform was experiencing weekly outages due to scaling issues, deployment cycles had blown out to 3 weeks, and a Series B raise was 4 months away. Investors were asking hard questions about technical debt and platform reliability.
Our Approach
Engaged as fractional CTO three days per week for the first 3 months, stepping back to 2 days for the following 6 months. Stabilised the platform with immediate infrastructure improvements, introduced proper CI/CD pipelines, restructured the engineering team into squads, and prepared comprehensive technical documentation for the funding round.
The Outcome
Platform uptime improved from 97.2% to 99.8%. Deployment cycles dropped from 3 weeks to 2 days. The engineering team shipped 60% more features per quarter. The company successfully closed a $12M Series B, with investors specifically citing improved technical governance as a factor.
“Our previous CTO left with no documentation and no succession plan. They came in, stabilised the team, audited our entire stack, and built a technology roadmap that our investors were genuinely impressed by.”
David L., Founder
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