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Why Auckland teams call us.
Auckland companies often reach real scale with a lean engineering team and no senior technology leader. A fractional CTO closes that gap: a clear roadmap, the right hires and a technology story that holds up when investors or acquirers look closely.
Auckland is New Zealand’s commercial capital. Most of the country’s head offices, banks and fast-growing exporters are within a few kilometres of the waterfront.
"We are raising, and our technology story will not survive a serious investor's diligence."
"We have engineers, but nobody senior enough to own architecture, hiring and the hard trade-offs."
"Our last CTO left, or we cannot justify a full-time one yet. The decisions will not wait."
"Every vendor is selling us AI and we have no independent voice in the room."
"The build is slipping and we cannot tell if it is the team, the scope or the architecture."
What we do
What a fractional CTO actually owns.
Every engagement starts with a 30-minute call. If we cannot tell you something useful in that window, we do not take the work on.
Architecture and strategy
The calls that are expensive to reverse: build or buy, platforms, data model, AI strategy and the order you do it in.
Hiring and team design
We write the specs, sit on the panel, design the org and onboard senior hires, so the team gets better, not just bigger.
Vendor and AI evaluation
An independent voice across the table. We run the bake-offs, read contracts for lock-in, and tell you when not to buy.
Board and investor story
The architecture narrative, roadmap and risk register that hold up in diligence, raise or sale.
Delivery and velocity
Why the build is slipping, and the plain fixes: scope discipline, process and the right seniority in the right seats.
Governance and risk
Security, data and AI risk framed for your board and your regulators, not buried in an engineering wiki.
How we engage
Three ways to start. All begin with a call.
Technical Due Diligence
A two-week diagnostic of architecture, team, delivery risk and AI readiness, for a raise, an acquisition or your own board. Fixed fee.
from NZ$10K
Get a proposalFractional CTO
Two to four days a week, embedded. We own architecture, hiring and vendor calls and carry the technical story. Quarterly outcomes.
from NZ$12K/mo
Get a proposalAdvisory retainer
A senior sounding board for your founder, CEO and lead engineers. Architecture reviews, hiring calls and the hard decisions, on tap.
from NZ$6K/mo
Get a proposalCompliance and data
Built for New Zealand rules from day one.
We design for the NZ Privacy Act 2020, and for the Algorithm Charter and NZISM in public sector work.
We are headquartered in Sydney and work trans-Tasman with Auckland teams, remote-first in NZ time, with on-site visits for kickoff and key milestones when needed.
Also in Auckland
Other ways we help Auckland teams.
Questions
What Auckland teams ask.
Straight answers to what Auckland teams ask before they book.
Are you based in Auckland?
We are headquartered in Sydney and work trans-Tasman with Auckland teams, remote-first in NZ time, with on-site visits for kickoff and key milestones when needed. We work with teams across The CBD, Wynyard Quarter, Ponsonby and Newmarket.
How fast can you start?
A two-week Technical Due Diligence can start the Monday after the scoping call. Larger engagements usually begin one to two weeks out.
Do you work in NZD and to New Zealand rules?
Yes. We contract and price in NZD. We design for the NZ Privacy Act 2020, and for the Algorithm Charter and NZISM in public sector work.
How is this different from a management consultancy?
We operate. We have built and run production systems and our own products, so the architecture and hiring calls come from people who have lived the consequences.
Will you support a raise or an acquisition?
Yes. Diligence prep, the architecture narrative, data-room materials and sitting in the technical session are core to the work.
Can you lead our engineering team remotely?
Yes. We run weekly leadership sessions in NZ time, sit in on planning and hiring, and visit for the moments that need a person in the room.
Can you help us expand into Australia?
Yes. We are headquartered in Sydney, so we know the buyers, the compliance expectations and the partners on the other side of the Tasman.
Do you actually build, or just advise?
Both, and we never advise without being willing to build. If the answer is Apache Superset, we stand it up. If it is a senior hire, we write the spec and sit on the panel.