San Francisco · Bay Area
Fractional CTO
& AI Consultant
The Bay Area is the epicenter of AI. But being surrounded by talent doesn't mean you can hire it. Senior technical leadership that ships — available now, not in six months.
The Problem
The Bay Area AI talent problem
San Francisco has more AI talent per square mile than anywhere on Earth. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta AI — they're all within a 30-mile radius. And they're all competing for the same senior engineers you need.
The result: a full-time CTO hire takes 3–6 months to close. The good ones want $300k+ base plus significant equity. And even after you land someone, there's a 90-day ramp before they understand your codebase, your customers, and your constraints well enough to make real decisions.
Meanwhile, your competitors are shipping. Every week you spend interviewing is a week they're building. Every month your CTO seat is empty is a month of architectural decisions being made by people who shouldn't be making them.
Fractional solves this. You get 25+ years of engineering experience — someone who's built systems inside Apple, Intel, and PayPal — making decisions for your company this week. Not this quarter. This week.
Silicon Valley Track Record
Bay Area companies I've worked with
This isn't a consultant flying in from another time zone to tell you how Silicon Valley works. I've been inside the companies that defined this industry — building the systems, not advising from the sidelines.
Apple
CupertinoBuilt internal tooling and engineering infrastructure across multiple contract engagements at Apple Park and Infinite Loop.
Intel
Santa ClaraSystems-level engineering on performance-critical software, working close to the silicon in Intel's backyard.
PayPal
San JoseFinancial services infrastructure handling high-volume transaction processing at PayPal's South Bay headquarters.
YouTube
San BrunoVideo platform engineering at a scale where every millisecond of latency affects millions of concurrent viewers.
X.com
San FranciscoPlatform infrastructure work during a period of rapid technical transformation at the company's Mid-Market office.
Also contracted with Microsoft, GEICO, Callaway Golf, and Upper Deck across other engagements nationwide.
Services
Available in San Francisco
& the Bay Area
Fractional CTO →
Part-time technical leadership without the six-month hiring process or the $400k salary.
Fractional CAIO →
Chief AI Officer advisory for companies building an AI strategy from scratch.
AI Consulting →
Hands-on AI engineering and architecture for teams that need to ship, not theorize.
AI Workshops →
Train your engineering team on production AI practices, not toy demos.
Custom AI Tools →
Purpose-built AI systems designed around your specific business processes.
Let's talk
If your Bay Area company needs senior technical leadership or AI strategy, I'm available for a conversation. No pitch deck required — just tell me what you're building.
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