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Build Your Engineering Team Right the First Time
Strategic technology leadership for founders who have the vision but no CTO. Helping restructure engineering processes, hire the right people, and architect scalable SaaS, turning technical uncertainty into a clear roadmap for growth.
Best fit for bootstrapped founders, parent-company funded startups/projects, and early-stage startup executives (usually up to $5M raised).
Trusted by founders and teams.
From startups to growing businesses.
Early warning signs
Sound Familiar?
You do not need to do this alone. If these challenges feel familiar, we can fix them together with a clear technical path.
You're building an MVP but not sure how to structure the team.
You hired developers but they're not delivering.
You're the bottleneck for every technical decision.
You don't know if you're building it right or wasting money.
Competitors are shipping AI features and you're stuck.
You do not need to do this alone.
How We Help
From early ideas to scalable execution. We start where your biggest delivery bottleneck is.
Building MVP / proof of concept
Help you structure the team, process, and tech stack to ship.
Need to hire your first engineers
Build your team the right way from day one.
Team exists but struggling
Diagnose what's broken, then fix people and process.
You're stuck in every decision
Set up systems so your team delivers without you.
Product and engineering disconnected
Align roadmap decisions with day-to-day delivery.
AI and no clear starting point
Find practical use-cases, skip hype, and ship something.
Delivery principles
Why Work With Us
Click through the principles that shape every engagement.
Performance Signals
Track Record
Measured outcomes from real operating work inside engineering and product teams.
19 years
in engineering and product leadership
200+ engineers
coached and mentored
12+ teams
built from first hire
99.98% uptime
on systems we've architected
AI/LLM products
shipping since 2024
40-50% cost reduction
through efficient team structures
Process
Simple Process
A straightforward structure from first call to execution support.
Active step
Discovery Call (30 min)
Tell us where you are and what's not working. No pitch, just context.
Is This Right for You?
Good Fit
- Bootstrapped founder building MVP or proof of concept
- Pre-seed/seed funded (up to $5M)
- Struggling to ship: team, process, or both
- Need to build your first engineering team the right way
- Founder too deep in technical decisions, not enough on business
- Know AI matters, not sure where to start
Not a Fit
- Want a dev shop to build it for you (we advise, not code)
- Looking for the cheapest hourly rate (we're not cheap, we make teams effective)
- Need a full-time employee at part-time prices
Insights
Latest from the Blog
Practical notes on engineering leadership, architecture decisions, and AI implementation.
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This is the core ROI proposition. A Series A startup paying $12,000 per month for a fractional CPO, or $144,000 annually, accesses the pattern recognition of someone who has shipped products across multiple companies and market cycles.
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A decade ago, hackathons were weekend affairs fueled by energy drinks and curiosity. Developers gathered in university labs or coworking spaces, built rough prototypes, and competed for modest prizes.
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Who's Behind This
Vygandas Pliasas has spent 20 years building, fixing, and scaling engineering teams across B2B SaaS, AI, healthcare, travel, and e-commerce.
Today he runs multiple companies as CEO and CTPO across the US and Europe, including an AI-powered marketing platform. He's built teams from zero, turned around broken ones, and knows what it takes to ship an MVP without burning too much cash.
Cambridge Judge Business School. Y Combinator. Still building.
Delivery Network
Our Partners
When you need hands-on help with AI engineering, product design, or development, we bring in people we have already delivered with.
No agency markup. Just good people who deliver.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers on fit, scope, and how we work.
Let's Talk
30 minutes. No pitch. Just an honest conversation about where you are and whether we can help.