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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.
Sound Familiar?
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
How We Help
From early ideas to scalable execution.
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, fix people and process.
You're stuck in every decision
Set up systems so your team delivers without you.
Product & engineering disconnected
Align roadmap with delivery.
AI — don’t know where to start
Find real opportunities, skip the hype, ship something.
Why Work With Us
We're Operators, Not Consultants
Currently running engineering and product as CTPO at an AI startup. We're in the trenches—not advising from the sidelines.
We Build Teams That Ship
12+ teams built from first hire. We know how to structure teams for MVPs, not just enterprise scale.
Best Value, Not Cheapest Price
We're not the cheapest option. We make your team effective—that's worth more than saving on hourly rates.
Performance Signals
Track Record
Measured outcomes from real operating work inside engineering and product teams.
19 years
in engineering & 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
Simple Process
Simplify your workflow with our tools that provide clear insights, minimizing the complexity of managing intricate deployment data.
1
Discovery Call (30 min)
Tell us where you are and what's not working. No pitch.
2
Diagnosis
We dig into your situation—team, process, tech, goals.
3
Action Plan
Clear recommendations: what to fix, who to hire, how to structure.
4
Ongoing Advisory (optional)
We stay involved as you build—fractional CTO, team coaching, or check-ins.
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
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Who's Behind This
Vygandas Pliasas has spent 19 years building, fixing, and scaling engineering teams across B2B SaaS, 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 cash.
Cambridge Judge Business School. Y Combinator. Still building.
Our Partners
When you need hands-on help - AI engineering, product design, developers - we bring in people we've worked with and trust.
No agency markup. Just good people who deliver.
FAQ
Let's Talk
30 minutes. No pitch. Just an honest conversation about where you are and whether we can help.