Fractional engineering leadership that stays in the code.
Part-time CTO or VP of Engineering for teams that need senior direction without a full-time executive: delivery that speeds up, hiring you can trust, and technical decisions made by someone who has run a 120-person engineering organization and still ships software.
Is this you?
Fractional leadership is usually the right call in one of these situations.
- You are a non-technical founder or owner with developers or an agency, and you cannot tell whether what they tell you is right.
- Delivery has slowed down and nobody can say exactly why.
- The team has grown past what one lead engineer can manage, but a full-time CTO is not in the budget yet.
- You need to hire engineers and cannot evaluate them yourself.
- Your technical lead or CTO left, and there is a gap to fill while you decide what comes next.
- You are adding AI to a product and want an engineering leader who has actually rolled it out. Read more →
What you get.
Leadership with accountability, not advice from the sidelines.
Fractional CTO or VP of Engineering
A senior technical leader in your leadership meetings and in your codebase, on a set schedule. Technical strategy, architecture decisions, vendor and agency oversight, and a direct line for the questions you did not know you should ask.
Delivery that you can see
Simple delivery metrics, a planning cadence that fits your team, code review and CI/CD that raise the floor, and the unglamorous fixes that make shipping faster. Improvements are measured against where you started.
Hiring and team design
Role definitions, interview loops, technical evaluation, and onboarding for engineers and for the full-time leader who eventually replaces this engagement. Keller Tech has built a remote engineering organization past 120 people and knows what a good hire looks like at every level.
How an engagement runs.
Every engagement is led hands-on from the first call through delivery, never handed down to a bench. Data handling is put in writing before any work starts.
Assessment
The team, the codebase, the delivery process and the roadmap, seen firsthand. You get a plain-language written picture of where things stand and the two or three changes that matter most.
The 90-day plan
A set schedule each week: leadership meetings, planning, reviews, and hands-on time in the code. Hiring runs in parallel where it is needed.
Cadence
Many teams continue at a lighter cadence once the plan has landed. Others move to a full-time hire, which Keller Tech helps recruit and hands off to.
Transition
Everything is documented as it goes, so the leadership handoff is clean whenever it happens.
Why Keller Tech for this.
Ran a 120-person remote engineering org
At a global consultancy in Chicago, Ricky Keller progressed from developer to Head of Web & Mobile Engineering for the Americas, directing 120+ engineers on products for Fortune 500 clients.
Leadership that still ships
Keller Tech builds and runs its own products and delivers hands-on client work. Technical decisions come from someone who lives with the consequences of them, not from a former engineer reading slide decks.
Has led an AI rollout, not just talked about one
The AI tooling rollout Keller Tech led at a Fortune 50 bank covered a 40-engineer org, in a regulated environment, with measurable results. If your product roadmap includes AI, that experience is in the room.
Common questions.
What is a fractional CTO?
A senior technical leader who works with your business part-time, on a set schedule, with real accountability for technical direction and delivery. You get executive-level judgment without an executive-level salary, and without waiting until you can afford one.
How many hours does it involve?
A fixed number of hours per week or per month, agreed up front and adjusted as the engagement settles. Most engagements start heavier during the assessment and 90-day plan, then move to a lighter, steady cadence.
Do you replace our developers or our agency?
No. The job is to lead them well: set direction, make the technical decisions, review the work and make delivery visible to you. Where an agency is not delivering, you will hear it straight, with evidence.
Can you help us hire a full-time CTO?
Yes. Defining the role, running the technical evaluation and onboarding the hire are part of the work, and handing off cleanly is a planned outcome, not a loss.
Do you work remotely?
Yes. The 120-person organization Keller Tech ran was fully remote. In-person time is available along the Gulf Coast when it helps.
How is it priced?
A set number of hours per week or month, at an hourly rate, agreed before the engagement starts. The first conversation is free.
Work with Keller Tech.
Based on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, working with local businesses and remote teams anywhere. The fastest path is a short email.
Tell us where the team is stuck.
A few sentences about the team and what has gotten harder. You will hear back from someone who has led through it.
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