Fractional Technical Leadership for Startups

Take control of your technical direction and execute it without the pressure of an immediate CTO hire.

Glen Swinfield

Hi, I'm Glen. I bridge the gap between strategic leadership and hands-on engineering capability. I bring the unique combination of strategic oversight and practical engineering expertise that your startup needs right now. contact me or via LinkedIn

How I Help

  • Technical Strategy & Execution: From system architecture to hands-on development, ensuring your technology choices align with business objectives
  • Team Leadership & Growth: Mentoring engineers, implementing processes, and building high-performing teams
  • Stakeholder Communication: Translating technical complexity into business value for investors, board members, and non-technical stakeholders
  • Risk Management: Identifying and addressing technical debt while maintaining development momentum
  • Data Architecture: Specialist expertise in data-intensive applications and governance

Working Together

I operate on a flexible partnership basis, allowing you to access senior technical leadership and hands-on engineering capability without the commitment of a full-time executive hire. This approach is particularly valuable when:
  • You're building your first technical product and need experienced guidance
  • Your startup is between technical leaders and needs stability
  • You're scaling rapidly and need additional technical oversight
  • Your product requires specialist data engineering expertise

Experience That Matters

Having guided startups from initial concept through to scale, I understand both the technical and human elements of building successful products. My hands-on engineering background combined with strategic leadership experience means I can support your startup at any stage of its journey.

Get in Touch

If this is interesting to you, or you'd like to know more about my process, please contact me, or DM me on LinkedIn