A fractional CTO for the systems behind every quote and order.
Your ERP, CRM, website, quoting tools and spreadsheets were each picked by a different person in a different year. A fractional CTO owns how they fit together, what to fix first and which vendors to trust, with an engineering team to build it.
- From $5,000/mo
- 3-month minimum
- No equity
- 5★ on Clutch
Your fractional seat
The team that ships
- Strategy
- Design
- Engineering
- Growth
One roof. One accountable partner.
For manufacturers
In a plant, the systems problem usually shows up as retyped orders, a security questionnaire nobody can answer and one person who knows how it all connects.
You might need this seat if
- Orders, quotes or customer data get retyped between systems by hand
- A customer's security questionnaire lands and nobody knows who should answer it
- You're about to sign a big software contract and want a second opinion
- The person who knew how everything connects has left, or is about to
What the seat owns
The roadmap
One plan for systems, integrations and upgrades, in the order that saves the most time or risk, with OKRs the team works to.
Vendors and spend
Selecting, negotiating with and managing software and IT vendors, so you stop paying for tools nobody uses.
Security and risk
Backups, access, customer security questionnaires and the basics that keep a breach or an outage from stopping the floor.
What gets built
Integrations, internal tools, configurators and customer portals, specified clearly and built by our engineers.
For industrial distributors
Distribution runs on product data, pricing and the integrations between your ERP, warehouse, e-commerce and suppliers. That's where the CTO starts.
You might need this seat if
- Product data lives in spreadsheets, supplier files and the ERP, and they disagree
- Customer-specific pricing breaks online, so big accounts still call or email
- You're weighing a new ERP or e-commerce platform and want an independent view
- Integrations with suppliers or customers are held together by one person
What the seat owns
The systems roadmap
One plan for ERP, e-commerce, warehouse and integrations, in the order that saves the most time and risk.
Product and pricing data
Where product information and customer pricing live, who maintains them and how they reach every channel.
Platform and vendor decisions
Independent selection and negotiation for big software decisions, and holding vendors to what they promised.
Security and continuity
Access, backups and documentation, so one departure or outage can't stop orders going out.
Your first 90 days
Weeks 1 to 4: map what you have
List every system, who owns it and what it costs, then trace an order from quote to invoice to see where it breaks or gets retyped. Flag the risks that can't wait.
Weeks 5 to 8: fix the urgent things
Close the biggest security gaps, stop the worst manual re-entry, document the fragile integrations and settle any open vendor or platform decision.
Weeks 9 to 12: set the roadmap
Agree the 12-month plan and budget, and start the build cadence the team runs from month four.
The seat comes with a team
Most fractional executives hand you a plan and leave. Fractional Plus puts the executive in the seat and the senior Chykalophia team behind them, so strategy, design, engineering and growth work actually ships.
How it's priced
- From $5,000 a month, scoped around responsibility, availability and the outcomes that matter.
- Three-month minimum, then 30 days' written notice to wind down.
- No equity, no options and no headcount on your cap table.
- Work beyond the retainer is scoped as a separate fixed-price project.
No surprises, no lock-in games
- Written scope firstDeliverables, price and timeline in writing before any work starts. No hourly meter.How our process works
- Pay as the work movesProjects run on a deposit and a payment schedule. Retainers are billed monthly, quarterly or yearly.See starting prices
- You own everythingEvery account, credential, file and line of code stays in your name.Read the FAQ
- Founders stay closeAri and Peter run your first call and stay involved in your strategy, not just the kickoff.Meet Ari and Peter
“We're getting twice as many orders as we got before. Their communication and listening skills were worlds better than what we had experienced before.”
After you book
What happens next
Book a call
Pick a time and tell us what's going on. It takes about two minutes, and we reply within one business day.
Talk it through
Up to an hour with Ari and Peter. You leave with a straight answer on fit, the likely scope and a price range.
What the call coversGet a written scope
A fixed-price proposal with clear milestones. Work starts only once you approve it.
Questions people ask
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- Website Maintenance: What It Costs and What Goes WrongMost website maintenance plans check the software and stop there. For a B2B company, the expensive failures are harder to spot: a quote form that stops reaching sales, a certificate nobody renewed, a backup nobody ever restored. What a plan should cover, what it costs, and a monthly checklist you can copy.
Talk through the seat you're missing
A free discovery call, up to an hour, with Ari and Peter, the co-founders. You leave with a straight answer on fit, the likely scope and a price range.
