CTO Advisory & Fractional CTO
Catch it in planning. Not in development. Bad architecture decisions, wrong vendor choices, and scope that wasn’t pressure-tested. Atmosoft’s advisory practice puts a senior CTO in your corner before those decisions get made.
See Advisory Plans Talk to a CTO →Where Advisory Fits
Advisory is the first step in how Atmosoft works.
CTO-level strategy. Right decisions before the first line of code.
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Learn more →What CTO Advisory Covers
Where your tech stack is today, where it needs to be in 18 months, and the sequenced plan to get there without breaking what’s already running.
We audit your existing architecture and proposed designs for scalability gaps, security risk, vendor lock-in, and technical debt you don’t know you’re carrying.
When a vendor says their SaaS tool does everything you need, we pressure-test that claim. When a dev team says custom is the only way, we validate that too.
RFP support, technical due diligence on vendor proposals, contract risk assessment. Know what you’re signing before you sign it.
Evaluating your existing engineering team, defining the gaps, building job descriptions that attract the right people, and technical interviews for senior hires.
Translating technical reality into business language for your board, investors, or executive team. CTO-level representation without the CTO salary.
Advisory Plans
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4 hours/month
Best for teams that need senior architecture direction, an outside perspective on major decisions, or a technical voice in vendor negotiations.
20 hours/month • $78K/yr
Active technical leadership embedded in your business. Own the engineering org, run the roadmap, represent technology at the board level, at a fraction of a full-time CTO comp.
2 weeks
Not sure where to start? Two weeks of deep-dive analysis produces a full architecture doc, integration map, fixed-price build estimate, and risk assessment.
Often used to pressure-test another vendor’s quote, or validate your own team’s plan before committing budget.
Why Advisory First
The most expensive line on any software project budget is the one that says “rebuild.” Architecture chosen in a hurry, integrations scoped without understanding the source systems, vendor contracts signed without technical review. These decisions compound. By the time the project is in trouble, the decisions are already baked in.
Advisory is cheaper than rework. Always.
Talk to a CTO →Skin in the Game
Atmosoft advisory isn’t a consulting practice disconnected from delivery. The same team that advises on architecture also builds the systems. We have opinions about NetSuite integrations because we’ve built them. We have opinions about WMS selection because we’ve worked inside the major WMS platforms for dozens of 3PL clients.
You get advice from people who will have to live with the decisions they recommend.
What Comes After Advisory
LET’S TALK
Most engagements start with a single conversation. Tell us what’s broken, what’s slowing you down, or what you’re trying to build. We’ll give you a straight answer, no pitch deck, no fluff.
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