CTO Advisory & Fractional CTO

Most Software Projects
Fail in Week One

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.

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Where Advisory Fits

Strategy Before Build. Build Smarter. Then Automate.

Advisory is the first step in how Atmosoft works.

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Advisory

CTO-level strategy. Right decisions before the first line of code.

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AI-Augmented Build

Senior engineers with AI tooling. More output for less spend.

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Atmobot AI Operations

AI agent runs your business processes while your team focuses on strategy.

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What CTO Advisory Covers

Senior technical leadership on the decisions that determine whether your project succeeds.

Technology Roadmap

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.

Architecture Review

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.

Build vs. Buy Decisions

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.

Vendor Evaluation

RFP support, technical due diligence on vendor proposals, contract risk assessment. Know what you’re signing before you sign it.

Team Assessment & Hiring

Evaluating your existing engineering team, defining the gaps, building job descriptions that attract the right people, and technical interviews for senior hires.

Board & Executive Reporting

Translating technical reality into business language for your board, investors, or executive team. CTO-level representation without the CTO salary.

Advisory Plans

No long-term commitments. Month-to-month. Cancel when you don’t need us anymore.

(Most clients don’t.)

Strategic Advisor

$2,500 /mo

4 hours/month

Best for teams that need senior architecture direction, an outside perspective on major decisions, or a technical voice in vendor negotiations.

  • Monthly strategy session
  • Architecture direction & review
  • Vendor & contract review
  • On-call Slack access
  • Technology decision support
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Fractional CTO

$6,500 /mo

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.

  • Weekly leadership cadence
  • Engineering team oversight
  • Hiring guidance & technical interviews
  • Roadmap ownership & execution
  • Board & investor reporting
  • Architecture ownership
  • Priority Slack & async access
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Discovery Sprint

$8,500 fixed

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.

  • Architecture document
  • Integration map & dependency chart
  • Fixed-price build estimate
  • Risk & feasibility assessment
  • Vendor comparison (if relevant)

Often used to pressure-test another vendor’s quote, or validate your own team’s plan before committing budget.

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Why Advisory First

We’ve Seen What Happens When You Skip This Step

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.

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Skin in the Game

We Build the Things We Advise On

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.

NetSuite WMS / 3PL Azure EDI / SPS Commerce ERP Integration Cloud Architecture

What Comes After Advisory

Advisory is where most engagements start. Here’s where they go.

Step 2

AI-Augmented Development

Senior engineers using AI tooling as a force multiplier. Same quality as a traditional dev shop, at a fraction of the headcount cost. Your architecture decisions get built right the first time.

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Step 3

Atmobot AI Operations

Once your systems are built, Atmobot runs the operational layer. Email monitoring, reporting, client briefings, task automation. The work that used to require headcount, running around the clock.

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LET’S TALK

Ready to get started?

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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