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What is an interim CTO?

Also known as: Interim Chief Technology Officer

An interim CTO is an experienced Chief Technology Officer who leads engineering and technology full time for a defined period, for example during a vacancy, a platform rebuild, an acquisition or a carve-out.

The interim CTO stabilises teams and delivery, takes the architecture and supplier decisions that cannot wait, and prepares the organisation for its permanent technology leader.

How Clateway helps

  • Interim CTO – An interim CTO in seat at short notice to lead engineering, rescue a critical platform programme, steer a merger or carve-out and hand over to a permanent CTO.
  • Fractional CTO services – A fractional CTO to own your architecture, engineering organisation, delivery rhythm and investor-ready technology story, part time and without a full-time hire.

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