Hands on leadership working with your teams to deliver architecture, delivery cadence, and real outcomes without permanent cost.
An Embedded CTO works directly with your leaders and delivery teams. You get senior technology guidance and decision making day to day, plus the sleeves rolled up support that keeps programmes moving.
The aim is simple. Better direction, cleaner execution, fewer surprises.
That supports the plan and the budget
And risk control
And proposal review with clear decisions
For product, engineering, and delivery leads
You need senior leadership inside daily standups and governance
You are scaling delivery and want architecture and DevOps alignment
Complex migrations or multi vendor programmes need firm oversight
You want to accelerate automation and integration without chaos
You need to level up internal technical leads through coaching
Understand goals, constraints, delivery cadence, and team structure.
Join governance, standups, and rituals. Set decision forums and ground rules.
Guide architecture decisions, unblock delivery, review vendors, manage risk.
Coach internal leaders, document playbooks, and step back when stable.
Faster decisions and fewer escalations
Architecture that fits the operating model
Clear guard rails across delivery and DevOps
Vendor control and better commercials
Coaching that grows internal capability
One to two days per week equivalent, focused on direction and unblockers
Deeper integration with delivery teams and product leadership
Board facing presence with architecture and programme assurance
"Richard's knowledge and work ethic ensured that every project under my control was successful. Always willing to help, he goes far beyond expectations and delivers results."
"Richard is one of the best Technical Architects I have worked with. Approachable, eager to help, and his contribution was invaluable to our success."
"Having worked with Richard for 12 months, it is clear he is an asset to any organisation. His attention to detail enables those around him to succeed."
Real-world examples of how Embedded CTO engagements have delivered measurable results
Guided a legacy platform migration, reducing downtime risk by 70% and modernising architecture for a regional financial institution.
70% reduction in downtime risk
Modernised cloud-native architecture
+2 more outcomes
Secure by design cloud adoption in a regulated environment, balancing innovation with stringent compliance requirements.
Secure by design cloud architecture meeting regulatory requirements
Successful migration of critical banking systems to cloud
+3 more outcomes
Embedded means regular presence in your rituals and governance. Advisory focuses on direction and decision support. Embedded adds day to day guidance.
Yes. The model is flexible. We agree a baseline then flex during key delivery windows.
Yes. Coaching is a core part of the engagement. The aim is to leave you stronger.
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Guided a legacy platform migration, reducing downtime risk by 70% and modernising architecture for a regional financial institution.
Key Outcome
70% reduction in downtime risk
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