Your Technical Leader, From Day One
I'm Alec — a senior technical architect and AI engineer who steps into founding teams and growing companies as their drop-in CTO or VP of Engineering.
Most early-stage teams hit the same inflection point: you need serious technical leadership, but you're not ready to hire a full-time CTO or hand the work to an outsourcing firm. I fill that gap — hands-on, strategic, and focused on building the right things in the right order.
My work centers on AI-first software development: helping you think clearly about where AI actually belongs in your product and your process — and then building it. Not because AI is trendy, but because it changes the economics of what a lean team can accomplish.
Think of me as the technical co-founder who already knows the terrain. I help you move fast without the false starts, and build something that holds up.
What I Do
Fractional Technical Leadership
Your drop-in CTO or VP of Engineering. I own your technical direction — architecture decisions, vendor selection, technical roadmap, and hands-on development. Strategic and operational, from day one.
AI-First Product Development
For founders without a tech team. I build your product from the ground up with AI embedded from the start — not retrofitted later. That means moving faster, staying leaner, and making smarter bets about what to build.
AI Strategy & Implementation
For companies with a specific AI goal and an existing team. I help you identify where AI actually moves the needle, architect a solution that works in production, and see it through to delivery. No demos that fall apart. No AI for AI's sake.
Who I Work With
Early-Stage Founders
You're building something real and you need technical leadership — not an outsourcing firm, not an engineering hire you're not ready to make. I step in as your technical co-founder: shaping the product, making the hard calls, and building alongside you until you're ready to grow your own team.
Companies with an AI Initiative
You know AI matters to your business and you have a specific outcome in mind. What you need is someone who can cut through the noise, identify the right problems for AI to solve, and execute an implementation that actually works in production — not a proof of concept that never ships.