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G'day 👋
I’m Jack!
I'm Jack, a full snack CTO, engineering leader and independent consultant helping teams build amazing software products.
I build world-class teams delivering great products for their customers. Think of me as your CTO for hire.
Looking for an engineering leader who can help grow your company?
We should talk — today.
Hear from what my clients and collaborators have to say.
“Our projects are on track with the team inspired and highly functional. Outstanding outcome with lasting impact!”
“Authentic, switched on, respectful and incredibly knowledgeable. Working with you has been a breath of fresh air.”
“You bring so much positivity, good vibes, and wisdom into our leadership team!”
“Thank you for lending an ear and sharing a sage word or two of advice for balancing stakeholders and technical requirements.
And for having my back always!”
“Working together was an incredible experience.
You led the project with clarity, purpose and actionable goals.”
“I appreciate your constant push for quality and improvement.”
Over a decade of speaking experience, captivating and entertaining thousands of attendees with educational anecdotes and thought provoking stories.
“Possibly the most exciting talk I've ever seen at a conference!”
Revamped developer onboarding for an established FinTech's global API platform.
AgTech startup needed an experienced CTO to steady the ship during a period of significant change.
Acting CTO driving practices, compliance, partnerships & integrations in southeast asia.
A rapidly growing scaleup needed to expand its leadership team via 3rd party staffing agencies.
Ran a focused industry consultation for an Australian Federal Government agency.
Code review & feasibility analysis to pivot an in-house workflow tool into a SaaS product.
A contract CTO can provide many different skills and specialty areas to a business.
Work with software development teams to provide people leadership. Nominally a "Director of Engineering" who can provide stability, direction and drive momentum across your teams.
Work with founders and business leaders to define and execute on key technology changes within a business. Align product goals to delivery plans and help businesses smash milestones.
Bring experienced independent review to existing projects & programs of work to give business leaders confidence in their decision making.
Provide mentorship and coaching to people leaders & their teams to get the most out of the staff you have.
The best senior staff in your team are the seniors that you grow and mentor along the way!
Here’s a few quick answers to common questions I get asked. Something else on your mind? Send me a question.
I’m an adaptable technology leader and can be relatively technology agnostic. That said, I have extensive experience working with teams building with .NET, JavaScript, Python and PHP (along with 20+ other technologies and popular tools). I work primarily with AWS and Azure cloud environments, but have transferable leadership skills to most platforms and services. Let’s chat and discuss your specific leadership needs.
I quote a flexible day-rate for each engagement that can be varied based on the job to be done with discounted rates offered to startups & NFPs.
I can work with you to shape a proposal that meets your budget and timelines.
It can vary from short fixed term engagements like training or assessments to longer on-call arrangements or retainer packages. Consider me the CTO ‘in your court’ and that means the nature of our work together can change over time too.
Absolutely! I’ll work with your in-house or preferred recruitment partners as well as leverage my extensive network to grow (or backfill) your software delivery team. We’ll work together to shape and improve your hiring process to build the right team for the job. And, its fully expected you’ll want to hire a long term CTO too - lets work together to make that transition a resounding success!