# Fractional CTO

Sriharsha Udupi provides founder-led fractional CTO judgement for founders, product companies and enterprise teams.

## Direct answer

A fractional CTO brings senior technology judgement without requiring a full-time executive appointment. The work can include product/platform direction, architecture challenge, engineering leadership, vendor review, AI hardening and delivery-risk reduction.

## Useful when

- A founder is moving from MVP to production
- A product company needs technology direction without bureaucracy
- A scaleup needs architecture, quality or delivery challenge
- An enterprise team needs independent CTO-level judgement

## Related terms

fractional CTO, CTO adviser, founder technology adviser, AI startup CTO, product platform readiness, technology due diligence, production-ready technology