Fractional CTO. Engineering leadership, for exactly as long as you need it.

I'm Vasileios Fasoulas. Alpha44 is me — no agency behind it, no bench. I step into the CTO or head-of-engineering seat at digital agencies and startups, part-time, for a defined stretch, and I leave the function running without me.

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Alpha44 — record of service At a glance
No. Property Value Remark
01 Years in engineering 20 Hands on code before the org chart
02 Inside digital agencies 12 yrs Pitch, scope, delivery, the awkward retainer
03 Inside startups 6 yrs Pre-seed through scale, including the raise
04 Alpha44 engagements 3 Sumus, Meshx, Athlon
05 Brands worked with 40+ Motorsport, automotive, sport, pharma, media

One person, named engagements, references on request.

02 · What I'm brought in to do

Leadership

Someone senior owning technology while you decide what permanent looks like — board conversations included.

  • /Fractional CTO
  • /Interim head of engineering
  • /Fundraising technical support

Diligence & review

An honest read of what you've actually got: the code, the platform, the contracts, the risk you'd rather find now.

  • /Technical due diligence
  • /Architecture & platform review
  • /Vendor & outsourcing selection

Team & delivery

Turning effort into shipped work: the right people, a cadence that holds, and tooling that earns its keep.

  • /Team building & hiring
  • /Delivery process
  • /AI adoption, minus the theatre
03 · How it usually runs
01

A week of looking

I talk to the team, read the code, and come back with what's true rather than what's hoped.

02

Two or three days a week

In the seat properly: decisions made, people hired, roadmap defended, investors answered.

03

A handover, on purpose

The job is to make myself unnecessary — a permanent hire briefed, documented and set up to win.

Enquiries

Tell me what's stuck.

A raise coming, a team without a lead, a platform nobody wants to touch, or a build you need a second opinion on. One email, a short call, and a straight answer about whether I'm the right person.