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Fractional CTO leadership without the full-time overhead.

I'm a customer-facing, hands-on engineering leader who brings structure to chaotic backlogs, aligns teams to measurable outcomes, and helps founders make confident technical decisions with the resources they have.

My background spans full-stack development, platform architecture, and global team management across Shopify, SaaS, mobile, and cloud-native products. I previously owned a web solutions agency and founded gitSQL.net, a database source control product with 50,000+ downloads.

Strategy & Roadmaps

Align product strategy, engineering capacity, and delivery timelines.

Team Leadership

Hire, mentor, and manage distributed teams across time zones.

Architecture & Delivery

Ship robust Shopify, web, and cloud solutions with clear quality gates.

Operational Excellence

Introduce OKRs, agile rituals, and vendor management to reduce risk.

Engineering dashboards
Operational planning

Selected leadership outcomes

Highlights from engineering leadership roles across Shopify, SaaS, and enterprise teams.

Global team delivery

Managed distributed teams across Canada, UK, India, Japan, and Australia with project budgets up to $100k CAD.

Shopify growth platforms

Led multi-region Shopify storefront architecture, data-driven merchandising, and feature-flagged A/B testing programs.

Cloud automation

Built 20+ GCP serverless functions, data pipelines, and CI/CD workflows while keeping monthly cloud spend under $100 CAD.

Operational upgrades

Introduced OKRs, sprint rituals, vendor governance, and tooling consolidation to improve delivery predictability.

Founder experience

Founded gitSQL.net and a Shopify development agency, taking products from concept to market and supporting 50,000+ downloads.

Mentorship & training

Instructor and mentor for VanArts and Lighthouse Labs, building stronger teams through coaching and structured learning.

Core strengths

  • Fractional leadership for startups, agencies, and growth-stage teams.
  • Full-stack architecture across Shopify, React, Laravel, AWS, and GCP.
  • Executive-level communication, stakeholder alignment, and board reporting.
  • Documentation, training, and enablement for technical and non-technical teams.

Industries & platforms

  • E-commerce, SaaS, mobile, and enterprise integration.
  • Shopify Plus, custom commerce, and headless builds.
  • Cloud-native serverless, data pipelines, and automation.
  • SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB.

Ready to bring clarity to your technology roadmap?

Let's talk about your goals, timelines, and the right engagement model.

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