Consulting Services

I help non-technical leaders building software products in startups and small companies make better decisions about the software they’re building, and cultivate a strong engineering culture within their team.

If this is you, I offer the following engagement types:

Technical Guidance for Non-Technical CEOs & Product Executives

Who’s this for?

You’re a non-technical CEO or CPO in a startup or small established business. You have developers and an existing software product but lack a CTO or similar engineering leader in your organisation who can advise you on how to continue growing your product.

Perhaps you have concerns about the quality and/or speed of new features being shipped. Or maybe communication with developers has become an issue and you’re not sure how best to address it. Or maybe you’re just worried that you don’t know what you don’t know about sustainably building a software product and engineering team. If any of these ring true for you, then this service can help.

What’s included?

You get ongoing 1:1 availability to me over Slack and Zoom for advice in the following areas:

  • New feature design and feasibility
  • Technology and tooling selection
  • Architecture review
  • Process improvements
  • DevOps and automation practices
  • Team design and hiring strategy
  • Job description preparation

Price: from £5,000 GBP (≈$6,250 USD) per month.

Please get in touch to enquire: paul@winterwindsoftware.com

Fractional CTO

Who’s this for?

You’re a non-technical CEO or CPO in a startup or small established business. You have developers and an existing software product but lack a CTO or similar engineering leader in your organisation who you can trust to take product development forward. You’re not yet ready to hire a full-time CTO but need someone to provide technical oversight to your developers as they build out your product.

What’s included?

  • You and your development team get ongoing availability to me over Slack and Zoom for help and advice in the following areas:
    • New feature design and feasibility
    • Technology and tooling selection
    • Architecture review
    • Process improvements
    • DevOps and automation practices
    • Team design and hiring strategy
    • Job description preparation
  • Help resolving major bug blockers
  • Help with implementation of DevOps automations
  • Regular code reviews
  • Job description preparation
  • Candidate screening and conducting technical interviews

Price: from £10,000 GBP (≈$12,500 USD) per month.

Please get in touch to enquire: paul@winterwindsoftware.com