Fractional CTO support in Amsterdam, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. Amsterdam and the Randstad host a dense financial services, payments, logistics and PE-backed mid-market base - with a strong English-language working culture and easy UK access.
Remote-first with quarterly on-site weeks for board and strategy days. UK time zone is one hour behind Central European Time - leadership cadence runs naturally across both.
Travel and on-site: Direct flights of around 1h15 from London City, Heathrow, Manchester and Newcastle. Most on-site weeks run Tuesday–Thursday.
Engagements with European operations of UK-headquartered businesses, particularly where Amsterdam serves as an EU regulatory or commercial base post-Brexit.
SaaS, platform and product-led companies that need technical leadership but don't yet warrant a full-time CTO - particularly during scale-up phases or pre/post-acquisition.
Remote-first with quarterly on-site weeks for board and strategy days. UK time zone is one hour behind Central European Time - leadership cadence runs naturally across both.
Engagements with European operations of UK-headquartered businesses, particularly where Amsterdam serves as an EU regulatory or commercial base post-Brexit.
SaaS, platform and product-led companies that need technical leadership but don't yet warrant a full-time CTO - particularly during scale-up phases or pre/post-acquisition.
Most Fractional CTO engagements run for an initial 90-day discovery period followed by an ongoing leadership cadence. Typical outcomes include: A target-state architecture you can actually deliver against; Engineering team topology and culture suited to the next stage of growth; Predictable product delivery cadence with clear measures; Technical due-diligence readiness ahead of fundraises or exits.
Direct flights of around 1h15 from London City, Heathrow, Manchester and Newcastle. Most on-site weeks run Tuesday–Thursday.
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