Fractional CTO support across the North-East of England, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. The North-East - Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham, Teesside and the Tees Valley - has a concentrated industrial, financial-services back-office and process-engineering base, plus a growing tech cluster.
Local home base means on-site availability across the region can be arranged at short notice - including half-day visits, board attendance and informal site walk-throughs.
Travel and on-site: Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Durham all reachable as same-day on-site visits with no overnight travel.
Long-standing presence in the North-East across food manufacturing (M.I. Dicksons), industrial supply chain (LoneStar Group / Tees Valley) and the wider regional executive community.
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.
Local home base means on-site availability across the region can be arranged at short notice - including half-day visits, board attendance and informal site walk-throughs.
Long-standing presence in the North-East across food manufacturing (M.I. Dicksons), industrial supply chain (LoneStar Group / Tees Valley) and the wider regional executive community.
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.
Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Durham all reachable as same-day on-site visits with no overnight travel.
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