Fractional CTO support in York, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. York is a growing professional services, financial services and technology hub - well-connected to Leeds (20 minutes by rail) and anchored by two universities with an active spin-out community alongside established legal, accountancy and financial services firms.
On-site days in York by arrangement, naturally combined with Leeds or Newcastle into a single Yorkshire or North-East visit. Weekly remote cadence as standard.
Travel and on-site: Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~1h50) and from Newcastle (~1h15). York combines naturally with Leeds or Durham into a single day visit.
York sits at the centre of the Yorkshire corridor, and engagements running across Leeds, the wider North-East and the Yorkshire professional services base have a natural York dimension. Strong sector overlap with financial services, professional services and public sector technology.
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.
On-site days in York by arrangement, naturally combined with Leeds or Newcastle into a single Yorkshire or North-East visit. Weekly remote cadence as standard.
York sits at the centre of the Yorkshire corridor, and engagements running across Leeds, the wider North-East and the Yorkshire professional services base have a natural York dimension. Strong sector overlap with financial services, professional services and public sector technology.
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 LNER service from London Kings Cross (~1h50) and from Newcastle (~1h15). York combines naturally with Leeds or Durham into a single day visit.
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