Fractional CTO support in Zurich, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. Zurich is one of Europe's most concentrated financial centres - private banking, wealth management, insurance and global pharma - with very high standards on regulatory and security maturity.
Remote-first with quarterly on-site days. Suited to confidential Independent IT Review and Fractional CISO mandates where discretion and seniority matter as much as technical depth.
Travel and on-site: 1h45 direct flights from London City and Heathrow. On-site days typically structured around board or audit-committee dates.
Independent review and security advisory engagements with EU and Swiss businesses, typically commissioned at board, audit-committee or shareholder level.
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 days. Suited to confidential Independent IT Review and Fractional CISO mandates where discretion and seniority matter as much as technical depth.
Independent review and security advisory engagements with EU and Swiss businesses, typically commissioned at board, audit-committee or shareholder level.
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.
1h45 direct flights from London City and Heathrow. On-site days typically structured around board or audit-committee dates.
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