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Brandon Braner

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Technology leadership, scoped to your stage

From ongoing fractional CTO leadership to focused, deliverable-based projects — choose the engagement that matches where you are and where you're going.

Fractional & Interim CTO

Executive technology leadership on a part-time basis — own the strategy, architecture, and team the way a full-time CTO would.

  • Own the technology roadmap and be the executive technology voice
  • Lead, hire, and level up the engineering team
  • Board / investor reporting and technical due diligence
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Fractional & Interim CTO — service explainer diagram

Software Architecture

Make the foundational decisions that scale — system design, data models, and the platform decisions that define velocity.

  • System design reviews and architecture decisions (ADRs)
  • Web platforms, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure
  • Technical debt triage and modernization plans
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Software Architecture — service explainer diagram

Technology Strategy & Roadmaps

Translate business goals into a concrete, sequenced technology plan that stakeholders can trust and the team can execute.

  • Quarterly roadmaps tied to business outcomes
  • Build-vs-buy and vendor evaluation
  • Prioritization frameworks for fast-moving teams
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Technology Strategy & Roadmaps — service explainer diagram

AI-Enabled Engineering

Integrate AI into the day-to-day engineering workflow — development, testing, and system design — so a small team punches above its weight.

  • AI-assisted development and code review workflows
  • AI in test generation and quality automation
  • Pragmatic adoption: where AI helps and where it hurts
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AI-Enabled Engineering — service explainer diagram

Quality Engineering & Automation

Stand up automation-first QA practices that raise release quality and speed — the testing discipline most teams lack.

  • End-to-end and API test automation
  • BDD and shift-left testing strategy
  • CI/CD pipelines that make quality a default
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Quality Engineering & Automation — service explainer diagram

Advisory & Mentorship

Sounding-board engagements for founders, CEOs, and engineering leaders navigating hard technical and org decisions.

  • Founder and executive technical advisory
  • Engineering leadership coaching
  • Fractional architect embedded with your team
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Advisory & Mentorship — service explainer diagram

How it works

A clear path from first call to handoff

No black boxes. Every engagement follows a transparent structure with defined outcomes.

01

Discovery

A working session to understand your business, team, constraints, and the outcome you need.

02

Proposal

A clear scope, milestones, and success metrics — no vague retainers. You know exactly what you're buying.

03

Engagement

Embedded leadership or focused delivery, with regular check-ins and transparent reporting against the metrics we agreed.

04

Handoff

Knowledge transfer to your team so the work continues to compound after the engagement ends.

Not sure which service fits?

Tell me where you are and what's keeping you up at night. I'll point you to the right engagement — or tell you honestly if you don't need one yet.