Fractional CTO
Ongoing senior technology leadership for organizations that need strategy, architecture, governance and vendor oversight without a full-time CTO.
Fractional CTO & Digital Transformation Advisor
Technology leadership for organizations that need clarity before complexity.
I help mission-driven organizations, donor-funded programmes and growing African enterprises translate business strategy into practical technology architecture, scalable digital platforms and transformation roadmaps.
Technology Strategy
Enterprise Architecture
Digital Platforms
AI Strategy
Technology Governance
What I do
I connect business strategy, architecture and delivery.
Many organizations do not have a shortage of software. They have a shortage of coherent technology decisions. I work across leadership, programme teams, business stakeholders, vendors and engineering teams to create a clear path from business need to sustainable implementation.
My background spans more than 15 years across software engineering, enterprise application leadership, digital transformation, systems integration, data, cloud and international development.
Services
Advisory services built around decisions, not billable activity.
Engagements are designed to produce clear outcomes, executive decisions and implementation-ready artefacts.
Digital Platform Blueprint
A structured 4–6 week engagement that moves from business capabilities and requirements to platform recommendation, target architecture, roadmap and TCO.
Technology Strategy & Roadmap
Current-state assessment, capability gaps, target operating model, architecture priorities and a sequenced 18–36 month transformation roadmap.
Technology Assurance
Independent technical representation for procurement and implementation: RFPs, vendor evaluation, architecture reviews, QA, risk and go-live readiness.
Digital Health Advisory
Platform selection, interoperability, offline/mobile architecture, registry design, rollout planning and implementation governance for digital health programmes.
AI Transformation
Use-case prioritization, enterprise AI architecture, governance, knowledge systems, RAG, automation and human-in-the-loop operating models.
Signature methodology
Digital Platform Blueprint
A vendor-neutral methodology that helps organizations make major platform decisions before procurement or implementation begins.
DiscoverContext & outcomes
DefineCapabilities & requirements
AssessCurrent technology
EvaluatePlatform options
ArchitectTarget state
PlanRoadmap & investment
GovernDecisions & delivery
What the Blueprint produces
A decision-ready package rather than a generic assessment report.
- Business capability map
- Requirements baseline
- Current-state architecture
- Platform evaluation matrix
- Target-state architecture
- Integration & data architecture
- Implementation roadmap
- BoQ / total cost of ownership
- Risk register
- Executive decision pack
Selected experience
Technical depth, enterprise leadership and development-sector context.
Global NGO
Enterprise platform modernization
Led modernization of enterprise applications, cloud adoption, systems integration and technology governance across global operations.
Outcome: Better alignment between technology investments, business priorities and scalable operations.
Humanitarian operations
ERP, integration and governance
Led enterprise solutions supporting finance, logistics and programme data, with stronger interoperability through APIs and governance frameworks.
Outcome: Improved operational integration and stronger control over enterprise technology decisions.
UNCDF Somalia
Programme tracking platform
Designed and developed a web-enabled platform for tracking project spending, requests, contracts and activities across public-sector stakeholders.
Outcome: Improved visibility and structured tracking of programme operations.
ADRA Somalia
Early Warning / Early Action system
Designed an interactive platform supporting community data collection, analysis and reporting for agro-pastoral and fishing communities.
Outcome: Strengthened access to timely operational information for early warning and response.
Engagement models
Start with the problem. Scale the relationship when there is value.
Technology Health Check
1–2 weeks
Current state, top risks, priorities and 90-day action plan.Digital Platform Blueprint
4–6 weeks
Platform decision, target architecture, roadmap and investment case.Technology Assurance
Project-based
Independent oversight from procurement through delivery and go-live.Fractional CTO
Monthly retainer
Ongoing executive technology leadership, architecture and governance.How I work
Business-ledStart from capabilities and outcomes, not products.
Vendor-neutralRecommend the architecture and platform that fit the problem.
Architecture-drivenConsider the whole ecosystem, not an isolated application.
Evidence-basedMake trade-offs explicit through scoring, TCO and risk analysis.
Implementation-awareEnd with a roadmap, governance model and operating plan.
Start a conversation
Considering a major platform, transformation or technology investment?
Share a little about the challenge you are working through. I typically work with organizations that need independent, senior technology judgment before making complex or expensive decisions.