Fractional CTO Who Speaks Executive Language
When your executive team isn't aligned on technology strategy, everything breaks down. As a former CTO who's worked across CEO, COO, CPO, and CFO priorities, I align your leadership team and help engineering teams increase stability, throughput, and quality that are costing you deals, talent, and momentum.
The Executive-Level CTO Your Scale-Up Needs
Executive Team Alignment
I speak CEO (growth), COO (operations), CPO (product), and CFO (ROI) language. When your executive team pulls engineering in different directions, I create unified technical strategy that serves all stakeholders.
Improve Engineering Performance
When engineering struggles with stability, throughput, and quality, I implement systems and processes that transform chaotic teams into predictable delivery machines.
Scale Without Breaking
Build technology, processes, and organizations that scale with your business strategy. No more "we'll fix it later" or systems that crash during growth surges.
Why Executives Trust Luis Saffie
20+ years as CTO and senior executive, aligning technology strategy with business priorities across multiple functions
Value Created
Executive Teams Aligned
Successful Exits
Executive Track Record: CTO who scaled HomeStars from startup to acquisition, senior leadership at Amazon and Wealthsimple. I've sat in boardrooms with CEOs, presented to CFOs, aligned with COOs on operational efficiency, and worked with CPOs on product-market fit.
Cross-Functional Impact: I don't just fix engineering—I align technology strategy with business strategy, translate technical decisions into financial impact, and help executive teams make informed technology investments that drive growth.
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Is This Your Executive Reality?
These are the signs that tell me a scale-up's executive team needs technical alignment
"Sales promises what engineering can't deliver"
CEO wants growth, CPO wants features, COO wants stability, CFO wants efficiency. Engineering gets pulled in all directions and delivers none of it well. Executive meetings turn into engineering blame sessions.
→ I create unified technical strategy that serves all executive priorities with clear tradeoffs and timelines
"We can't explain our technical decisions to investors"
CFO asks about technology ROI, CEO needs to explain technical roadmap to board, COO wants operational metrics. Your lead dev speaks code, not business impact. Technical debt becomes a mysterious black box.
→ I translate technical strategy into business language and provide executive-level reporting on technology investments
"Our system breaks every time we grow"
Every campaign, feature launch, or growth surge crashes your systems. COO loses operational efficiency, CEO loses deals, CFO sees support costs spike. You're reactive instead of strategic about scaling.
→ I architect systems and processes that anticipate growth, with executive dashboards showing capacity vs. business projections
"Technology feels like a cost center, not a driver"
CFO sees engineering as pure cost, CEO doesn't understand why simple changes take months, CPO can't get product-market fit insights from data. Technology isn't enabling business strategy—it's holding it back.
→ I help executives see technology as a competitive advantage and align technical investments with business outcomes
Engineering Teams See Immediate Impact
Faster Deployments
From hours to minutes with proper CI/CD
Less Technical Debt
Clean architecture and code practices
Engineering Velocity
Better processes and team alignment
Stop Letting Technology Hold Back Your Executive Team
Every day your executive team isn't aligned on technology strategy costs you deals, efficiency, and competitive advantage. I have limited availability for new executive engagements in Q1 2025.
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