Crafty CTO

JUNE 10, 2025

First, my book of business on the fractional CTO side of things filled up completely, reducing available writing time. Roughly twice the speed, with improved Vision accuracy. Thinking back on it, I see two causes. In June 2025, Cursor and LLMs are vastly better at writing Markdown than a year ago.

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Arkenea

MAY 12, 2025

Look to India, where an elite ecosystem of developers delivers world-class results at a fraction of domestic costs. As John Reynolds, CTO of a San Francisco-based fintech startup, noted: “ Arkenea’s team in India is more responsive and communicative than some local vendors we’ve worked with. The solution?

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 7, 2023

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. A CTO can help you find the right answers. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap.

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 2, 2018

Ways to form the vision for a product. I had worked in Linux operations and done design contract work on the side. I really wanted to do it full-time and a friend of mine was Badger’s CTO so he brought me on. Early on, the CTO and I had a very close working relationship. Ways to form the vision for a product.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 15, 2019

In this ProductTank London talk, new product and market growth consultant Laura Scanga shares some thoughts on how best to do this and which tools and exercises can be useful. Start With a Customer-first Approach. Typically C-suite stakeholders have a unique function or goal.

Fractional CTO

The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

He puts pressure on himself to make sure he does a good job in demonstrating Amplitude’s vision for how product teams should operate. “I He’s worked as a game developer at Simon and Schuster , as a producer at Nickelodeon , and had a variety of product roles at companies like Pendo and Zendesk , all interspersed with periods of consulting.

CTO Coach

Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Partner at Greylock Partners, and a Product Lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. Dan Olsen, Author and Consultant. Prior to consulting he worked at Intuit, where he led the Quicken product team to record sales and profit. Stephanie Hannon, CPO at Strava.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. of a Chief Product Officer Obsession with the customer’s problem Business savvy Design focus Data-driven thinking Insatiable curiosity Technical fluency Vision How to Become a CPO? How Much Does a Chief Product Officer Earn?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Consequently, many consultants responded to the increasing demand for agile practitioners, particularly from corporate organizations, by rebranding themselves. Stakeholders bypass Product Owners by talking directly to developers or the CTO. 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of Scrum.)

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Michael Ciano, CTO with 20+ years of experience talks about building trust as a key for leveraging technology in healthcare, building a robust business architecture and building an organization culture that fosters innovation. How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade?

Technical Review

Arkenea

AUGUST 23, 2024

Wali Khan, a healthcare technology leader with over two decades of experience enabling business capabilities through the development of innovative software products and solutions talks about the role of AI in current and future projects, what it takes to be a successful CTO in the healthcare sector and more.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

Digital transformations often fail due to unclear vision and outdated methods, not team adoption or tech implementation issues. The key culprit is the lack of clear vision and strategy. Hiring expensive consultants or setting up innovation labs doesn’t fly anymore. Traditionally, the product function fell under Technology.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

My hope is that this will provide you with moral support on your uncertain journey and serve as another data point to empower your vision. Additionally, there were several consulting and agency teams supporting all sorts of applications and building proof-of-concepts. Lastly, believe in the vision and invest yourself.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2020

I heard requests from customers, domain experts, consultants, our development team, and internal stakeholders. So along with the CTO, I made a decision – we’d declare backlog bankruptcy. When the product backlog is too long, it clouds the vision and creates underlying stress of what’s not getting done. Feature request?

Development Team Review

Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged. Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, providing strategic advice, and managing the company’s operations.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 22, 2024

Wali Khan, a healthcare technology leader with over two decades of experience enabling business capabilities through the development of innovative software products and solutions talks about the role of AI in current and future projects, what it takes to be a successful CTO in the healthcare sector and more.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. My first job out of college was with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as an individual contributor as well. “It is about the people, and vision and purpose and work, in that order. Janeen Uzzell , COO for Wikimedia Foundation.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

See Parity Consulting’s 2018 Product Management Salary Survey. ). They are responsible for all product activities within an organisation, creating the overall product strategy to achieve the corporate vision and goals set by the CEO and board members. Specialisations within Product Management are also starting to emerge.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal. They determine the vision and build a roadmap that will lead their team on a path to achieving goals. In fact, 83.9% MAIN: Developing Entrepreneurship in Quebec.

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Clive Lam, Consultant Product Manager at Brainmates. Mark Cohen (CTO): The first thing is to understand who else is actively doing something in the space, and try and get your head around how they’re doing it. Marie Kellett, former CPO eftpos. So what are your next steps?

Fractional CTO

Mixpanel

MARCH 7, 2021

My goal has always been to positively impact the lives of people going through life-changing diseases whilst also forging the way for other female leaders in the technology industry.” ” Georgina Kirby Co-Founder & CTO, Vinehealth. ” Sabah Zdanowska founder, ventures consulting. Moeller – Maersk.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 26, 2022

Geoffrey Moore , author and consultant, explained that SaaS companies have matured beyond simply developing product features to developing product experiences. To create these elevated customer journeys and experiences, both CS and Product must share the same vision and North Star metrics. .

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates. So the ability to fly for twenty five hours at a time for a cost of eight thousand dollars rather than having to buy fractions of planes. So I just googled “Leading expert computer vision”. Maybe this technology solution could be the answer.

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Atomic Spin PM

JANUARY 23, 2019

I would share as much as possible as I could about the vision for my product or project, the complexity of my company, and the expectations I would have from partners. Can you provide three examples of how you navigated the contracting and engagement process with a company of my size?

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Gainsight

JUNE 10, 2021

Despite the size and global complexity of the company, they developed a vision and roadmap to success with four KPI: revenue growth, lead pass to Sales, retention, and merchant satisfaction NPS. They use Gainsight PC for their product vision to help democratize IoT and enable domain experts to gain the benefits of the data and connectivity.

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Crafty CTO

JUNE 9, 2024

As I was mulling this, I came across a pair of new Vision examples in the OpenAI Cookbook. That led me down one final rabbit hole, but a very useful one, as I soon realized that Framework was a perfect fit for one of my fractional CTO client’s “data science reporting and dashboard” needs.

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