Fractional CTO.
Is your dev team growing but lacks leadership? Are you non-technical founders that need a technical sounding board? Hiring a full time experienced CTO can be hugely expensive and potentially unnecessary, our fractional CTO service can deliver the leadership you need at a fraction of the cost.
Technical support.
We have a team of senior ruby experts, each with more than a decade of experience working alongside business leaders to develop successful applications, that can join your team on a part time basis to offer technical advice and leadership.
The service can be fully tailored to your needs and might range from a day or two a week hands on with your development team, to a day a quarter offering technical advice to your leadership team. Your fractional CTO might help with concerns including:
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Process and procedure improvement
We can review existing development processes and suggest improvements from our wide experience working with clients of all shapes and sizes.
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Team assessment and mentoring
We can assess the strengths and weaknesses of your existing team members and use our experience to mentor your staff to improve their all round skills.
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Code review and quality assurance
We can review new code from your team and keep standards high. You might like us to conduct a thorough code audit before we start work on new features.
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Help with hiring
We have extensive experience dealing with recruiters, screening CVs and conducting interviews. We can help you to hire the right people at the right time to grow your tech team. We can also help with organic recruitment and will use our network to be on the lookout for your next hire.
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Security and compliance
Our experts can provide guidance on security best practices, data protection compliance and risk management. (*They are not lawyers) We also offer a thorough [security health check] service to fully assess your existing application.
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Technology selection and recommendations.
We can review your technology stack and ensure it is fit for purpose. We can also use our wealth of experience to suggest new technologies or service providers to support new features.
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Infrastructure, hosting and reviews
Our experts can review your hosting arrangements and ensure your are adequately provisioned for your specific needs (security compliance, traffic levels, reliability requirements)
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Help with investors and due diligence
We can ensure that technology is appropriate represented at board level, and ensure that investors are appropriately managed in technical matters. We can also assist with due diligence processes when you are raising or exiting.
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Architecture and design oversight
We can help in the design of major new features and work with your development team to develop a solid plan to deliver.
Efficient. Robust. Scalable. Secure.
Shall we have a chat about your application?
We have spent 15 yrs of building robust and scalable Ruby on Rails applications, with a team of skilled developers.
Meet our experts.
Whether you are a startup looking to accelerate your growth, or an established business seeking to improve its technical foundations our fractional CTOs can provide expert assistance, help reduce risk and increase your chances of success.
Chief Tech Officer.
Adam Pope.
Adam is our technical co-founder. He has over 15 yrs of experience acting as a CTO to tech startups and scale-ups, some valued in the tens of millions. His meticulous nature makes him the perfect steer to any technical implementation, and his strategic board-level experience provides a perspective often missed by many experienced developers.
Principal Developer.
Barry Woolgar.
Barry has over a decade of experience in Ruby on Rails development and in that time has acted as a fractional CTO across multiple businesses. Beyond this, Barry has a great depth of “dev-ops” knowledge and is a seasoned project architect, helping partners to take ideas and form them into robust technical requirements. Barry mentors a number of developers across Storm and our clients.
Principal Developer.
Mark Smith.
Mark has been building web apps with Ruby on Rails for most of his career. As well as being a part of the tech leadership team at Storm he has sat as fractional CTO for a number of our partners. Mark is responsible for continuity across projects and takes a role in ensuring that the development team stays up to date with the latest tech and training. Mark mentors a number of developers across Storm and our clients.
Shall we have a chat?
Do you have a general enquiry you’d like to make, or fancy a more in-depth conversation about your business or project idea? We are always happy to hear from you.
Storm partnerships.
We’re big believers in doing more, so why limit ourselves to digital innovation? We can make big changes with initiatives that affect the world around us.