Your software has outgrown its foundations.
Review architecture, performance, and maintainability. Turn a long list of concerns into a prioritized modernization plan.
Fractional CTO · Scott Marx
Clear technical direction.
Practical progress.
Senior technology leadership for growing businesses. I help you decide what to build, guide the people building it, and move complex software and integrations forward.
Based in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida · Working with businesses remotely
Former LoanTek CTOFounder · engineering · operations
20+ years of C#.NET · APIs · SQL Server
10 years of AzureCloud delivery · production systems
Scott MarxYour fractional technology leader
01 / DIRECTION
A plan tied to the business.
Priorities, architecture, and investment decisions.
02 / LEADERSHIP
A team with clarity.
Delivery oversight, mentoring, and vendor alignment.
03 / DELIVERY
Work that moves forward.
Targeted .NET, Azure, data, and integration expertise.
When technology needs an owner
Bring the decisions and the delivery together.
For founders and business owners who need experienced technical leadership on a defined part-time basis.
Your developers or vendors need direction.
Align delivery with business priorities, review technical choices, and give the team a senior partner for difficult decisions.
Your systems need to work together.
Plan and deliver integrations across APIs, SQL Server, Azure, and Microsoft business applications.
Services & pricing
Start with the level of help you need.
A focused starting point
Technology Assessment
$2,000one-time · USD
Up to 8 hours over two weeks
Understand what is working, what is getting in the way, and where to invest next.
- Owner and technical stakeholder discovery
- Focused review of one agreed system or delivery challenge
- Written findings with prioritized risks and opportunities
- A practical 90-day roadmap and a findings walkthrough
Best for An owner who needs a clear decision before committing to a larger engagement.
Discuss Technology AssessmentDirection for the owner
CTO Advisory
$2,500/ month · USD
Up to 8 hours per month
A consistent senior sounding board for technology decisions, spending, and vendors.
- Two scheduled leadership sessions each month
- Technology roadmap and priority review
- Vendor, architecture, and build-versus-buy guidance
- A monthly decision log and recommended next steps
Best for A business with an existing delivery team or vendor that needs executive guidance.
Discuss CTO AdvisoryFor growing engineering teams
Fractional CTO
$5,000/ month · USD
Up to 20 hours per month
Connect business priorities with engineering decisions and a delivery plan people can follow.
- Weekly leadership and delivery planning session
- Architecture and code-review guidance
- Developer mentoring and vendor coordination
- Cloud-spend and reliability review
- Monthly roadmap, delivery, and risk summary
Best for A growing software business or established company with a small engineering team.
Discuss Fractional CTOLeadership with hands-on progress
CTO + Delivery
$8,000/ month · USD
Up to 32 hours per month
Combine technical leadership with targeted .NET, Azure, database, or integration work.
- Everything in Fractional CTO within the included time
- An agreed implementation backlog
- Hands-on C#/.NET, SQL Server, Azure, or API work
- Code review, testing, and handover for agreed changes
- Weekly progress and next-priority review
Best for A team that needs senior direction and a defined technical workstream moved forward.
Discuss CTO + DeliveryAll prices in USD. Included time covers meetings, preparation, reviews, communication, and delivery. Priorities, scope, and start date are agreed in writing before work begins. Additional work and third-party costs are quoted separately.
Experience behind the advice
I’ve been responsible for the system and the business.
9,000 ms → 50 ms
Reduced API response time through caching across multiple web services and demand-based resource scaling.
10 million+ daily transactions
During my 2008–2018 tenure, our engineering team’s mortgage platform processed more than 10 million transactions daily.
Ownership from planning to production.
Owned the pricing engine’s full software development lifecycle and led eight engineers across backend, UI, and testing.
Technical depth. Business perspective.
A hands-on partner for consequential decisions.
My career spans business ownership, consulting, financial technology, and public-sector enterprise software. I connect architecture and implementation with the customers, developers, and operational teams who depend on the system.
My core stack is C#, .NET, SQL Server, and Azure, with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and X++ experience. I bring that technical foundation to practical choices about software, vendors, team development, and delivery.
See the experience behind the work →Start with a conversation
What needs to move forward in your business?
Tell me about your team, your systems, and the decision or project that needs attention. We’ll discuss whether an assessment or ongoing engagement fits.