Services – How we engage

Services are how we engage. The methodology is consistent — data first, architecture-led, governed from the start. The engagement model depends on what the business needs.

How we engage

Four engagement models. Each delivers the same technical rigour — the difference is duration, scope, and the level of involvement.

Fractional CTO

Ongoing CTO-level technical leadership — embedded, accountable, and present for as long as the business needs it. The named technical authority in your organisation. Not a consultant passing through.

For businesses that have outgrown founder-led technical decisions and need executive-level technical leadership without the full-time hire.

Fractional CTO  ·  First 90 days  ·  Cyprus

Consultancy

Time-limited. Deliverable-focused. A defined technical engagement with a clear output — architecture review, governance framework, data strategy, technical due diligence, or platform specification.

For businesses that need a specific piece of technical work done, and a clear technical position to act on when it is complete.

Consultancy

Build & Oversee

Technical delivery with the right level of involvement — hands-on build, team oversight, team acquisition, or client team direction. Determined by what the project actually needs.

For businesses with a build requirement and no internal CTO-level authority to lead it.

Build & Oversee

Mentoring

For MDs, founders, and business owners navigating technology decisions without a technical background. Not technical training — decision capability. The ability to ask the right questions, evaluate the answers, and lead the technical function effectively.

Mentoring

Specific engagements

Defined pieces of work. Fixed scope, clear deliverable, independent output. For businesses that know what they need done.

• Architecture Review — What your architecture actually does, in writing, by someone with no implementation work to sell.
• Technology Control Review — A full reading of your technology against the Sixteen Pillars framework, in writing.
• Technology Control Assessment — Your technology scored against the Sixteen Pillars framework, in writing, in days.
• Technology Due Diligence — What the target’s technology actually is, in writing, by someone independent of the deal.
• Data Governance Review — Where your data lives, who owns it, what you can trust, in writing.
• Technical Debt Assessment — Your technical debt, quantified in time and money.
• Supplier & Dependency Review — Every vendor, contract, and dependency, scored for concentration risk.
• Integration & API Review — Where your data moves, what breaks if something changes, who owns the integrations.
• Decision Rights for Technology — Who decides what about your technology, in writing, with a board-ready RACI.

Based in Cyprus. Available globally.

All engagements are available globally. For Cyprus-based businesses, in-person availability is part of the engagement.

Richard King is CTO at Sixteen Pillars — technical leadership, architecture, and governance for organisations that need it without the overhead of a full-time hire.

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