Strategic Technology Leadership for Growing Businesses
Fractional CTO guidance + full-stack execution. Senior expertise without enterprise overhead.
Trusted by
Kirkwood Collection
Sarasota Memorial
SunRail
H-E-B
Central Market
Kaplan
Nemours
FDOT
Built for businesses that need more than code
Scale-Up Leaders
Rapid growth, mounting technical debt, need strategic oversight
Solution: Fractional CTO services to architect for tomorrow while executing today
Non-Technical Founders
Technology decisions feel like black boxes
Solution: Trusted technology advisor who translates complexity into business outcomes
Enterprise & Agencies
Complex projects requiring proven expertise
Solution: Senior specialists with Fortune 500 experience, boutique attention
Senior expertise. Strategic thinking. Proven delivery.
Fractional CTO Leadership
Strategic technology guidance without full-time executive cost—architecture, roadmaps, team leadership
Battle-Tested at Scale
Delivered for Fortune 500 companies, national retailers, and platforms serving millions—2.5M+ forum post migrations, complex integrations, security-critical systems
Curated Specialist Network
Access to senior experts matched to your needs—WordPress depth, full-stack breadth, unified delivery
Hands-On Implementation
We build what we recommend—Laravel, WordPress, React, Vue, headless architectures, performance optimization
Single Point of Accountability
One trusted partner coordinating everything—no finger-pointing, no runaround
How we help
Fractional CTO Services
Technology strategy, architecture decisions, team leadership—on your schedule
Technology Advisory
Technical audits, performance optimization, security reviews, migration planning
Team Augmentation
Senior specialists integrated with your team—white-label ready
Full-Stack Development
WordPress, Laravel, React, Python—modern platforms, legacy modernization
Product Development
End-to-end product delivery from concept to launch and beyond
Speaking & Training
Workshops, technical training, conference speaking
Complex problems solved
Auditing a Careers Platform: When the Answer Is “It Isn’t the Code”
Challenge
Pages being de-indexed by Google, and a Laravel microservice abandoned mid-build
Result
The codebase ruled out as the cause, with an evidenced remediation plan for the debt that was real
Equipment Dispatch: Getting a Business-Critical App Out of the Back Room
Challenge
Business-critical dispatch running inside a WordPress back end, too slow for the ~50 people using it all day
Result
Dispatch rebuilt as a standalone Laravel application, with the data migrated and the ownership shared
Healthcare System WordPress Audit
Challenge
Application with 195 database queries per page causing performance issues
Result
75% query reduction roadmap, 5,502 issues identified
Kirkwood Collection
Sarasota Memorial
SunRail
H-E-B
Central Market
Kaplan
Nemours
FDOT
GiveWP
GravityView
QuickBooks
TrustedLogin
Singularity
SunTrax
CauseLabs
13+
Years Experience
2.5M+
Posts Migrated
Fortune 500
Clients Served
Sub-500ms
Page Load Times
Modern technology. Battle-tested expertise.
WordPress
Laravel
React
Vue
Python
PHP
JavaScript
WooCommerce
Docker
GitHub
New Relic
Built on experience. Delivered with care.
Marc Gratch brings 13+ years of technology leadership and full-stack development to growing businesses. From managing 2.5M+ forum post migrations to architecting solutions for Fortune 500 companies, he’s solved complex challenges across healthcare, education, retail, and technology sectors.
Insights & thought leadership
When Your Startup Needs a Fractional CTO: 5 Signs It’s Time
Growing startups often reach a point where technology becomes the bottleneck rather than the enabler. Here’s how to know when…
WordPress Performance Audit: Our Step-by-Step Process
We’ve audited hundreds of WordPress sites. Here’s the exact process we follow to identify performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and code…
195 Database Queries on a Single Homepage: Anatomy of a WordPress Audit
A major healthcare system’s WordPress application was making 195 database queries per page. Here’s how we analyzed, prioritized, and reduced…
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