Fractional CTO · Symphony Apps · Bucharest
I ship the product your team is stuck on.
12+ years as CTO and founder. Me and my team take funded MVPs and stalled platforms from "almost" to live — fixed price, fixed deadline, money back if we miss it.
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users
Taxi dispatch platform
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fewer refused deliveries
CODCheck on Shopify
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users
Public transport app
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MVP delivery
iOS + Android + backend
Services
What I actually do
Four ways this usually starts. Fixed scope, fixed price, agreed before anyone writes code.
Fractional CTO
Architecture, hiring, vendor calls, investor tech DD. Weekly cadence, you keep the roadmap.
2 days/week. 3-month minimum, then monthly.
Learn moreMVP in 8 weeks
iOS + Android + backend, fixed price, deadline guaranteed. Scope locked in week 0.
40% on scope sign-off, 30% at the week 4 demo, 30% at store submission. Miss the deadline for reasons on our side and the last 30% is waived.
Learn moreAWS cost audit
Full inventory, a savings plan, and one cleanup pass done with you.
5 working days. If I don't find at least 20% savings, no charge.
Learn moreAI integration
Agents, voice and retrieval on a product that already has users.
2 weeks, ends with a working prototype and a build quote.
Learn moreSelected work
Products already live
Real sites, real users — not mockups. Every project page shows what was built and what was decided.
Verticals
Where most of my work lands
Four product worlds I keep shipping in.
Vertical
Mobility
Taxi and ride-sharing platforms, fare engines, KYC, dispatch systems, NTEP-certified meter apps, fleet telematics.
Vertical
AI agents
Voice agents, multi-agent dev teams, retrieval-augmented systems, AI on top of existing products — not chatbot demos.
Vertical
eCommerce
Shopify DTC, subscriptions, fraud scoring for cash-on-delivery, Meta ads, Instagram DM automation and n8n workflows.
Vertical
IoT
Connected vehicles, Bluetooth unlock, OBD2/CAN bus telemetry, IoT hardware and firmware-adjacent integrations.
Process
How an engagement runs
01
30-min call → I tell you if I'm the wrong fit.
02
Week 0: written scope, fixed price, deadline, kill criteria.
03
Build in 1-week increments, demo every Friday, you see real builds not decks.
04
Handover: repo, infra-as-code, runbook, 30 days of support included.
Questions
What founders ask before booking
What does a fractional CTO actually do here?
I own the technical side of your product: architecture, the build plan, hiring and reviewing developers, and the calls that are expensive to get wrong. Part-time engagement, full ownership of the outcome.
How fast can you ship an MVP?
Eight weeks, fixed price, scoped in writing before we start. You see a working build every Friday, not a deck.
What does it cost?
Most engagements land between €25k and €200k depending on scope. You get a fixed number and a deadline in week zero, before any code is written.
Do you work with teams outside Romania?
Yes. I'm in Bucharest and work remotely across the EU and US, with overlap hours agreed up front.
Can you take over an existing codebase?
That's most of the work. Stalled builds, an agency handover gone wrong, or a product that works but can't scale — I audit it first and tell you honestly whether to fix or replace.
What happens when the engagement ends?
You get the repo, infrastructure as code, a runbook, and 30 days of support. Nothing stays locked in my head.
Booking
Pick a time that works
30 minutes, no slides. Bring the problem — you leave knowing whether I'm the right fit and roughly what it costs.
Got a product that needs to go further?
Fixed-price scope in the first call. No discovery phase invoice.