FRACTIONAL CTO / MONTHLY RETAINER
Technical direction.
With someone to carry it.
Work directly with Elkin Akhundzada on the roadmap, architecture, and delivery decisions that shape your company’s technology.
When to bring us in
You need experienced technical leadership, but a full-time CTO is not the right arrangement. Your team may be choosing an AI architecture, evaluating vendors, inheriting a complex platform, or trying to turn a growing backlog into a coherent roadmap.
The engagement connects strategy with implementation. Decisions should account for the people, systems, and operational constraints that will carry them.
Where we contribute
- Roadmap: clarify priorities, dependencies, and the sequence of technical work.
- Architecture: review system boundaries, data flows, integrations, and AI design choices.
- Build or buy: examine vendor fit, ownership, costs, and the consequences of each option.
- Delivery: connect technical decisions to implementation and a reviewable definition of done.
Your architect
Elkin has 20+ years of experience building production systems across AI, fintech, trading, and regulated environments. He combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering.
VERV Digital OÜ was established in Estonia in 2023 and serves clients worldwide. The founder has been in independent practice since 2005.
Review experience and public recommendations ↗How the retainer works
Fractional CTO support is a monthly engagement. We agree priorities, responsibilities, working cadence, and fee around your situation. Availability and scope are established before work starts.
If you need one defined system built, an AI engineering engagement may be a better fit. If you first need to determine where AI belongs, start with an AI audit.
Start with the decision
Tell us what you are building, how the team is structured, and which technical decision is holding things back. That gives us a useful basis for discussing whether a retainer is the right arrangement.