CTO Office Hours is a free, recurring Zoom session where you can bring your real technical challenges directly to Particle41 Founder Benjamin Johnson.
Who it's for
Founders, CTOs, and C-suite executives at growth-stage companies
Format
Open drop-in, join and leave whenever you need to
When
Every other Wednesday 3PM CT
Cost
Absolutely free
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Modernization and legacy system decisions
- Should we rebuild this or can we save it?
- How much technical debt is actually hurting us?
- What's the lowest-risk path to modernization?
AI strategy and readiness
- Everyone's telling me to invest in AI, what's actually worth it for my business?
- Where can AI create measurable ROI today?
- Are we ready for AI, or do we need stronger foundations first?
Infrastructure, DevOps, and cost optimization
- Our cloud costs tripled and nobody can explain why.
- Why are deployments still taking so long?
- Can we improve reliability without increasing spend?
Technical leadership and fractional CTO guidance
- How do I know if we're making the right technical decisions?
- My CTO just quit. What do I do first?
- How do I know if my engineering team is structured correctly?
FAQs
Interested in the services of a Fractional CTO?
Most growing companies need experienced technical leadership long before they can justify a full-time CTO. A Particle41 Fractional CTO gives you that leadership, strategic, hands-on, and backed by a full team, at a fraction of the cost.
What value does a Particle41 Fractional CTO actually deliver to a startup?
A Particle41 Fractional CTO brings senior-level technical strategy, architecture decisions, and hands-on engineering leadership—helping you make confident product and technology choices without the cost of a full-time executive hire.
How does a Particle41 Fractional CTO help a startup stay within budget?
You get senior technical leadership on demand—paying only for what you need. That means avoiding costly architecture mistakes, prioritizing the right investments, and scaling your team and infrastructure in step with your business.
What does "20 years of playbooks" mean in practice?
It means proven, battle-tested approaches to the problems you're facing—drawn from decades of building, scaling, and modernizing software across many companies—so you don't have to learn those lessons the hard way.
How does a Particle41 Fractional CTO work with an existing engineering team?
They integrate alongside your team—providing direction, mentorship, and technical oversight while empowering your existing engineers, improving processes, and filling leadership gaps without disrupting what already works.