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Independent Advisory for Founders & Executive Leaders

Before you build.
Before you hire.
Align your technology with business strategy.

I help startup founders, SME CEOs, and corporate leaders scale engineering departments, manage software vendors, audit architecture, and structure AI-enabled product workflows. Protect your capital, mitigate technical risks, and execute with clarity.

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Shariq Bashir
For CEOs

Strategic CTO Partner

For Founders

Vendor Vetting & MVP Plan

For SMEs

Digital & AI Adoption

For Recruiters

Vetted Tech Director

Commercial Outcomes

Technical strategy, evaluated by business metrics.

Technology shouldn't exist for its own sake. Every database selection, cloud server allocation, and engineering hire must directly align with your business margins, timeline speed, and runway constraints.

“I bridge the gap between technical departments and business profitability.”

19+ Years

Architectural & Leadership Experience

Proven history designing scalable platforms, structuring technology roadmaps, and advising boardrooms.

30+ Engineers

Cross-Functional Governance

Direct management of departments across Frontend, Backend, QA, Mobile, UI/UX, and DevOps.

$450K+

Annual Delivery Portfolio

Responsible for successful execution, project budgeting, and stakeholder delivery alignment.

35% Increase

Project Delivery Profitability

Optimized operational resource allocation, reduced testing overhead, and improved sprint margins.

Featured Solution

Founder's Technology Office

Many early-stage startups cannot justify the cost of hiring a full-time, experienced CTO. Yet, they face critical tech decisions that can make or break the business.

The Founder's Technology Office is a dedicated advisory model. Instead of hiring an expensive full-time executive, you secure senior-level technology leadership on-demand to protect your product launch, control development vendors, and validate architecture.

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Your Technology Representative

Representing your interests in boardrooms, client pitches, and negotiations, bridging the gap between non-technical founders and deep engineering concepts.

Vendor Evaluator & Vetting

Auditing software agency codebases, verifying architecture scalability, challenging infrastructure layouts, and aligning contract payments with milestones.

Architecture & Code Reviewer

Ensuring your developers build maintainable platforms using the correct tech stacks, preventing expensive codebase rewrites later on.

Strategic Technology Partner

Collaborating with you on product roadmaps, release schedules, team structure, budget estimation, and AI integration strategies.

Expertise & Services

Strategic advisory options designed for your stage of growth.

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Fractional CTO

Direct executive leadership on a part-time basis. Align roadmap, manage engineering teams, set governance, and establish technology budgets.

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Startup Tech Advisor

Protect your capital pre-launch. Secure assistance in MVP scoping, stack selection, developer hiring, and rigorous vendor management.

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Engineering Leadership

Optimize developer operations. Scalable organizational structure, agile governance, engineering KPIs, and AI-enabled engineering workflows.

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Consulting Services

On-demand strategy and assessments: technical due diligence for investors, comprehensive system architecture audits, and AI migration strategies.

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Why Partner With Me

Strategic direction over raw code.

1. Dual Focus: Tech & Business

Many developers look only at the syntax. I focus on margins, operational profitability, product-market fit, and team efficiency. I make technology decisions that directly improve your bottom line.

2. Vendor Vetting & Protection

I act as your technical gatekeeper. I evaluate software proposals, review supplier codebases, audit infrastructure, and negotiate deliverables. I protect your capital from over-engineered complexity.

3. Modern AI Workflows

I don't just write code; I teach departments how to build efficiently. By introducing governed AI-assisted coding frameworks, I boost engineering output and speed up launch roadmaps safely.

Leadership Statement

“Technology is a tool to solve business problems, not a monument to over-engineering. The best system is the simplest one that safely enables your business to scale.”
Shariq BashirDirector of Product Development & Independent Advisor

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Whether you need a Fractional CTO, deep architectural audit, vendor vetting, or startup advice, let's align on a strategy. Book an initial 30-minute discovery call below.

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Shariq Bashir

Independent Technology Executive, Fractional CTO, and Startup Technology Advisor. Helping CEOs, founders, and SMEs align modern software engineering with business growth.

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  • Fractional CTO Services
  • Startup Tech Advisory
  • Engineering Leadership
  • Consulting Services

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