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The sort of impact a GRO.TEAM person can have is very well described by George Berkowski in his best selling book “How To Build A Billion Dollar App” (pages 358-359) when he says…

“The change was truly amazing. Much of the shared frustration was removed…we started to feel that we were firing on all cylinders…it was truly a great time at the company.”
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INTERIM CTO CIO SERVICES

All Levels

We have high impact interim and fractional CTOs and CIOs at all levels available now! We have the best interim CTO talent on the planet...ex Google, Amazon, WhatsApp, Sky, Tesco, Betfair, HSBC, the BBC...

All Time Commitments

Full time, part time, fractional, on demand, ad hoc, as a service ...

All Disciplines

We cover all areas..services, digital, finance, manufacturing, government...roles we have filled include interim CTO, interim CIO, interim VP Engineering, interim CTPO, interim CDO, interim IT Director...

All Stages

Startup, bootstrap, scale out, scale-up, mature, transformation...

All Locations

We have deployed Interim CTO talent "in" the USA, Ireland. Scotland, England, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, and across the UK in London, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Essex....

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We have been called "the best CTO recruitment agency in the world...

FRACTIONAL TECH LEADERSHIP IS IN OUR DNA​

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The sort of Tech Leadership we believe in is very well described by Simon Edwards in his best selling book “think do show” (pages 87-88) when he says of GRO.TEAM founding team member Rorie Devine...

“Rorie was relentless in his intention to make Hailo a centre of Engineering excellence. Rorie not only wanted to build the best software organisation possible, he also wanted all of Hailo to work closely together…Rorie is the kind of boss you really want to work for, demanding results but always in your corner…”
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Interim CTO CIO Reviews

“Our GRO.TEAM interim CTO had great strategic understanding and applied it in a very execution orientated way. He focused the team on both short term deliverables and strategic progress which was great to see."
Simon Payton
Simon Payton
CEO
“GRO.TEAM found us an Interim CIO at very short notice. I liked all of the people on the short list so it was a tough choice but our Interim CIO was fantastic. He was a real breath of fresh air and just what we needed."
Bobby Steele
Bobby Steele
Managing Director
“I honestly think GRO.TEAM are the best providers of Interim CTOs on the planet. I've used them at three companies now and they have always delivered for me.”
Interim CTO
Claire Fuller
VP

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GRO.TEAM’s years of providing high impact interim CTO and CIO talent has given us unrivalled access to the top interim CTO CIO talent in Europe and across the World.

We know top class interims CTOs at all levels from “IT Contractor” to “CEO” level.

We only work with Interims that have been there and genuinely done it…people who have a demonstrable track record of success…

There are no long contracts or tie ins with us…easy in and easy out when we’re done…we work with our clients to get things done…we want to make the client’s people and teams better…

Ask about our “try before you buy” “temp to perm” engagements whereby clients have the best of both worlds with the rapid deployment of an interim followed by the conversion of the interim into a permanent employee for longevity and continuity…

We recently deployed a talented interim CTO for a software company in Buckinghamshire UK. After a month he was invited to join the company as the permanent CTO which he was very happy to do.

Another happy person and another happy client…

INTERIM CTO TALENT WHEN YOU NEED IT WHERE YOU NEED IT​

A GRO.TEAM CTO will set out to use the latest technology to create competitive advantage for your business. He/She will look to leverage technology to deliver your products and services quicker, better or cheaper than your competitors.
Why You Need A CTO
An Office Of The CTO is a structure used to help the CTO deliver on his/her core responsibilities which may include procurement, vendor/technology selection/evaluation, legal/contracts, service quality, research and development, internal/external communication, security and so on...
Office Of The CTO
A typical CTO team will be structured with representation for Software Development, Service Delivery, Security, Procurement and so on...
CTO Team Structure
At the time of writing fractional CTO rates vary from €/£/$ 500 upwards.
Fractional CTO Rates
This is a sample Interim CTO Contract
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CTO's that bring full time impact for part time money...

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CTO's that enjoy the win/win of a portfolio career...

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Interim CTO CIO Talent Like Us​

Shannon has held a wide range of international Product Development, Engineering, and Executive Management positions at companies such as Google, AOL, The Guardian News and Media, Tegic (predictive text input) and Halliburton. Founded/led Google’s Engineering team in London. Led mobile development worldwide for Google (which was the only strategic area not California based). Responsible for all Tech Strategy in Google’s EMEA strategic markets. Led Google Russia to near-parity with the incumbent....

Shannon Maher
Shannon MaherInterim CTO
Rorie is the author of Amazon's highest rated "CTO" book (also #1 on the Information Technology Bestseller list) and Udemy's highest rated "CTO" course.
Rorie is also the only person to have featured on the cover of CIO Magazine twice, has been awarded "IT Leader Of The Year" by Computing Magazine and is featured in the book "How To Build a Billion Dollar App" saying that the change he brought when coming in as a GRO.TEAM interim was "truly amazing" and "we started to feel we were firing on all cylinders".

Rorie Devine
Rorie DevineInterim CTO
Simon led the mobile technology team at Betfair through the change from 5% to >50% of bets placed and managed the build and operation of the BSkyB digital playout centre, Sky’s first web properties and red button applications. He set up and scaled a number of technology operations in the UK and across Europe for startups and major national companies. Delivered a cloud based platform for API / web hosting which is rapidly being adopted as the enterprise standard. Scaled a team from 30 to 180 reports focusing on simplicity, agility and automation.
Simon Teppett
Simon TeppettInterim CTO

INTERIM CTO FAQ​

In this context Interim means an arrangement that is envisaged to last for a relatively short time until a permanent arrangement is put in place. In the past Interim CTOs were seen as “stop gaps” to “hold the fort” between permanent CTO appointments but these days the benefits of deploying Interim CTO expertise that perfectly matches today’s (rather than yesterday’s or tomorrow’s) challenges are better appreciated by businesses that need great execution today.
In this context an Interim CTO is a CTO or Technology Leader that is deployed by a company for a short period of time (usually 6-18 months) to increase the positive business impact of their technology team and spend.
Our commission is included in one simple monthly day rate x number of days worked invoice. We pay the Interim to keep things simple and clean both ways.
Interim CTO can also mean Interim Compulsory Treatment Order under UK mental health regulations. We don’t know much about that here…maybe have a look here for that?
If the stars (diaries) align the actual process itself can be as short as one day with the successful candidate’s existing engagements normally being the limiting factor.
Fundamentally we look across four axes….

1. Technology domain expertise and understanding.

2. Chemistry, cultural fit and ability to work in a team.

3. A business impact output “What” rather than an input “How” focus.

4. Great credentials and a genuine track record of positive business impact.

Many hiring mistakes have been made by focussing solely on technical expertise when hiring Technology Talent…
We really do know all the top CTO and CIOs in Europe and North America.  When he last checked Rorie had over 7,000 LinkedIn connections, the vast majority of which are fellow CTOs and CIOs.
All of the GRO.TEAM leadership team are still client facing Interim C level executives that really do understand their respective areas and know what good, really good and great looks like in their areas.

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"GRO.TEAM have made a major contribution quickly, helping us to drive forward our strategically critical transformation programme with pace and urgency.  Their style of working is very refreshing - they give clear direction and provide sound advice while working closely with the teams and driving cross-team collaboration.  I would thoroughly recommend them to anyone wanting to make change really happen in their organisation."
Gatien Gillon
Gatien GillonDirector of Group Product Management Verisure
"GRO.TEAM were very quick in making connections across the business areas and helping us to focus on the bigger picture. At the same time, they were proactive in creating concrete proposals to improve the team dynamic, processes and overall organisational design. They were helping us to build a first-rate product delivery function. gro.team combine a keen analytical approach with deep hands-on experience of end-to-end delivery in product/tech organisations. They are highly supportive in helping us to deliver results with pace."
Muhammad Mehmood
Muhammad Mehmood COO Andromeda
"What a great concept! The fact is so many of us are in an uncharted growth phase - will the person we need now be right for us in 3 months time? How do we develop what we’ve got when we can’t hire right now? The GRO.TEAM concept solved this dilemma for me and sorted my issues out, quickly and effectively. I have to say it’s a bonus working with good people as well - as a StartUp it’s good to have people you can trust when you’re in shark infested waters."
Keith Lewin
Keith LewinPFounding Partner
“Our GRO.TEAM interim CTO had great vision and blended this with his experience of leading people and transforming technology architecture to add business value."​


Mike Phillips
Mike PhillipsCofounder and CEO of Decision Tech Moneysupermarket Group​
"GRO.TEAM are helping us think about, and manage, our growth in a more structured way. They have a huge amount of experience helping companies grow and scale and I would highly recommend them."​

Eleonore Dresch
Eleonore DreschCEO And Founder CultureWhisper​
"GRO.TEAM are really helping us growth hack our start up Workteam. Their experience helping other companies grow and be successful is really proving invaluable."


Smon Bates
Smon BatesCEO And Founder Workteam​
“GRO.TEAM have been absolutely essential is helping us make smart, fast and pragmatic decisions from architecture, product development & shipping process, through to very executional projects such as first steps Growth Hacking & local SEO optimisation...."
Dharmash Mistry
Dharmash MistryCEO Blow Ltd NED BBC
"GRO.TEAM have been brilliant. They have really helped us iterate our strategy towards one delivering both tactical improvements and big picture strategic shifts. I would definitely recommend them."
Lucy Walker
Lucy WalkerDirector Of IT, Facilities and Finance
"We needed architectural level support on options for integration with one of the major ERP players. GRO.TEAM not only got us the right guy to speak to, they recognised that speed and cost were essential and offered their remote working solution. A win all round as we got the expertise we needed, in short consumable chunks which helped us define the right solution and it didn’t break the bank!"
Saranjit Soor
Saranjit SoorChief Technology Officer
"GRO.TEAM have been amazing. They have been really customer focused and have connected us with someone with very deep experience in the areas we need. They have shared the cost savings from remote working with us so they are actually very cost effective as well..."
Loraine Bautista
Loraine BautistaCOO amzLenders NYC
"GRO.TEAM provided an architectural review of ClusterSeven's proposal to evolve an on-premise enterprise product to a SaaS offering...With their guidance and advice, we have significantly increased confidence that a strategic initiative is on-track and we believe their input has significantly reduced the risk of unforeseen technical and operational problems."
Pete Holmes
Pete HolmesCTO ClusterSeven
"GRO.TEAM are helping us growth hack our brilliant new app to world domination! They are the real deal and I'm so glad I'm working with them."
Tracey Carr
Tracey Carr Founder and CEO Mi Purpose
“I've been working with an GRO.TEAM CTO coach and have really appreciated and valued their expert advice. I would definitely recommend them for technology business leaders who want to progress their career."
Mark Tindal
Mark TindalKCOM Head of Integration and Development
"GRO.TEAM carried out a brief engagement which helped us formulate our plans. I would wholeheartedly recommend them."
Lee Cameron
Lee CameronCEO Monitise
"On behalf of the team here at I want to personally thank GRO.TEAM for the amazing impact you had in just a few hours in this office. I appreciate you giving credit to the development team for arriving at the deliverable MVP, but in all honesty we would never have arrived at this point had it not been for your intervention."
Jessica Sachs
Jessica SachsSportdec Head of Product and Operations
“GRO.TEAM helped establish a broader understanding of the crucial role that WebOps plays in CompareTheMarket's success. In particular helping us up our game in terms of monitoring and alerting, through the use of SMART monitoring and PagerDuty. They also brought a really helpful perspective from previous companies like Betfair and Hailo in the operation of SOA/micro-services...” ​
James Lomas
James LomasCompareTheMarket IT Director
“GRO.TEAM spent 3 days with our business. In these 3 days alone the gro.team person managed to get under the skin of our business, understand our people, our business challenges/opportunities and ultimately help us with defining our tech strategy for the next 12 months and beyond."
Mic Miller
Mic MillerOps Director easyfundraising
“The GRO.TEAM member worked with our team to bring clarity to urgent issues and supported the team, built a roadmap and plan to deliver results efficiently. We experienced a definite change as a the result of GRO.TEAM involvement. I will definitely recommend and re-use them in the future."
Marvin Sanderson
Marvin SandersonXanadu CTO
"GRO.TEAM helped bring urgency, clarity and delivery to one of our business critical initiatives working *with* us not *for* us. I would definitely recommend them."
Robin Spira
Robin SpiraCTO FanDuel
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CIO vs CTO​

A Chief Information Officer could be said to have a bias to working "ON" the team rather than "IN" the team.
He/She might have a bias to look "OUT" rather than "IN" from the IT/Tech Team.
He/She should focus on getting a positive Return On Investment from the company's technology spend.
A CIO might dispassionately view the IT Team as just one of the teams in the company that needs to be cost effective and deliver the company’s business plan.
He/She might read forbes.com, wsj.com and is thinking about doing an MBA one day...
He/She might have come up through the less "technical" routes of Service Delivery, Programme Director, Project Manager etc.
He/she very much views technology as a "HOW" not a "WHAT"...
CIO
A Chief Technology Officer could be said to have a bias to working "IN" the team rather than "ON" the team.
He/She might have a bias to look "IN" rather than "OUT" from the IT/Tech Team.
He/She should be passionate about existing and emerging technologies and how they can be used to create competitive advantage for their company.
He/She might read Hacker News, Slashdot, have and use a GitHub account.
A good CTO will have kept their core technical skills up-to-date. They won’t have the time or experience to do every person’s job in their team but they will have maintained a core set of technical skills that are up-to-date and relevant.
He/She might have come up through the more "technical" routes of Architect, Development Manager, Developer etc.
He/she Is also normally the lead technology evangelist and advocate in the company.
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