- SEEKING WORK - Senior Technologist, CTO | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE
Fractional CTO for Startups – MVP to Maturity
I help early-stage teams avoid costly tech mistakes and scale confidently. I provide a range of services for teams at different growth stages.
I have 35 years of deep technical experience:* CTO LaunchPad: Build MVPs that don’t collapse later - MVP planning and build oversight - Hiring your first devs (not too early, not too late) - Tech due diligence for early investors - Set up strong but lightweight processes * CTO ScaleUp: Grow your team and architecture without chaos - Re-architect before it's too late - Hire and structure your engineering org - Scale delivery and CI/CD - Build a product / tech culture that lasts * CTO Stabilize: Tech debt, infra, and compliance before Series B panic - Clean up tech debt and prepare for audits - Level up infra and observability - Guide the engineering org through rapid change - Align tech with exec goals (finance, ops, product)
For more information please contact me directly via https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2507 or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.* 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations * 35 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS * 23+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C+ * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases - SEEKING WORK - Expert hands-on Technologist | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE
Not finding the right level of technical quality, experience or expertise?
Stuck with a problem you can't solve?
I'm the guy with the answers.
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I bring you my 35 years of hands-on technical experience in all areas of IT. I specialize in making complex systems work efficiently and reliably. My solutions not only work for the long haul, they save you money. My rates match my seniority, but you'll spend way more money on people who don't have my skills and experience.* DevOps / SRE / Systems Engineering * Cloud Architecture / Engineering * CTO-level architecture / strategy / leadershipSome highlights (more would put me over the character limit):
For more information please contact me directly via https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2506 or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.* 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models. * 35 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools. * 23+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++ * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family. - SEEKING WORK - Business Strategy Hacker | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE
I can do pretty much anything in IT. What I love doing the most is using my 30+ years of technical experience to create responsive, efficient and long-lasting technology implementations for clients.
I can work as easily at the project level as I can at a global C-level.
I have 30+ years of experience in every area of IT, with hundreds of technologies, products, and technical paradigms. I'm a hands-on CTO, specialising in cloud, IT strategy, systems & DevOps engineering, enterprise development, solution / enterprise architecture, IT management, Big Data and data-based systems in general.
For more information please contact me directly via https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2505 or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.
- SEEKING WORK - Fractional CTO, Interim CTO | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE
==> Are you trying to hire a new CTO?
==> Is your IT management getting overloaded?
==> Do you need emergency expertise for specific topics?
Consider a contract CTO!
I provide dedicated, part-time CTO services by the hour or day, up to 2 full days a week. I fill gaps in areas like:
I also provide some packaged CTO solutions starting from $10,000:* Regional CTO coverage * Customer technical engagement * Startup CTO services * Technical strategy * Platform architecture * Hands-on POCs * Systems design / refactoring
I have 30+ years of experience in every area of IT, with hundreds of technologies, products, and technical paradigms. I'm a hands-on CTO, specialising in cloud, IT strategy, systems & DevOps engineering, enterprise development, solution / enterprise architecture, IT management, Big Data and data-based systems in general.* Cloud infrastructure audit * PoC design * DevOps audit * Startup advisor report * CTO hiring assistanceFor more information please contact me directly via https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2503 or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.
- SEEKING WORK - CTO Co-Pilot | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE
==> Are you trying to hire a new CTO?
==> Is your IT management getting overloaded?
==> Do you need emergency expertise for specific topics?
Consider a contract CTO co-pilot!
I provide dedicated, part-time CTO services by the hour or day, up to 2 full days a week. I fill gaps in areas like:
I also provide some packaged CTO solutions starting from $10,000:* Regional CTO coverage * Customer technical engagement * Startup CTO services * Technical strategy * Platform architecture * Hands-on POCs * Systems design / refactoring
I have 30+ years of experience in every area of IT, with hundreds of technologies, products, and technical paradigms. I'm a hands-on CTO, specialising in cloud, IT strategy, systems & DevOps engineering, enterprise development, solution / enterprise architecture, IT management, Big Data and data-based systems in general.* Cloud infrastructure audit * PoC design * DevOps audit * Startup advisor report * CTO hiring assistanceFor more information please contact me directly via https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2502 or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.
- SEEKING WORK - CTO Co-Pilot | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE
==> Are you trying to hire a new CTO?
==> Is your IT management getting overloaded?
==> Do you have knowledge gaps that you can't find the right expertise for?
Consider a contract CTO co-pilot!
I provide dedicated, part-time CTO services by the hour or day, up to 2 full days a week. I fill gaps in areas like:
I also provide some packaged CTO solutions starting from $10,000:* Regional CTO coverage * Customer technical engagement * Startup CTO services * Technical strategy * Platform architecture * Hands-on POCs * Systems design / refactoring
I have 30+ years of experience in every area of IT, with hundreds of technologies, products, and technical paradigms. I'm a hands-on CTO, specialising in cloud, IT strategy, systems & DevOps engineering, enterprise development, solution / enterprise architecture, IT management, Big Data and data-based systems in general.* Cloud infrastructure audit * PoC design * DevOps audit * Startup advisor report * CTO hiring assistanceFor more information please contact me directly via https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2501 or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.
- SEEKING WORK - CTO Solutions | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE
Packaged CTO solutions starting from $10,000!
I also provide dedicated part-time CTO services by the hour or day, up to around 2 full days a week, for topics such as:* Cloud infrastructure audit * PoC design * DevOps audit * Startup advisor report
Having me as your CTO can save you valuable money and time, insuring a streamlined, well-run and long-lasting IT. I have 30+ years of experience in every area of IT, with hundreds of technologies, products, and technical paradigms.* Regional CTO coverage * Customer technical engagement * Startup CTO services * Technical strategy * Platform architecture * Hands-on POCs * Team leadership * Best-practice implementations * Greenfield systems design * Existing systems refactoringI have deep, hands-on, technical expertise in cloud, IT strategy, systems & DevOps engineering, enterprise development, solution / enterprise architecture, IT management, Big Data and data-based systems in general.
For more information please contact me directly via https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2412 or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.
- SEEKING WORK - CTO Solutions | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE
Are you a startup but can't justify a full-time CTO?
Are you looking for a CTO focused on your European operations or a specific technical project?
I can help! I'll be your dedicated part-time CTO, at your disposal the same time every day or week, for anything you need. I work for clients anywhere from 1 hour per day to around 2 full days per week.
I can provide:
Having me as your CTO can save you valuable money and time, insuring a streamlined, well-run and long-lasting IT. I have 30+ years of experience in every area of IT, with hundreds of technologies, products, and technical paradigms. I have deep, hands-on, technical expertise in cloud, IT strategy, systems & DevOps engineering, enterprise development, solution / enterprise architecture, IT management, Big Data and data-based systems in general.* Regional CTO coverage * Customer technical engagement * Startup CTO services * Technical strategy * Platform architecture * Hands-on POCs * Team leadership * Best-practice implementations * Greenfield systems design * Existing systems refactoringFor more information please visit https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2411 and get in touch. I'd love to chat with you!
- SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Onsite EU / UK
IT Specialist / Fractional CTO / Consulting CTO
My core skill is in building IT systems and teams that work. That means using tried and true technologies and techniques, as opposed today's disturbing trend of inexperienced people hacking what is at best PoC quality systems using inappropriate and non-performant technologies.
As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I that I can insure that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of deep experience in all areas of IT and hundreds of different technologies.
As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.
Summary:
Contact me via https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2410 or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.* 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models. * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools. * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++ * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family.On parle français!
- SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Onsite EU / UK
IT Specialist / Fractional CTO / Consulting CTO
My core skill is in building IT systems and teams that work. That means using tried and true technologies and techniques, as opposed today's disturbing trend of inexperienced people hacking what is at best PoC quality systems using inappropriate and non-performant technologies.
As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I that I can insure that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of deep experience in all areas of IT and hundreds of different technologies.
As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.
Summary:
Contact me via https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2409 or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.* 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models. * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools. * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++ * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family.On parle français!
- SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Onsite EU / UK
IT Specialist / Fractional CTO / Consulting CTO
My core skill is in building IT systems and teams that work. That means using tried and true technologies and techniques, as opposed to what I see happen today, inexperienced people hacking what is at best PoC quality infrastructures on top of untried and fadish technologies.
As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I that I can insure that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of deep experience in all areas of IT and hundred of technologies.
As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.
Summary:
Contact me via https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2408 or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.* 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models. * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools. * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++ * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family. - SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Onsite EU / UK
Fractional CTO / Consulting CTO
Are you a startup looking for help in shaping your IT team and technology direction? Are you an established company seeking to modernise your infrastructure but without throwing everything out?
I can help. I am a highly experienced consulting CTO with a unique, hands-on approach to technology and software engineering.
As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I always know that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of experience in all areas of IT, but especially in architecture, systems engineering, DevOps and development.
As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.
Summary:
Contact me via https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2406 or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.* 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models. * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools. * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++ * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family. - SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Onsite EU / UK
Interim / Consulting CTO
Are you a startup looking for help in shaping your IT team and technology direction? Are you an established company seeking to modernise your infrastructure but without throwing everything out?
I can help. I am a highly experienced consulting CTO with a unique, hands-on approach to technology and software engineering.
As CTO, I build and run highly effective teams, delivering results under high-pressure business conditions. I am technically very hands-on, so I always know that what my team is building will work. My leadership ability is backed by 30 years of experience in all areas of IT, but especially in architecture, systems engineering, DevOps and development.
As a software engineer and architect, I have a knack for building complex systems that work efficiently and reliably. I model systems and processes in a way that accounts for all the business requirements as well as the concerns of stability, performance, HA and long-term operations. I particularly specialise in large-scale, complex, data-driven workloads on Azure and AWS.
Summary:
Contact me via LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/ - or connect@nonstopops.io.* 25 years management experience, from team leader to CTO/CIO to CEO/MD * 15+ years AWS and Azure cloud experience - architecture, development, delivery, operations - in single-cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud and global cloud models. * 30 years systems engineering and DevOps experience, from bare-metal to Kubernetes, from IaaS to PaaS. All major CI/CD, automation, IaC, logging and monitoring tools. * 22+ years Java enterprise development and architecture experience; 20+ years Python development; 10 years C/C++ * 25 years experience in numerous data technologies, from RDBMes to data warehouses to NoSQL databases * 15 years experience (complete lifecycle: architecture, administration, engineering, installation, deployment, operations) with numerous Big Data technologies, including Kafka, Storm, Spark, Redis, Mongo, ElasticSearch and the Hadoop family. - SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Based in the UK & France but available worldwide
* On-Demand DevOps Services *
Are you:
I can help.. Facing an operational or architectural crisis with your cloud-based platform? . Trying to cut IT costs while maintaining efficiency and stability? . Running into challenges in implementing DevOps processes for bespoke or non-standard platforms?I provide DevOps services focused on solving specific operational problems in emergency or high-pressure situations. I deal with all aspects of systems engineering and SRE / DevOps processes, with special focus on IaaS, CI/CD, HA/DR design, Azure/AWS architecture and data-driven platforms.
My expertise is based on 30 years of hands-on technical experience in all areas of IT, but particularly in architecting, building and managing data-driven enterprise platforms.
Some of my recent work includes:
Sign up for a free consultation and spend a few minutes getting a perspective you won't find anywhere else!. Go-live architectural review to address possible performance and scalability issues . Debugging and fixing of Kafka issues (broker, connect) in large clusters . Remediation of Cloud security gaps (private routing/endpoints, firewall rules, NSGs, hardened images) . Filling monitoring and logging gaps in complex Cloud-based systems . Reverse engineering manual cloud infrastructure setup for conversion to Terraform . Set-up of a new AWS/Azure region/AZ for DR purposes . Implementation of DevOps pipelines using GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2402
On parle français!
- SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Based in the UK & France but available worldwide
** On-Demand DevOps Services **
Are you:
I can help.. Facing an operational or architectural crisis with your cloud-based platform? . Trying to cut IT costs while maintaining efficiency and stability? . Running into challenges in implementing DevOps processes for bespoke or non-standard platforms?I provide DevOps services focused on solving specific operational problems in emergency or high-pressure situations. I deal with all aspects of systems engineering and SRE / DevOps processes, with special focus on IaaS, CI/CD, HA/DR design, Azure/AWS architecture and data-driven platforms.
My expertise is based on 30 years of hands-on technical experience in all areas of IT, but particularly in architecting, building and managing data-driven enterprise platforms.
Some of my recent work includes:
Sign up for a free consultation and spend a few minutes getting a perspective you won't find anywhere else!. Go-live architectural review to address possible performance and scalability issues . Debugging and fixing of Kafka issues (broker, connect) in large clusters . Remediation of Cloud security gaps (private routing/endpoints, firewall rules, NSGs, hardened images) . Filling monitoring and logging gaps in complex Cloud-based systems . Reverse engineering manual cloud infrastructure setup for conversion to Terraform . Set-up of a new AWS/Azure region/AZ for DR purposes . Implementation of DevOps pipelines using GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2401
On parle français!
- SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Based in the EU and available worldwide
I solve difficult and challenging DevOps problems - IaaS, CI/CD, HA, DR, Azure, AWS, Kafka, Solr.
Clients often call me in for urgent implementation or remediation services. Here are some examples of past work I've done like this:
My technical specialisations for this type of work are:. Go-live architectural review to address possible performance and scalability issues . Debugging and fixing of Kafka issues (broker, connect) in large clusters . Remediation of Cloud security gaps (private routing/endpoints, firewall rules, NSGs, hardened images) . Filling monitoring and logging gaps in complex Cloud-based systems . Reverse engineering manual cloud infrastructure setup for conversion to Terraform . Set-up of a new AWS/Azure region/AZ for DR purposes . Implementation of DevOps pipelines using GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.
https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2312. Azure & AWS (infrastructure, architecture, scalability, performance, networking, security) . DevOps (Terraform, Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub, DevSecOps) . Data-processing technologies (Kafka, Solr, Lucene, Elasticsearch, Mongo, RDBMSes, Hadoop, Storm). - SEEKING WORK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE | Based in the EU and available worldwide
Specialist in Cloud architecture (Azure, AWS), DevOps Implementations and data-driven applications.
I have 30 years of experience in every area of IT and with dozens of technologies and paradigms. But most importantly, I have a track record of producing practical architectures for highly-performant, highly-stable and easily-manageable IT systems.
My success is based on my talent for modelling complex systems and processes in a way that addresses not only core business requirements, but also the concerns of project management, functionality, stability, performance and long-term management.
When you need someone who really knows what they're doing, get in touch. No problem too big or too small.
Emergency and short-term services available.
Fractional CTO for Startups – MVP to Maturity
I help early-stage teams avoid costly tech mistakes and scale confidently. I provide a range of services for teams at different growth stages.
I have 35 years of deep technical experience: For more information please contact me directly via https://www.theconsultantcto.com/?sid=hnf2508 or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajosm/.