Fractional CTO
I help early-stage teams build great products.
I'm Ken Ono. For almost four decades I've worked hands-on with founders — from architecture and hiring to writing code. I go deep with a small number of clients on hard, interesting problems.
What I do
Hands-on building
Full-stack architecture and development. React, Node, AWS, GraphQL — I ship code alongside your team, not just advise from the sidelines.
Technical leadership
CTO-level strategy for teams that aren't ready for a full-time CTO hire. Technology roadmaps, vendor selection, architectural decisions.
Team building
Recruiting, assessing, and "right-sizing" engineering teams. I've built high-performing teams from scratch and turned around struggling ones.