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Fractional CTO
Embedded technology leadership for the calls that matter — architecture, hiring, vendor decisions, and the pull request when it counts.
Testive Digital builds the SaaS integrations, AI products, and platform engineering that regulated industries depend on.
We are a small consultancy of senior engineers and technology leaders, working principal-to-principal with our clients. No project layer in the middle, no juniors on the call, no slideware between the problem and the people who solve it.
Embedded technology leadership for the calls that matter — architecture, hiring, vendor decisions, and the pull request when it counts.
Production AI, evaluated and observable. RAG, agents, structured outputs — built past the demo, with the guardrails the demo never has.
Auth, schema, throughput, drift, replay. The long tail of real systems talking to other real systems — done patiently and documented for the next engineer.
Threat-modeled at the design phase, not after. Least-privilege defaults, evidence trails by default, and a security posture that auditors can read in an afternoon.
Sectors where the cost of getting it wrong shapes the shape of what we build.
A short list of commitments we hold to on every engagement, regardless of the shape it takes.
A short note is enough to start. We read every inquiry ourselves and reply within two business days, usually with a calendar link and a handful of clarifying questions.