Fractional CTO & Technical Advisory

Technology advice you can trust.
Decisions that move you forward.

Founders get a lot of conflicting technology advice with no way to know who's right. I provide strategic guidance across AI, technology, product, and hiring so founders have clarity and stop wasting money on the wrong things.

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Misha Manulis

Where I've been

Co-Founder @ BrewBit

Built a connected hardware product for home brewers. Raised $90K on Kickstarter and shipped 600 units.

CTO @ Fanpics

Series A startup that installed proprietary camera technology in stadiums to capture every fan's reaction during big moments. Led a multi-disciplinary team across mechanical, electrical, backend, frontend, and mobile engineering.

Co-Founder @ Alvarium

Built an IoT monitoring and alerting platform for biotech manufacturing and storage, protecting expensive reagents, patient samples, and ensuring manufacturing consistency. Sold the company.

VP of Engineering @ Solis Mammography

Took over a 40-person engineering organization. Managed internal and external tech support, network technicians, and multi-datacenter on-prem deployment. Helped rapidly expand national footprint to 70+ locations.

Co-Founder & CTO @ XPC

Bootstrapped an enterprise SaaS platform for automated chart reviews, serving clinics across the country. Built all of the technology.

Enterprise & Fortune 100

Technology leadership roles across real estate, space tech, and fintech, including global teams and large-scale enterprise deployments.

What Founders Say

Alison French

Alison French

Founder, JoinLTO.com

"Misha has been a go-to sounding board for me since the start of my non-tech founder journey. As a founder himself, he understands the highs, lows, and everything in between. Working with him is like having a technical co-founder in your corner...without the complications. Our calls are part problem-solving, part catching up with a friend who happens to be brilliant with tech."

Nupur Garg

Nupur Garg, MD, DipABLM

Founder, Pro-Patient Tech

"Misha built our entire SaaS platform and rebuilt it three times as we pivoted. He also saved us from over-engineering by shipping fast and learning what actually mattered to doctors."

Engagement Options

Monthly Advisory

$3,000

Per month

Best for: Founders making ongoing technical decisions

  • 90-minute call every week
  • 4 hours of async work per week
  • Use it however you need: strategy, hiring, vendor reviews, architecture
  • No contracts, cancel anytime

Expanded Advisory

$5,000

Per month

Best for: Founders in a high-velocity phase

  • Everything in Monthly Advisory
  • Optional additional 90-minute call per week
  • Additional 4 async hours per week, as needed

MVP Kickstart

$4,500

One-time

Best for: Founders who need to validate an idea fast

  • 2 half-days, 4 hours each
  • Build a clickable prototype of your MVP together
  • Architecture and technology decisions made in real-time
  • You own all the code
  • Virtual

For context: a dev agency costs $20-40K/mo. A full-time CTO costs $250K+/yr. One bad hire costs $50K and 6 months.

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