Arnold Technologies
Fractional CTO for funded founders and SMBs.
Senior tech leadership with honest communication and organization, without the buzzwords and wasteful processes. For teams that want a CTO’s judgment without the full-time hire — and would rather enjoy the build than dread the standup.
How I Work
Most fractional CTOs over-index on the code and under-deliver on the engagement. I make sure to lead with engagement and then the tech.
Weekly written updates. Every week, what got done, what’s still in progress, questions that need answering, and what the plan for the weeks is. The client has a paper trail they can refer back to or forward to investors.
Honest cadence over fake estimates: I scope work in hours, days, or weeks — not in story points. For hard problems I time-box. For everything else I report weekly progress and let you reprioritize.
Plan before code. I frequently sketch the UI or draw the data flow and confirm with you before building. No surprises at delivery.
Focused on proven technical approaches instead of looking at what is trending. Things like Postgres (Supabase) database, Go lang backend, and React or Svelte frontend.
Done is done when you sign off. Not "should work." Merged, deployed, tested in your real environment.
Transparent communication is key. If something is going wrong, you’ll hear about it from me before you notice it yourself.
Enjoy the process. Work is serious enough already, I try to have fun with it.
Services
Fractional CTO
Ongoing engagement, usually a few days a week. Tech strategy, hiring help, architecture decisions, code review, and senior dev work where it moves the business forward. Monthly retainer.Best fit for: funded founders pre-CTO, startups that have outgrown the original builder, or SMBs looking for technical guidance on using technology in the organization.
Project & advisory work
Scoped engagements with a clear outcome. Tech due diligence, a specific build, an architecture review, or a fixed-scope project. Hourly or weekly billing.Best fit for: "we need this one thing built right, and want it done in a way that makes users happy to use it"Not a fit for: equity-only deals (tried it, learned my lesson), buzzword projects, or work where the trendy tech is the pitch instead of the problem.
Results
Develop web application to automate appliance estimates for customers. Before application was built, creating a new estimate would take 15+ minutes, now it only takes 2 minutes. Staff now say they look forward to putting together quotes because they get to use the new software.
- Heartland Hardware - George, IA
"I've worked with several developers in the life of my startup and Trevor was always the one who consistently did what he said he would do, when he said he would do it. This simple leadership quality is very noticeable in the world of dev work and has set him apart from other talent I've worked with.
Not only do I appreciate Trevor's work ethic and development skills but I am equally appreciative of his ongoing quest to better himself, always learning more, practicing his craft, and humbling himself to learn from others."
- Alisha Vincent - Desty
Technologies
Tech Stack
Arnold Technologies is a team of one. My GitHub has the full list of technologies I've worked with — Java, Go, C#, TypeScript, Vue, and others — both professionally and personally.
Experience (highlights)
Building Java test suite for Department of Defense
Building real time dashboard for test results in Angular
Helping get travel website to production for customer use
Managed team of software and data developers at largest public safety software companies in the country
Developing employer matching algorithm for startup
Bio
A decade in software — sales, data, management, and development. I have led teams and built things in large organizations and helped several startups build a product for their users.I run Arnold Technologies out of Lester, Iowa. Grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota. Faith, family, and hard work in roughly that order. Married, two daughters, one spoiled dog who clearly outranks me in the household. Outside of work: lifting, time outside, reading, and the occasional video game if I can make the timeI try to make people laugh in meetings because I strongly believe that enjoying the process is important to the success of anything you do.
Connect
Best fit if you’re a funded founder or growing team that needs senior tech leadership without a full-time hire. A 30-minute intro call is free and there’s no pitch — I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help or if I know of someone else who might be a better fit. Worst case, you get an honest read and (hopefully) laugh once.
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