Executive-Level Tech Leadership. Full-Scale Impact.

Fractional CTO

Your business needs more than advice, you need strategic leadership. Our Fractional CTOs embed directly into your organization to align technology with business growth, drive digital transformation, and de-risk your roadmap. All without the cost and commitment of a full-time hire.

Bring Me a CTO Who Can Actually Deliver

What We Solve

Misaligned Tech

Identify roadblocks, align initiatives with business goals, and turn fragmented efforts into a clear, achievable roadmap.

Stability Issues

Assess your current infrastructure, eliminate technical debt, and implement scalable architecture built for long-term performance.

Risk
Reduction

Executive oversight to stabilize systems, accelerate delivery, and proactively manage risk.

Security, Compliance

Ensure compliance, optimize vendor relationships, and strengthen your security posture from the top down.

Outdated systems. Missed deadlines. When tech slows growth, embedded leadership clears the path instead of patching over problems.

Stronger tech alignment. Smarter investments. Scalable, secure systems. Faster execution. Strategic clarity.

Our Services

Executive-level support across the entire technology lifecycle, from strategy to execution.

Technology Roadmaps

Define a clear path that aligns business objectives with technical capabilities.

Infrastructure

Architect secure, scalable systems that support growth without compromise.

Team Support

Build high-performing teams through strategic hiring, onboarding, and leadership.

Tool Evaluation

Vendor & tech stack alignment, streamline platforms, and ensure systems work in harmony.

Assessments

Technical and risk assessments quickly identify system weaknesses and prevent costly missteps.

Cost Optimization

Find hidden inefficiencies and reduce tech spend without sacrificing performance.

Reverse cloud migration saved our customer $175k/month

How a marketing intelligence firm reduced monthly infrastructure costs from $200,000 to $25,500 after partnering with EXSQ. With predictable workloads and rising cloud expenses, EXSQ architected a strategic reverse cloud migration that improved performance and restored cost control. The result was an 80% cost reduction and enhanced infrastructure reliability

What’s the process
and what do you get?

Step 1

Discovery & Alignment

We start by understanding your business goals, current systems, and technical landscape, so recommendations align with your broader strategy.

Step 2

Full-System Scan

Our technical architects assess the core elements of your infrastructure, including performance, availability, scalability, and resilience.

Step 3

Risk & Gap Analysis

We flag security vulnerabilities, backup failures, bottlenecks, and more, so nothing falls through the cracks.

Step 4

Actionable Roadmap

You’ll receive a detailed, jargon-free report that lays out clear next steps to optimize your systems, improve efficiency, and save money.

Execution & Support

Flexible Delivery

Support spans strategy through delivery. Ongoing support might include evaluating vendors, aligning tech stacks, rapid technical and risk assessments, and uncovering cost-saving opportunities across systems to maximize ROI and long-term scalability.

Why Us?

25 Years Experience

Decades of real‑world infrastructure, cloud, and systems strategy that actually scales.

Strategic Cost Optimization

We find the savings other firms overlook and turn tech spend into a competitive advantage.

Future‑Proof Architecture

Solutions designed not just for today’s demands but for ongoing performance, security, and scalability.

We Take It
Personally

We’re not a bloated enterprise firm passing you from one team to another. Your success matters to us, and we’re hands-on from day one.

Tailored Strategies,
Not Templates

No cookie-cutter checklists. We customize every audit to your organization’s unique challenges and growth trajectory.

People-First
Tech Expertise

Our human-centered approach ensures your tech and infrastructure works for your people, not against them.

Q&A

How much time do you need from our team during the audit?

Minimal. We start with a preview questionnaire and typically conduct three 1-hour interviews. That’s it.

Do you need access to our systems?

We can work with Read only access. Alternatively we can work off configs, but direct access is more comprehensive.

Is there a limit to the number of virtual or physical devices for the audit?

No, as this can be highly variable. We’ll constrain the work to the three week duration one access is granted. We’ve found this duration can uncover the majority of concerns.

Do we need to already have some documentation?

While helpful, existing documentation is not required. We will create current state documentation as part of this effort.

Does this include evaluation of the applications running on this infrastructure?

No - see our other offerings - Application modernization, DXP, etc.

What happens after an infrastructure audit?
  • Application audit
  • We can implement the recommendations from the audit and/or guide your team
How do I know if my IT infrastructure is outdated or inefficient?

Frequent outages, unexpected spikes, lack of confidence on latest security approach, reseller is trying to sell me more, is my infrastructure foundation extensible to support AI initiatives.

How often should a business conduct a tech infrastructure audit?

Bringing in an objective third party team to review when considering management changes, cost overruns, stalled migrations (either direction), planned expansion/business growth, suspicion of overly complex infrastructure, siloed information amongst individuals.

Talk with us

Let us know how we can help shape your future.

Sahil Dhawan​​

General Manager, India

Leading our international development and data science teams Sahil leads a team of over 200 highly skilled senior technologists. creating an award Winning culture has resulted in a team that delivers a level of excellence unmatched by our global competitors.

JW

Head of Design

With digital product design leadership and experience forged at great brands like Capital One, Intuit and Match®, among others, JW brings the deep experience our clients demand in order to launch award winning digital products that delight and amaze users.

Steve Darnell​​

Chief Financial Officer​

Steve Darnell is a strategic financial executive with deep experience in driving fiscal performance, operational efficiency, and long-term value creation. As CFO at EX Squared, he leads financial planning and analysis, capital strategy, and risk management while partnering across teams to align financial goals with company growth. Steve brings a data-driven mindset and a strong foundation in corporate finance, helping steer the organization through key investment decisions and scalable business initiatives.

Johanna Fernandez​

General Manager, LATAM

With over 15 years of experience in human resources and business administration, Johanna brings unique insights into stakeholder & conflict management, driven by my commitment to human development. As a licensed Practitioner of NLP and certified in Management 3.0, she is dedicated to creating collaborative environments and driving business success through effective management, conflict resolution, negotiation, and process improvement. Additionally, Johanna is a fierce advocate for women's equity in the tech industry, striving to break barriers and foster diversity and inclusion.

Mike Peloquin​​

VP

It's not every day you get to work with amazingly talented people. I'm thrilled to say I do. They're not just the people who work here at EXSQ; they're the people we collaborate with at our clients. Together we form brilliant digital product ideas into innovative enterprise-scale digital products for some of the world's best brands. We set the highest standards, we work damn hard and we have a blast doing it.

Lisa Carolan​

VP, Delivery and Operations​

Lisa brings energy and innovation to analyze needs and define technology solutions to meet our customer goals. Her experience spans recognizable brands including HP, Sony, Lennar Homes, SLB, and Bank of America along with startup and growth phase organizations.

With two decades of experience spanning major brands like HP, Sony, Lennar Homes, and Bank of America, as well as startups, Lisa excels at driving results-focused strategies that align with client goals. Her expertise in designing and implementing technology has helped organizations innovate and scale, ensuring measurable engagement and outcomes that drive mutual success.

Krishna Murthy

Chief Executive Officer

With a proven track record in helping businesses navigate the digital disruption occurring around them, his background is solidly founded in digital transformation. Under his leadership, EXSQ has grown into a premier technology partner, serving clients large and small. Krishna’s management philosophy is based on the principle of servant leadership and putting our clients first in all we do here at EXSQ, and he has set the benchmarks for how we hire and retain the finest talent possible, fostering a culture of excellence at EXSQ.

Krishna’s expertise spans technology leadership, eCommerce and SaaS development, mergers and acquisitions, and global business operations. He has notable experience in strategic planning, investor relations, and board-level interactions. With experience across companies at varying stages of maturity, Krishna also leads initiatives in data science, AI, analytics, and talent development, ensuring EXSQ remains at the forefront of innovation and operational excellence.