Technology Consulting for Australian Businesses
Tech consulting for businesses that need senior technical judgement without hiring a full-time CTO. We help you choose the right technology, review software architecture and existing codebases, plan implementation, and decide whether to build or buy, with advice from engineers who also build and maintain software for a living.
Our technology consulting is for business owners and founders who are about to make a significant software decision without a technical lead in the room. That might be choosing between a SaaS product and a custom build, picking a stack for a new product, inheriting a codebase from a developer who has moved on, or needing someone to sanity-check an agency's quote. We give you a straight answer in plain English, backed by engineers who build and support software every week, and we are happy to recommend an off-the-shelf tool or another provider when that is the right call. It is the wrong fit if you need a formal compliance certification or a large-scale enterprise transformation programme. Those need specialist auditors or a bigger consultancy, and we will say so.
What We Deliver
Why Choose Us
Fewer Expensive Mistakes
Problems with a stack, vendor or quote found before you have paid for them.
Room to Grow
An architecture that can take new features and users without a rebuild.
Senior Advice, Part-Time
Senior engineering advice without the cost of a full-time CTO.
Our Process
Assess
We review your current systems, code and costs, and what you want to change.
Plan
We write up the options, with rough costs and timelines for each.
Recommend
You get a written recommendation and the reasoning behind it.
Guide
We stay available while you or another team builds it.
What we typically build
Common projects. Where we've built one, it links to the case study.
Build vs buy decisions
An independent comparison of SaaS options against a custom build, including total cost over several years, before you sign anything.
Inherited codebase reviews
A review of software built by a previous developer or agency: what state it is in, what is risky, and whether to fix, extend or replace it.
Virtual CTO for founders
Part-time technical leadership: architecture decisions, hiring and vendor advice, and a roadmap your developers can follow.
Software architecture planning
Choosing the stack, hosting and integrations for a new product so it can grow without an expensive rebuild.
Industries We Serve
Each industry page covers the workflows, integrations and compliance rules we design around.
Healthcare
Clinics and allied health practices run on a practice management system plus a pile of forms, phone calls and spreadsheets around it. We build patient portals, intake forms and integrations that cut that admin, designed around the Australian Privacy Principles from the start.
Professional Services
In a law firm, accounting practice or consultancy, every hour spent chasing documents or rekeying time sheets is an hour nobody bills. We build client portals, workflow automation and integrations with Xero and your practice software to take that admin off your team.
Finance
Brokers, advisers and lenders want clients to log in and see where things stand, but every screen carries ASIC and privacy obligations. We build client portals, document handling and workflow tools with the access controls and audit trails that work needs.
Manufacturing
In a lot of factories, the floor and the office still meet through a whiteboard and a spreadsheet. We build production dashboards, quality checklists and inventory tools, and connect them to the ERP or accounting system you already run.
Government
Councils and agencies have to make services work for everyone, including people using screen readers, and keep data onshore. We build accessible portals, case management tools and integrations for smaller public sector projects, designed around WCAG and the ISM controls.
Agencies
Agencies tend to run on Asana or Monday for tasks, a spreadsheet for resourcing and email for client approvals. We build the pieces that stitch those together: client portals, resource planning, and time and billing integrations with Xero.
Frequently asked questions
What is a virtual CTO?
A virtual CTO is part-time technical leadership. You get help with architecture, technology choices, vendor selection and roadmap planning without hiring a full-time executive. It suits founders and small businesses whose software matters to the business but who do not yet need a CTO every day.
Can you help us decide whether to build or buy?
Yes, and it is one of the most valuable things we do. We compare the realistic cost and fit of off-the-shelf products against a custom build. Read custom software vs SaaS for the framework we use.
Can you review a quote or proposal from another agency?
Yes. We can check whether the scope, timeline and price are realistic and what is missing. Our guide to choosing a software development company in Australia lists the questions we would ask.
Can you review software another developer built?
Yes. A codebase review covers code quality, security, hosting, dependencies and documentation, and ends with a clear recommendation: keep and maintain, refactor, or replace. If you keep it, our maintenance and support service can take it over.
Do you also build what you recommend?
We can, but you are under no obligation to. Many consulting engagements lead into custom software development with us, and some end with a recommendation to buy a product or brief another team. The advice is the same either way.
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