Sasha Bilton
Fractional CTO
Based in United Kingdom · 30+ years experience
Summary
Fractional Chief Technology Officer | Founder
About
Sasha is a 30-year veteran of software engineering and leadership. He's worked in tiny start-ups and tier-1 investment banks. He gets a huge kick out of helping organisations deliver worthwhile, intelligent and high-quality products by evaluating the friction points between short and long term strategies and building great teams, culture, capabilities and technology.
Recent work includes
* CTO at Planday
* Interim Engineering Director at Abcam, working to build 6 engineering teams and deliver the organisation's new modern, product lead digital platform.
* CTO at isoshealth, building a new product, isosconnect.com on a tight budget and very tight timelines.
* Technology Management Consultant at Viooh. Managed technical relationships and delivery for multiple consultancy teams at Viooh for LaFosse as the Technology Director.
* Interim CTO at Nell. Designed the Google Cloud-based architecture and security for a health decision engine and website at Nell as the interim CTO
* Interim CTO My Tutor. Moved software development to an in-house team on a modern tech stack. Grown the understanding of the processes and delivery complexities of development for the senior leadership team at My Tutor as the CTO
* Technology Management Consultant at DAZN. Creation and leadership of 5 full-stack dev teams & a Big Data team at DAZN.
* Technology Management Consultant at Elsevier. Got a great development team back to meeting their potential at Elsevier.
* Technology Management Consultant at Argos. Replaced monolithic payment systems with microservices at Argos.
* Engineering Manager at Amazon. Delivered 4K UHD Amazon Prime television on Roku devices at Amazon Instant Video with the UK & India based Roku teams.
Skills
Software Architecture, Cloud & Infrastructure, M&A / Due Diligence, Platform Modernisation, Engineering Leadership, Governance & Risk, Data & AI
Regions covered
Industry experience
Not-for-profit, Fintech, Professional Services, Retail, SaaS, Education, Healthcare
At a glance
Sasha brings hands-on experience across Software Architecture, Cloud & Infrastructure, M&A / Due Diligence, Platform Modernisation, Engineering Leadership, Governance & Risk and 1 other areas. Available for engagements across United Kingdom, Europe, India, Canada. Industry experience includes Not-for-profit, Fintech, Professional Services, Retail, SaaS and 2 more.
How fractional CTO engagements with Sasha work
Sasha works on a fractional basis — typically one to three days a week for an agreed engagement length — so you get senior technical leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Engagements commonly include technical due diligence, board reporting, engineering team leadership, technology strategy, architecture reviews, hiring support, and stepping in as interim CTO during a transition.