Timothy Hitchens MAICD
Founder at Become CTO
Based in Australia · 25+ years experience
Summary
Helping CTOs Become The Leader Their Business Stage Needs | 6x CTO | 7 Years Leading AWS Teams Across 10+ Countries | Building Intent, Momentum, Ownership
About
After being CTO six times and leading technology teams at AWS across Asia Pacific and Japan, I know how hard technology leadership is. You're expected to deliver while often lacking the team structure, practices, and support needed to succeed.
When delivery slips and confidence erodes, organisations typically replace the CTO. But new leadership inherits the same underlying issues: team capability gaps, poor practices, technical debt, and broken trust. The cycle repeats.
I founded Become CTO because technology dysfunction isn't solved by swapping people. It's solved by building capability in the teams you have.
I work alongside technology leaders and their teams to fix what's actually broken. We assess the full picture, coach in real time, and build sustainable capability. Sometimes leaders step up with the right support. Sometimes a transition makes sense. Either way, we create clarity.
Become CTO's frameworks help technology leaders move from Order Takers to Impact Makers. These principles shape how we build high performing technology functions through our embedded leadership approach.
I'm also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and serve on a not for profit board.
Skills
Software Architecture, M&A / Due Diligence, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Governance & Risk
Regions covered
Industry experience
Not-for-profit, Fintech, Manufacturing, Retail, SaaS, Education, Healthcare
At a glance
Timothy brings hands-on experience across Software Architecture, M&A / Due Diligence, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Governance & Risk. Available for engagements across Singapore, New Zealand, Asia-Pacific, Australia. Industry experience includes Not-for-profit, Fintech, Manufacturing, Retail, SaaS and 2 more.
How fractional CTO engagements with Timothy work
Timothy 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.