Fixer
Are you facing a challenge? A new product to kickstart, a unique customer that you need to win, or maybe you are behind on the data/AI train. Or perhaps it’s something less obvious, like a tricky board issue, co-founder concerns, a difficult situation with an executive, a tough decision that needs to be made, or just a feeling that something isn’t quite right.
No matter what the challenge is, sometimes you just don’t have the right person on your team to help out. You need someone in your corner, someone who can step in and take care of things for you.
Bringing in a new executive takes time. They’ll spend months onboarding, want to hire their own team, and might be more focused on their own career than on solving your urgent problem.
So, who can you turn to? That’s where I come in: as your fixer.
What this looks like in practice
Most requests fall into one of these shapes. If yours does not, ask anyway.
- Interim or turnaround leadership. Stepping in as interim CEO, COO or product lead for a company or business unit that has lost its way: resetting the plan, the team and the numbers, and handing over to a permanent leader. At Backbase I led the company through two pivots on the way from 40 to 1,000 people, so I have done this from the inside.
- AI transformation of a firm or a product. Taking an organisation from “we should do something with AI” to shipped, used, measured. In 2026 I ran a 30-day sprint that moved an entire venture firm, all 30 people, into building with AI: 52 internal apps and several production agents later, the firm works differently. I now do the same for companies, boards and partnerships that need the turnaround, not the keynote.
- Fractional CTO or CPO. A technical and product counterpart for a CEO, a board or an investor, for a defined period: due diligence on a team or a codebase, a roadmap and architecture reset, hiring the permanent leader.
- Kickstarting a product or winning a customer. Getting a new product from idea to first paying customers, or landing the one enterprise account that changes the company’s trajectory. Enterprise sales and go-to-market are where I spent most of my Backbase years.
- Board, co-founder and executive situations. The conversations nobody on the team can have: a co-founder who needs to move on, an executive who is not working out, a board that is stuck.
What do I do?
I’ll listen to your problem (under NDA), and if I believe I can help, we’ll talk about compensation. I’ll step in, solve the issue, and then you can move forward with peace of mind. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll recommend someone who is. No consulting jargon, no lengthy commitments, and no publicity: just support when you need it most.
My day job is Partner and CTO at RTP Global, so I take on a small number of these a year, and only where I believe I can make the difference.