Mike Nash · Founder · Available for new engagements
I build software fast
and lead teams well. Usually both at once.
Senior engineering leadership and rapid product delivery - without the agency markup or the six-week discovery phase. Based in the UK, working remotely, taking on new engagements now.
No bullshit. Just results.
-630% → +36%
TURNAROUND
Division profitability in 6 months
Dexus · NTT · Kalibrate · Lancom
ENGAGEMENTS
Plus NDA'd startups and government
Over a decade
ENGINEERING DEPTH
Full-stack to CTO
What I do
Fractional CTO
Senior technical leadership without the full-time overhead. I work with your team to set technical direction, make architecture decisions, hire and grow engineers, and build the systems that let you scale. You get a CTO who actually writes code and understands what your team is dealing with.
Recent engagement: Led an early-stage SaaS startup from zero to pre-seed - architecture, stack decisions, MVP build, engineering culture - as sole technical leader. Also rescued a stalled .NET migration at Lancom Technology - 6 months overdue, back to billable within a month.
Rapid Build
Hands-on development for when you need something built fast, built properly, and built by someone senior enough to make the right call under pressure. No handoffs, no ticket queues, no juniors learning on your dime.
Recent build: Architected a state-wide government debt management platform via NTT (Fortune 500) - sole delivery lead, designed the full system including custom Azure B2C auth and just-in-time user migration, deployed to production serving millions of citizens.
AI & Automation
Practical AI integration that solves real business problems - not demos, not experiments, not prompts wrapped in a UI. I design and build LLM-powered workflows, internal tools, and automation pipelines that actually get used.
I use the same AI tooling on my own work - I've built full delivery pipelines and development workflows using Claude, n8n, and custom agents. What I sell, I run myself.
Technical Audits & Due Diligence
An honest assessment of your technology - whether you're investing, acquiring, or just need someone to tell you the truth about your codebase.
I've run technical audits for clients including Dexus (ASX-listed, ~$50B+ in assets) - compliance-governed under GS007 financial assurance standards.
I'm Mike Nash - a software engineer and technical leader with over a decade building production systems across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise. I've worked across the stack, led engineering teams, and shipped products in regulated industries. I'm available for fractional CTO engagements, consultancy work, and project-based builds.
Businesses call me when they've got a technical problem nobody can agree on how to fix.
You need a senior engineer who can lead, not just execute
You're a founder or exec who needs technical reality-checking
You've got a stalled project, a technical debt problem, or a delivery crisis
You want someone who's worked with ASX-listed and Fortune 500 companies, and scrappy startups
You need code written, not just opinions given
You want the same person on the call and in the code
What I'm building right now
Optimal You
Most fitness apps silo your training from your recovery. Optimal You bridges them - using AI to connect your movement patterns, correctives, and somatic work into one adaptive system.
Learn more →Controlled betaAgent Control Room
Running AI agents without visibility is flying blind. ACR gives you a real-time view of every agent run - what happened, what was decided, and where things went wrong.
Learn more →Mike brings a level of architectural clarity and engineering discipline that instantly de-risks complex technical builds.
Mike led a squad of four through a complex inherited microservice architecture and made it look straightforward. He picks up new technologies fast, builds relationships across teams and customers without effort, and delivers with real professionalism.
Taking on new engagements now.
30 minutes. No pitch deck. Just an honest conversation about where you are and whether I can help.