For CEOs and owners of software-dependent businesses — the inherited stack, the agency-built product, the small dev team — who can't be everywhere at once.
If the answer isn't obvious, that gap is costing you — in slow decisions, quiet risk, and technology bets made alone.
Process
Thirty minutes, free — your goals, your current stack, and whether there's a fit. No pitch.
One to two weeks at a flat price. I assess your architecture, team, vendors, and risks, then hand you a written report and prioritized roadmap — useful whether or not we go further.
If the roadmap warrants it, I step into the CTO seat at one to two days a week, or deliver fixed-fee automation builds. A retainer comes only after something works.
Juniper & Co. worked with MoveCars.com to provide fractional technology leadership, transforming a 25-year-old web property from static HTML to a modern, instant-quote platform — Next.js on Vercel, Rails on Render.
“I've worked with Jarrod Carlson for nearly 20 years… If I were hiring a technical leader today, he'd be at the top of my list.”
“Jarrod is a rare combination of platform engineer, SRE, and full-stack engineer, but what really sets him apart is how he makes entire teams more effective.”
“He's the kind of engineer who doesn't just solve problems, he removes friction so teams can move faster and ship better software.”
I spent two decades building software, most recently running the cloud platform that 200+ engineers at Cox Automotive shipped on every day. I started Juniper & Co. to put that experience in your corner — senior technology leadership, without the full-time hire.
Straight answers about cost, cadence, and how a fractional CTO actually fits your business.
20+ years building software · Built and shipped software at three Fortune 500 companies · Denver-based, serving clients nationwide
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