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title: "What Does a Fractional CTO Do?"
description: "A fractional CTO gives a company senior technology ownership without requiring a full-time executive hire. The role can cover technology strategy, architecture, engineering and vendor decisions, technical risk, hiring support, and translating business priorities into an executable roadmap."
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# What does a fractional CTO do?
A fractional CTO gives a company senior technology ownership without requiring a full-time executive hire. The role can cover technology strategy, architecture, engineering and vendor decisions, technical risk, hiring support, and translating business priorities into an executable roadmap.
## What this means in practice
- Own technology decisions and make tradeoffs explicit.
- Turn business priorities into sequenced technical milestones.
- Review architecture, security, reliability, vendors, and engineering practices.
- Support hiring, team structure, and executive communication.
## How Lid Vizion approaches it
We start with the business decision and operating context, define ownership and measurable milestones, then use configuration, integrations, automation, or custom software only where each earns its place.
## More on Fractional CTO & technology leadership
- [When should a company hire a fractional CTO?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/when-should-a-company-hire-a-fractional-cto/)
- [How is a fractional CTO engagement usually priced?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/how-is-a-fractional-cto-engagement-priced/)
- [What is the difference between a fractional CTO and a technology consultant?](https://lidvizion.ai/answers/fractional-cto-vs-technology-consultant/)
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