A senior consulting practice for founders and executives who need an experienced hand on engineering, architecture, and AI — without hiring a full-time CTO.
Each engagement is tailored, but most fall into one of three areas. Pick the one that sounds most like your problem — or call us if it sounds like all three.
Production-grade web and platform engineering — from greenfield builds to legacy systems your team has stopped touching.
Practical LLM and agent integrations that remove real work from real teams — not demos, not dashboards.
Engineering leadership for startups and growth-stage teams between full-time CTOs.
John has spent thirty years building, running, and rescuing software teams — from junior engineer at Sungard in 1995 to CTO, Senior Director, and Vice President roles at startups and global firms across energy trading, financial services, video streaming, and conversational AI.
He founded Abraxis Networks in 2002 and has run client engagements through it ever since — often alongside the full-time leadership roles. Today his focus is two-fold: helping companies put AI to work on the operational problems that actually move the business, and standing in as a fractional CTO when they need senior technical leadership without yet needing it full-time.
“Hire experience for the decisions you can’t take back. Everything else can be learned.”
Engagements span the full stack of modern cloud — design, migration, and ongoing optimization.
If you have a problem worth a serious second opinion, get in touch. Most engagements start with a single call.