Ship faster. Ship safer. Ship now.

Fractional CPO/CTO services powered by The Collective platform. From idea to production — without the 6-month hiring cycle.

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Build

Idea → MVP → Production

  • Validate your idea with ProductLove.ai
  • Prototype in days, not months
  • Production-ready architecture from day one
  • Enterprise-grade code, not demo-ware
  • Full stack: Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL
$15-75K / project
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Transform

Team → AI-augmented organization

  • AI transition strategy for engineering teams
  • Executive coaching for technical leaders
  • Governed autonomy framework implementation
  • Nobody gets fired — people get elevated
  • 6-month transformation program
Custom / engagement

From conversation to shipping in weeks.

No lengthy discovery phases. No endless scoping. We talk, we start, we ship.

1

Talk

30-min call to understand your challenge

2

Scope

Clear deliverables, timeline, investment

3

Build

Weekly delivery using The Collective

4

Ship

Production code, knowledge transfer

Why this isn't consulting.

Knowledge stays

Everything lives in your codebase, your repo, your docs. No handoff meetings, no knowledge loss when the engagement ends.

Production from day one

Not prototypes you'll rebuild. Not slide decks. Real, deployable, enterprise-grade code with tests, CI/CD, and documentation.

AI-augmented speed

The Collective platform makes AI coding safe, coherent, and resumable — enabling 3-5x velocity without cutting corners. Safety hooks prevent catastrophic mistakes. Persistent context means nothing gets lost between sessions.

Senior-level judgment

25+ years building products at Microsoft, Nordstrom, Virtuoso. You get architecture decisions, not just code output.

Production software, not experiments.

HelpMeRad AI

Radiology report automation • 4 months, 3 phases

TrueTime Health

Medicare eligibility platform • 3 months, 2 milestones

HealCircle

Wellness provider marketplace • Beta launch prep

GTFO

Simulation platform • Active development

This is unreal. I haven't seen anything like this where you've got distinct personalities, separate memories, separate roles and responsibilities, but all working together.

Paul Kearney
CTO

We have way too many ideas than we have people. They're completely overwhelmed. Something like this would be a really cool way to look at it.

Charlie Tillinghast
CEO, Factal

Not an agency. Not offshore. Me.

Travis McElfresh
Travis McElfresh
Fractional CPO/CTO • Builder of The Collective
SVP Engineering at Nordstrom (800+ engineers, $300M budget). SVP Product & Technology at Virtuoso (5 years, $28B network). Co-founder of Mindbloom (acquired by Welltok, later acquired by Virgin Pulse). 3 US patents in digital health.
25+ years shipping
800+ engineers led
3 US patents

Let's talk about your project.

30-minute call. No sales pitch. Just an honest conversation about what you need.