Remote-first technical leadership for Graz and Styria. Add paid on-site work when the product crosses research, hardware, industrial systems, or a decision that needs the technical team in one room.
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Working with Wavect in Graz
The Styrian Business Development Agency describes Styria as Austria’s second-strongest startup region and highlights deep tech, academic spin-offs, industrial technology, production, hardware, energy, mobility, life sciences, and software. That is a useful description of the environment, not a claim that Wavect has worked with every part of it.
The CTO problem in this environment is often the boundary between technical possibility and production responsibility. A prototype can be impressive and still lack release ownership, security, observability, supplier control, or a credible path from one pilot to a maintainable product.
We enter at that boundary. We do not replace domain scientists or engineers. We own the technical decisions that cut across them and make the trade-offs explicit.
// LOCAL FIT
Two Graz situations where a fractional CTO earns the title
Deep technology needs technical leadership, but not every team needs that leader full-time yet.
A research or deep-tech prototype is becoming a product
The core technology is real. The open questions are production architecture, data and security boundaries, release ownership, hiring, and what must be proven before the next pilot or investment.
Hardware and software roadmaps keep breaking each other
Firmware, cloud, apps, suppliers, and physical constraints move on different clocks. We create one technical decision order and make somebody accountable for the interfaces.
// FIRST 30 DAYS
The first 30 days on a Graz deep-tech or software product
We start by separating research risk from engineering risk.
Draw the production boundary
Document what is proven, what is experimental, which components are supplied, and which failures would stop a pilot or customer rollout.
Choose the next technical evidence
Prioritize architecture, reliability, security, performance, and integration work against the next commercial milestone.
Put ownership on every interface
Assign decisions across internal engineers, research partners, suppliers, and vendors so integration risk stops belonging to everyone and therefore nobody.
// ROLE CHECK
Graz deep tech: CTO, CPO, or CTPO?
The Fractional CTO
owns the production and engineering side. The Fractional CPO Graz
owns customer evidence, prioritization, and the post-PMF roadmap. A Fractional CTPO
fits when technical feasibility and product sequencing cannot be separated.
// SOURCES
What we use for Graz and Styria context
We use these sources for local context. They do not imply a partnership, endorsement, office, or client relationship.
SFG StartupmarkOfficial Styrian ecosystem overview with its deep-tech, spin-off, software, industrial, hardware, energy, mobility, and life-science focus.
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Offer, pricing, and team
This city page explains local delivery and buyer context. The national Fractional CTO page owns the complete offer, engagement tiers, pricing, founder credentials, specialist network, and service proof.
For teams where the demo is not the same thing as production.
We can own the system-level architecture, interfaces, delivery risk, supplier decisions, and production plan. We do not pretend to replace specialist hardware or domain engineers. Where specialist depth is required, it stays with your experts or an explicitly scoped specialist.
Yes, as a paid add-on when a workshop, integration review, or supplier session benefits from the room. Routine technical leadership stays remote. Wavect does not claim a Graz office.
