FRACTIONAL CTO · Tirol

Fractional CTO Tirol

Remote-first · on-site as surchargeable add-on

Wavect GmbH is registered in Ampass, Tirol. Delivery is remote first across the region; paid on-site sessions are available when a technical decision genuinely benefits from the room.

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AwardedTop 100 Young Companies in Austria. #36 in 2024, #58 in 2023 (GEWINN magazine).
Shipped75+ products, 5+ years, across 17 countries.
LanguagesDeutsch, English.
ReviewsGoogle 4.7 stars. Trustpilot 4.5 stars.
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What does a fractional CTO actually do?

A fractional CTO leads engineering for a company that does not yet need (or cannot yet afford) a full-time chief technology officer. The work is the same as a full-time CTO: roadmap, hiring, vendor management, architecture decisions, production accountability, board updates. The shape is different. One to two days per week, on a retainer that cancels weekly, with a clear handover when the full-time CTO is in the chair. At Wavect, two founders are on every engagement and a 15+ specialist bench plugs in under the same SoW when the work outgrows two people.
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Working with Wavect in Tirol

Tirol is the regional page, not a duplicate of Innsbruck. Wavect GmbH is registered in Ampass, and Kevin is based in Innsbruck. We can plan on-site work across the region, but the engagement still runs remote first because technical leadership should not depend on commuting.

Startup.Tirol supports research- and technology-driven companies through market-entry and scaling programs. Cluster IT Tirol describes a network spanning software, smart production, energy, mobility, health, and tourism applications. We use that breadth as context, not as permission to claim every Tyrolean company as our niche.

A fractional CTO fits when a digital product has engineers or suppliers but no senior person accountable for architecture, delivery, and technical risk. If you only need developers, hire developers. If nobody can make the technical call, that is the CTO gap.

// LOCAL FIT

Where the CTO gap shows up across Tirol

The company type matters less than the missing decision authority.

An established business is becoming a software owner

A family business or operating company commissions a portal, platform, connected product, or internal system. Suppliers can build it, but your company still needs someone to own architecture, security, handover, and the long-term cost.

A technology startup has builders but no technical executive

The team can ship. What is missing is the person who sequences platform work, challenges vendor claims, runs hiring, and explains technical risk to founders or the board.
// FIRST 30 DAYS

The first 30 days across a regional team

We start with ownership, not a stack recommendation.

  1. Name the real owners
    Map founders, internal teams, suppliers, funding commitments, and every system that currently falls between organisations.
  2. Build one technical risk order
    Rank security, reliability, architecture, staffing, and vendor risks against business impact instead of treating everything as urgent.
  3. Set the operating contract
    Agree decision rights, weekly reviews, escalation paths, and what a clean handover to a future full-time CTO must contain.
// ROLE CHECK

Technical owner or product owner?

The Fractional CTO owns engineering. The Fractional CPO Tirol owns a post-PMF roadmap and discovery cadence. If your product and engineering calls cannot be separated without creating a weekly standoff, use the Fractional CTPO .
// SOURCES

What we use for Tirol context

We use these sources for local context. They do not imply a partnership, endorsement, office, or client relationship.

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Engagement tiers and transparent pricing

Four ways to start. Each one has a clear scope and a clear cancellation policy. No hours tracked, no surprise invoices.

CTO-on-Call

Async architecture review, hiring panels, tech decisions on demand.

4 to 8 hours per month

FROM €2,500/ month
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Embedded Fractional CTO

Lead the engineering org. Roadmap, hiring, vendor management, production accountability.

1 to 2 days per week

FROM €12,000/ month
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Tech Due Diligence

Fixed-price diligence for fundraising or M&A. Architecture, code, team assessment, investor-ready report.

1 to 3 weeks, fixed

FROM €8,000fixed
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Discovery + Roadmap

Two to three week deep-dive into a single product or transformation. Architecture, milestone plan, fixed-price build offer.

2 to 3 weeks, fixed

FROM €3,500fixed
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Fixed-price engagements are signed SoW (Werkvertrag). Wavect is legally bound on scope and deliverables. Retainers cancel weekly with no notice.

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How the network model works

Three things that make this different from hiring one consultant with one calendar.

You hire two founders, not one consultant.

Kevin and Christof are on every engagement. One is your product and CTO interface, the other is the senior engineer in the room. No account-manager handoff, no junior on the call after week three.

The bench scales when the work does.

15+ specialists we have shipped production work with. Security, zero-knowledge, mobile, ML, IoT. They plug in under the Wavect SoW. One contract, one invoice. We stay accountable for the outcome.

You stay in control of the contract.

Werkvertrag for fixed-price builds (signed scope, legally bound). Retainer for ongoing work (cancel any week). No hour tracking. No scope-creep invoices. The price you sign is the price you pay.

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Who is in the room

Two managing directors. Both technical. Both on every engagement.

Kevin Riedl, Managing Director, Operations and Product

Kevin Riedl

Managing Director, Operations and Product

  • Engineer since 13: TypeScript, C#, Rust, still in the pull requests.
  • Founder-led podcast, 96 episodes with 9-figure founders.
  • 75+ products shipped across 17 countries.
Profile
Christof Jori, Managing Director, Software

Christof Jori

Managing Director, Software

  • Enterprise architecture, AI, and system reliability.
  • Test-driven development, QA as a business enabler.
  • 10 years cross-domain engineering.
Profile
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Looking for a different city?

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Proof, not promises

These are selected projects, not our full portfolio. We have shipped 75+ products since 2018.

What clients say

LinkedIn

If you're thinking about digitization of your company, tokenization, coding... you name it, I'd strongly recommend to get in touch with Kevin. His knowledge in the field is unparalleled and working with him a sheer pleasure as he is a super nice guy, strategic thinker and proactively hard worker. Thanks for your brilliant work Kev!

Jörg Mayr CEO, alpha strategies
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LinkedIn

I got to know Kevin around 1 year ago and have been working together with him since then. His vast knowledge in tech and programming combined with his business acumen makes him the go-to person for me in regards to any tech-related topics. Regardless if it is a project in the field of blockchain, IoT, or any other software development domain, I can recommend reaching out to Kevin to benefit from his tech know-how and a business relationship based on trust and customer centricity.

Simon Nopp B2B Product & Business Model Innovation
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Trustpilot

Excellent work. The collaboration was very pleasant and you always had the feeling of being in good and capable hands.

Erhard Dinhobl

Independently rated 5.0/5 on Clutch Read the reviews

Fractional CTO Tirol: regional questions

What local coverage does and does not mean.

The Tirol engagement covers the region and companies outside Innsbruck. The Innsbruck page is specific to Kevin’s local base and city-level on-site work. Scope, published pricing, and the two-founder delivery model are the same; the operating context is not.
Yes. A fractional CTO does not need to replace the builders. We can own architecture decisions, delivery risk, vendor management, and handover while your existing team keeps shipping. If the missing owner is the roadmap rather than engineering, see the Fractional CPO Tirol .

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