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Ehtesham · Fractional CTO & infrastructure advisor

Senior technology leadership, a few days a week.

I help fintechs and scale-ups run reliable platforms and build strong engineering teams. That covers infrastructure, operations and offshore teams, without the cost of a full-time executive. I bring 12 years leading infrastructure and operations teams of up to 180 people across Dublin and Lahore.

Taking new clientsFrom December 2026
Based inLahore · UTC+5
Works withEurope · US · Gulf
Services

Four ways I can help, each with a clear scope.

01 · Retainer

Fractional CTO / CIO

Part-time technology leadership for companies that need an experienced head without a full-time hire. I set strategy, own vendor decisions, hire and coach leads, and represent technology to the board.

1–2 days a week · monthly retainer
02 · Build

Offshore team build in Pakistan

I recruit, set up and run an engineering or operations team in Lahore for your company, with your culture and standards. You can take it over once it's running smoothly.

Build · operate · hand over
03 · Fixed price

Cloud cost & reliability review

A focused review of your cloud bill, architecture and incident readiness. You get a prioritised plan that cuts spend and reduces outages, and your team can carry it out.

2–4 weeks · fixed fee
04 · Advisory

Payments & fintech operations

Practical help for card programmes, issuers and payment startups. I cover processor selection, operations and support models, technical account management, and readiness for PCI audits.

Project or ongoing
Experience

I've built and run these teams myself.

2026

Head of Technical Account Management · i2c Inc.

Led product operations for a global card-issuing and payments platform, then reshaped it into a technical account management function. The organisation was about 180 people, mostly software engineers.

2017 – 2026

SVP, Enterprise Infrastructure · Afiniti, Dublin

Built the enterprise infrastructure team from scratch to about 100 people. I ran the platform behind an AI company with enterprise clients worldwide, and led the team through growth and a restructuring.

2014 – 2017

CIO & VP Infrastructure · Systems Limited

Led IT and infrastructure, managing engineering teams at one of Pakistan's largest technology services companies.

How it works

My working hours overlap with yours.

Your officeYour morningLahore timeOverlap
Dublin / London09:0014:00Full working day
Dubai / Riyadh09:0010:00Full working day
New York09:0019:00Your morning

Times shown in winter. Meetings with US teams usually run in your morning.

Step 1

Intro call

30 minutes to understand where you are and what's in the way. There's no charge.

Step 2

Scoped proposal

You get a written scope, timeline and fee within a few days. There are no open-ended hourly bills.

Step 3

Start working

I join your tools and meetings and report progress every week.

Contact

Tell me what you're working on.

Send a short note about your company and the problem. I reply within one working day.

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