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FRACTIONAL CTO / AI PRODUCT STUDIO

Features are a commodity.
Operators are not.

CTO-level decisions at builder speed. Architecture, product, and an agent fleet, with one experienced operator accountable for what ships.

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Work directly with Brian Marvin. Bring the problem, not a pitch deck.

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Brian Marvin, founder and fractional CTO at Empowered.guru

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Repository snapshot updated Sep 2, 2026.

15+ years of technical leadership.
A builder in your corner, from first release to the next chapter.

MVPs Launched
50+
Client Funding Raised
$100M+
Successful Exits
3

Founder-reported experience and client outcomes. Meet the operator

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The work makes the case.

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Pimp My Avatar product interface with avatar upload and enhancement style controls

PimpMyAvatar.com

An idea with a face. A product people can use.

A creative AI product that brings image upload, style selection, and avatar generation into one approachable experience.

AI product engineering / Creative tools

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CoSA Foundation website featuring its performing arts community, events, and donation navigation

CoSA Foundation CRM

Less administration. More room for the arts.

A connected home for an arts foundation: donor relationships, event ticketing, enrollment, and the public website that brings its community together.

Product strategy / Business systems

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What needs to move forward?

Choose the challenge. See where we can help.

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Fractional CTO Services

Bring experienced technical judgment into the decisions that shape your product, your team, and your next stage of growth.

  • Technical strategy
  • Engineering team leadership
  • Vendor guidance
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AI does the heavy lifting.
Judgment sets the direction.

Inside the build process
  1. 01

    Find the real constraint.

    Start with your customer, your code, and the decision holding you back. Define a useful outcome before writing another line.

  2. 02

    Build a smaller, better answer.

    An agent fleet handles implementation. An experienced operator owns the architecture, the tradeoffs, and the review.

  3. 03

    Ship it. Then make it better.

    Test the actual customer journey, deploy, and learn. Your team keeps the repository, the documentation, and the ability to move forward.

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Bring the problem. Work with the operator.

You work directly with Brian Marvin. Architecture, product, and execution stay connected, from the first technical decision to the next release.

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Bring the code, the idea, or the decision you are stuck on. We will work through what to build, what to fix, and what comes next.

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Notes from the work.

Ideas on building products, working with agents, and making better technical decisions.

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A useful note, when there is something to share.

One email when we ship something worth reading. No cadence, no funnel.