Fractional CTO · Remote-first
Innovation & Tradition

I help startups
ship faster,
build smarter.

A tech decision left pending costs more than the decision itself. I step in a few days a month to diagnose the situation, make the call with you, and structure what comes next.

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L'approche

Pas de slide deck.
Decisions.

Les fondaters reach out when a technical decision bloque tout le reste — choosing a stack, deciding between refactor and patch, hiring the right person, get a team moving again.

My role: diagnose the situation, make the call with you, structure what comes next. I don't produce 40-page reports. I unblock what's blocked.

"The real cost of a bad tech decision isn't what it takes to fix it. It's everything you couldn't build while you were hesitating."

Who it's for

Do any of these
sound familiar?

01

Startup without a CTO

You move fast but tech decisions pile up with no one to arbitrate. You need an expert without the cost of un CDI.

02

Fondateur non-technique

You understand your business perfectly — but not always your tech vendors. You want somprendre sans depend.

03

Équipe qui tourne en rond

Your CTO is overwhelmed or the team needs an outside perspective to decide on architecture, hiring, priorities.

Terms

Comment
j'interviens

Trois formats selon ce dont vous avez besoin — from one-off decisions to ongoing co-pilotingge regular.

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Audit strategic

Clarifier la situation, identifier les vrais blocages, repartir avec des priorities claires et une feuille de route actionnables. Format ponctuel, livrable concret.

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Support regular

Un ou deux jours par semaine pour co-pilot decisions over time. Recrutements, architecture, choitools, decisions with the team.

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Intervention targeted

A tech hire to validate, a vendor to assess, an architecture decision to settle. One day, one topic, one outcome.

François Fournier
PhD MSc BSc (hons) CMgr MCMI DUT CC CL
Background

Researcher, developer,
manager.

I've built software, led teams, created products from scratch. PhD in Computer Science, management-certified (CMgr MCMI), I also teach at university (MMI — Digital Media & Internet).

I've worked across corporate environments and independent projects alike. Ce qui me permet de parler tech and business in the same sentence — sans perdre l'un pour l'autre.

My roots in the social and solidarity economy taught me to do more with less, and to value decisions that hold over time rather than those that impress in the moment.

From AI to woodworking planes, from software architecture to traditional craft — I believe in a life of independence and reasoned co-dependence. Technology should empower, not entangle.

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Side Projects

I build
constantly.

Alongside my main work, I keep building. These projects are not trivial: they prove that I understand what it means to build something from nothing.

Makerspace

MayetLab

Open rural fablab — makers, repair, local craft knowledge.
Video

Debrouille.co

The art of getting by — to fend, to manage, to unravel out. Celebrating self-reliance.
Science outreach

Citoyen.science

Explaining everyday science in plain language.
Revival

Simitless

No-code platform for custom information systems. V2 in progress.
Trusted by
Recent clients
Music Brain Training Co
EdTech / Musique
Grantwiser
FinTech
Zypzap
Tech
UCA
University
NJNOOS Energies
Energy
Simitless
SaaS · V2 in progress
Past experience
IHS
Industrial Data
ODS-Petrodata
Energy & Data
RGU
University
Contact

A tech decision
stuck in limbo?

Describe your situation in a few lines. I'll get back vers vous rapideme to see if I can help.

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