Consulting for European mid-market CTOs
Architecture reviews, platform implementations, sovereignty migrations, and workshops. What we deliver has code, ADRs, and an architecture diagram that still matches the implementation eighteen months in — not a PowerPoint roadmap that's three quarters behind.
iSAQB iSAQB-certified software architecture practice — AGILA module (Agile Software Architecture, Software Architecture Camp Advanced).
What we do
Architecture review
Structured walk-through of your system. Output: an ADR stack with prioritised risks (scalability, security, maintainability), a concrete roadmap, a heat-map. No 80-page PDFs.
DevOps maturity assessment
Full assessment of CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, and security against a versioned maturity model (0–5 per dimension). Detailed report plus prioritised action items for the next two quarters.
Platform implementation
We build with your team. Not just the plan — the code: Kubernetes clusters, identity stack, CI pipeline, observability. We hand over a platform you can keep operating yourself.
Sovereignty migration
A path out of AWS / Azure / GCP — without sliding into the next lock-in. We build an honest transition plan with data flows, compliance checklist, and migration sprint plan.
Security & compliance audit
GDPR, ISO 27001, BSI C5 in the pipeline rather than the spreadsheet. OWASP Top 10 sweep, secret hygiene, OIDC hardening, audit-trail strategy. Concrete findings, concrete patches.
Self-contained systems & microservices
Boundary strategies, deployment topologies, inter-service auth. When SCS, when microservice, when a monolith is the better choice. With a concrete refactoring plan against your codebase.
When this makes sense
When a platform migration is ahead of you, when you're building a new architecture on a green field, when you have to ride out a scaling step. When your cloud bill has gotten more important than your feature backlog. When you have GDPR / ISO / BSI obligations to meet without dismantling your engineering velocity.
What we don't do: generic innovation workshops, slide-deck strategy without implementation, Six Sigma coaching, fixed-price software development without an architecture mandate.
How it starts
A 30-minute first conversation, free of charge. If the topic fits, you get a concrete engagement proposal with scope, deliverables, and price. If it doesn't, we'll say so — and point you to a partner better suited to the actual problem.
Professional liability via Exali AG
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