Restore Execution. Strengthen Leadership. Enable Growth.
FRACTIONAL CTO · INTERIM CTO · EXECUTIVE ADVISORY
Technology Leadership That Restores Execution and Enables Growth
Your business can have talented engineers, capable managers, and significant technology investment—and still struggle to deliver.
I'm Ben Cole, a fractional helping CEOs and executive teams restore execution, navigate change, and scale their technology organizations.
I establish direction, strengthen accountability, and align technology decisions with business priorities.
My focus is executive leadership and organizational effectiveness, not hands-on engineering.
Where I Help
Delivery Isn't Reliable
- Commitments slip, quality is inconsistent, and releases create unexpected problems.
- I establish the leadership, operating discipline, and accountability needed for predictable execution.
Leadership Lacks Visibility
- Priorities shift, project status is unreliable, and problems surface too late.
- I establish clear ownership, decision-making, and a dependable view of commitments, progress, and risks.
Teams Aren't Operating Effectively
- Responsibilities overlap, decisions stall, and capable people struggle to deliver together.
- I strengthen leadership, clarify accountability, and establish operating models that enable execution.
Technology Investment Isn't Delivering Results
- Costs increase, roadmaps drift, and technology decisions become disconnected from business priorities.
- I align technology strategy, budgets, vendors, and investment decisions with business outcomes.
Growth Is Outpacing the Organization
- New products, acquisitions, or expansion create organizational complexity.
- I help build the leadership structures, shared capabilities, and operating models needed to scale.
Experience That Delivers Results
I've spent more than 20 years building, scaling, and transforming technology organizations across gaming, entertainment, SaaS, and enterprise technology.
My executive leadership experience includes The Pokémon Company International, Prytania Media, Expedia, and Lexipol.
95 People
Largest technology organization led.
$25M
Technology budget responsibility.
320M+ Users
Scale of platforms supported.
4 Game Studios
Supported by a 35-person shared technology organization I built and led.
Selected Results
- Reduced cloud spending by 22% at Lexipol.
- Reduced incident recovery time from four hours to 35 minutes at Expedia.
- Built and scaled DevOps and shared-services organizations supporting multiple products and development teams.
- Led technology organizational transformations spanning leadership, delivery, infrastructure, security, and operations.
How I work
Fractional CTO
Ongoing executive technology leadership for businesses that need strategic direction, organizational accountability, and execution oversight without hiring a full-time CTO.
Interim CTO
Temporary executive leadership during transitions, organizational change, or while recruiting permanent leadership.
Technology Organization Transformation
Targeted engagements to assess organizational challenges, establish priorities, improve execution, and strengthen existing technology leadership.
I can lead your technology organization or work alongside your existing CTO and executive team.
Engagements are tailored to the business challenges, outcomes, and leadership responsibilities involved.
Let's Talk
Technology Should Be Advancing Your Business, Not Holding It Back.
If your technology organization isn't delivering what the business needs, let's discuss what's happening and what needs to change.
I'll help determine whether fractional leadership, interim leadership, or a targeted engagement makes sense.
Ben Cole
Founder & Fractional Technology Executive
Studio Foundations
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