Ship faster. Ship safer. Ship now.

Fractional CPO/CTO services powered by The Collective platform. From idea to production — without the 6-month hiring cycle.

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Build

Idea → MVP → Production

  • Validate your idea with structured discovery
  • Prototype in days, not months
  • Production-ready architecture from day one
  • Enterprise-grade code, not demo-ware
  • Full stack: Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL
$15-75K / project
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Accelerate

Existing product → Ship 3-5x faster

  • Fractional CPO/CTO leadership
  • Clear the backlog, fix the architecture
  • The Collective platform for safe velocity
  • Weekly delivery cadence
  • Knowledge stays in your codebase
$12.5-30K / month
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Transform

Team → AI-augmented organization

  • AI transition strategy for engineering teams
  • Executive coaching for technical leaders
  • Governed autonomy framework implementation
  • Nobody gets fired — people get elevated
  • 6-month transformation program
Custom / engagement
How it works

From conversation to shipping in weeks.

No lengthy discovery phases. No endless scoping. We talk, we start, we ship.

1

Talk

30-min call to understand your challenge

2

Scope

Clear deliverables, timeline, investment

3

Build

Weekly delivery using The Collective

4

Ship

Production code, knowledge transfer

The difference

Why this isn't consulting.

✓ Knowledge stays

Everything lives in your codebase, your repo, your docs. No handoff meetings, no knowledge loss when the engagement ends.

✓ Production from day one

Not prototypes you'll rebuild. Not slide decks. Real, deployable, enterprise-grade code with tests, CI/CD, and documentation.

✓ AI-augmented speed

Every engagement runs on The Collective platform — the same governance infrastructure available to enterprise teams, included in your engagement. Safety hooks prevent catastrophic mistakes. Persistent context means nothing gets lost between sessions. 3-5x velocity without cutting corners.

✓ Senior-level judgment

25+ years building products at Microsoft, Nordstrom, Virtuoso. You get architecture decisions, not just code output.

Current clients

Production software, not experiments.

HelpMeRad AI

Radiology report automation • 4 months, 3 phases

TrueTime Health

Medicare eligibility platform • 3 months, 2 milestones

HealCircle

Wellness provider marketplace • Beta launch prep

Who you're working with

Not an agency. Not offshore. Me.

Travis McElfresh
Travis McElfresh
Fractional CPO/CTO • Builder of The Collective
SVP Engineering at Nordstrom (800+ engineers, $300M budget). SVP Product & Technology at Virtuoso (5 years, $28B network). Co-founder of Mindbloom (acquired by Welltok, later acquired by Virgin Pulse). 3 US patents in digital health.
25+ years shipping
800+ engineers led
3 US patents

Let's talk about your project.

30-minute call. No sales pitch. Just an honest conversation about what you need.

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