Your Ideas, Accelerated

A strategic partner for executive leaders ready to turn vision into momentum.

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Who I Partner With

CEOsCOOsCPOsEngineering LeadersFoundersSolopreneursVCs & Investors

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How I Help

Strategic and hands-on support to help you build and grow your business.

Business Growth Advising

Strategic support for founders, executives, and solopreneurs looking to grow. I help you prioritize what matters, clarify your direction, navigate fundraising or bootstrapping, and build for sustainable growth.

AI Strategy & Implementation

Whether you're a business looking to modernize operations or an individual looking to work smarter, I help you identify where AI fits, choose the right tools, and implement them effectively.

Agentic Software Development

Full-stack software development using AI-accelerated workflows. From MVP to production-ready systems, I build high-quality web and mobile applications faster and with less overhead.

Fractional CTO

Hands-on technical leadership for early-stage companies. I help you build your first product, establish engineering processes, and scale your team—without the full-time executive cost.

Technical Assessment & Due Diligence

Comprehensive evaluation of technology organizations and investment targets. I assess team capability, architecture, processes, and scalability—then deliver actionable recommendations to leadership or investors.

Product & Technology Hiring

Find the right people for your product and engineering teams. From CTOs and CPOs to developers and product owners, I help you hire the right roles — onshore and offshore — with a focus on culture fit and long-term success.

What Clients Say

For the past five years, Alan has been an integral part of our leadership team as a fractional CTO. He has helped shape and develop our engineering and product leaders, all while deeply understanding the nuances of our business. It feels like having an experienced mentor embedded within our team. Alan is dependable, highly responsive, and consistently goes above and beyond.

Anthony Serina

CEO, Revivn

Having Alan as a part of our team as a CTO advisor through the years has felt like having a co-founder by my side I can trust. He has come in and out of the organization as we needed him, never missing a beat and jumping in to support team, tech and strategy. Benefitbay wouldn't be where we are without his expertise at our table.

Brandy Thompson

CEO, Benefitbay

For an early-stage business, it's hard to find someone with the sophistication to help and the willingness to get into the weeds. Alan is both. He rebuilt our infrastructure from the ground up and put guardrails in place so we can ship fast without breaking things. More importantly, he taught me, a non-technical founder, how to contribute to product building myself. If you're a non-technical founder who wants to truly own your product, Alan will change how you operate.

Tessa Peerless

CEO, Dawn Energy

Alan is an incredible advisor who challenges me to think bigger, dial in the specifics and remember that everything is an experiment. He brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to bear while staying curious and connecting on a wonderfully human level, and his guidance has helped me take strategic leaps with a new level of confidence.

Lois Weinblatt

Vision Coach & Founder, True North Visionaries

My Approach

Every engagement is built on three principles.

Business Strategy

Get clarity on your broader business strategy. I help you align leadership, define priorities, and build a roadmap that connects vision to action.

AI-First Execution

Leverage the latest in AI to drive efficiency, reduce overhead, and move faster across development, operations, and decision-making.

Hands-On Partnership

I'm not a consultant who delivers slide decks. I work alongside your team and stay accountable for outcomes.

I've been where you are

I'm Alan Leard—co-founder, CTO, and business advisor. I've built and sold software companies, taking products from initial idea through successful acquisition. I've been on the buying side of acquisitions too, and I conduct technical due diligence for venture capital investors.

I've built 0-to-1 products and their teams multiple times over, and I've advised over a dozen companies in doing the same. Today, I help businesses integrate AI into their operations and products—turning emerging technology into real competitive advantage.

My approach is hands-on. I don't just advise—I roll up my sleeves and execute alongside your team. I'm constantly experimenting with emerging tools and frameworks, building real products with them, and separating what actually works from what's just hype. Whether you need help shipping your first product, bringing AI into your business, or making a critical technology decision, I bring the experience of someone who's still in the trenches every day.

20+

Years Experience

100+

Team Members Led

Series C

Fundraising Experience

Daily Evolution LLC

Product Portfolio

Software products I am currently building and maintaining with 100% agentic development—for business management, community support, and a little bit of fun.