Hire Tony Loehr
Fractional CTO. Expert engineer. Strategic force multiplier.
I help startups, technical teams, funds, and high-growth companies ship complex systems fast — securely, reliably, and with an eye toward scale and ROI.
What I Do
- Software Engineering: Backend APIs, distributed systems, reliability under load.
- DevSecOps / Platform: Secure CI/CD, IaC, Kubernetes, regulated & gov/defense environments.
- AI / ML Product Development: Edge AI, on-device inference, real-time pipelines, MLOps.
- Applied AI in Financial Markets: Quant research tooling, live data ingestion, trading telemetry across crypto & equities, model deployment at scale.
- Supply Chain / Industrial Data & Analytics: IoT telemetry fusion, predictive maintenance, parts traceability, cost & risk modeling across distributed vendors.
- Hardware / Firmware Integration: ESP32, embedded Linux, robotics, IoT power & battery systems.
Economics-trained: I bring an economics background to translate technical choices into financial impact — TCO, payback, unit economics, and strategic build-vs-buy calls.
Engagement Options
One-Day Intensive
$1,000 flat
Architecture review, debugging, strategic tech or cost audit.
Focused Sprint (Week)
$500/day (5-day block = $2,500)
Deliverable-oriented: POC, CI rebuild, performance or security hardening.
Longer Engagement (4+ Weeks)
$300/day (20-day block = $6,000)
Platform buildouts, AI data pipelines, supply chain analytics, complex integrations.
Not sure which to choose? Start with the One-Day Intensive. We’ll scope next steps together fast.
Why Teams Hire Me
- Full-stack range: code → cloud → data → hardware.
- Proven in defense, robotics, energy, finance, and high-compliance environments.
- Fluent in business + technical translation (econ background) — I help execs, eng, and ops align.
- I unblock teams fast, document clearly, and hand off clean.