One CTO. Everything You Need.
I'm Here to Make It All Work.
I help scale your code, grow your team, and ship your product. 25 years of doing this, and your success is still the only thing that matters to me.
100+
Engineers Led Across Teams
$4.4M
Venture Capital Raised
2 Exits
Successfully Acquired
$750M+
Largest Exit Value
Tony Chong
Principal & Fractional CTO
Meet the Person Behind
the Work
I have been writing production code since 1997. Architecture, debugging, deployment. I stay close to the work because that is where I am most useful.
As the former VP of Engineering at Vungle ($750M exit), Co-Founder & CTO of GawkBox (backed by Madrona), and a Mentor at 500co, I learned that technology exists to solve business problems, not create new ones.
You will not find a layer between us. I scale the code, strengthen the team, and set everyone up to win long after I leave.
Vungle
VP of Engineering
GawkBox
Co-Founder & CTO
500 Startups
Mentor
Strategic Engineering Services
One person. Code, infrastructure, and team leadership. All in one place.
Rapid Refactoring
I get into the codebase directly. I diagnose the problem, refactor it, and ship the fix alongside your team.
Velocity Infrastructure
I architect and build your cloud infrastructure directly. Audit-ready, secure, and automated. You work with the same person who designs and deploys your systems.
High-Speed Shipping
From whiteboard to production, I do the full build. Frontend, backend, infrastructure, deployment. One person. One metric: Time to Value.
What Sets Airwave Apart.
I do not just advise. I build. I write the code, provision the infrastructure, and ship the product. I am not here to pass tickets. I am here to accelerate your entire engineering organization.
The Advantage
Fewer layers. Faster decisions. Zero miscommunication. You work directly with the person architecting your systems and writing your code. Your success is my only metric.
Published Authority
Sharing insights on Cloud Architecture, DevSecOps, and Strategic Engineering.
Books
My published works on Amazon, covering technical leadership and personal growth.
Featured In
Leadership roles and exits across high-growth technology sectors.
Need a seasoned partner to help execute your hardest initiatives?
Stop fighting systemic engineering issues alone. Bring in a hands-on Fractional CTO who dives into the trenches alongside your team to get things shipped.
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