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.
Companies I have worked with
100+
Engineers Led Across Teams
$4.4M
Venture Capital Raised
2 Exits
Successfully Acquired
$750M+
Largest Exit Value
Strategic Engineering Services
One person. Code, infrastructure, and team leadership. All in one place.
Technical Debt Choking Your Team?
Legacy code nobody wants to touch. Every change breaks something else. I get into the codebase, diagnose the rot, and fix it alongside your engineers.
Infrastructure You Cannot Trust?
Manual deploys. Fragile pipelines. Compliance audits that terrify your team. I build the CI/CD, automate the infrastructure, and make it audit-ready.
Team Blocked and Falling Behind?
Sometimes your team just needs another senior hand. I pick up the hardest tickets, unblock the pipeline, and ship alongside your engineers so they can focus on what they do best.
Real Results
What happens when you bring in someone who builds, not just advises.
Challenge
Quarterly releases. Federal compliance choking every deploy.
What I did
Rebuilt CI/CD pipelines. Transferred platform engineering skills to dev teams. Partnered with Security and Compliance.
550% faster delivery. Zero compliance violations.
550%
Faster Delivery
Challenge
250M requests/day at ceiling. Five teams across three continents.
What I did
Migrated from VMs to Kubernetes pre-v1.0. Standardized CI/CD globally. Expanded infrastructure into China.
Scaled to over 2B requests per day across all regions.
8x
Traffic Growth
Challenge
Infrastructure costs scaling linearly with traffic growth.
What I did
Architected migration to containerized infrastructure. Optimized resource allocation across global regions.
33% cost reduction year-over-year despite 8x traffic growth.
33%
Cost Reduction YoY
How an Engagement Works
No long-term contracts. No minimum commitments. Start with a conversation.
Discovery Call
30 minWe talk about where your engineering org is today, where it needs to be, and whether I am the right fit. No pitch decks. No pressure.
Quick Win
Week 1We pick one small, scoped problem and I solve it in a week. You get instant value. I learn your systems, your team, and your constraints. Low risk, real output.
Embedded Execution
OngoingIf the fit is right, I stay embedded with your team. Writing code, shipping features, mentoring engineers. You set the priorities. I execute.
Transition Out
When readyThe goal is to make myself unnecessary. I document everything, train your team leads, and hand off a system that runs without me.
Tony Chong
Principal & Fractional CTO
Meet the Person Behind
the Work
Developer, architect, ops lead, VP, CTO, co-founder. I have been on every side of the problem since 1997.
I scaled infrastructure to 2 billion daily requests at a $750M exit. Raised venture capital and built an engineering team from zero as a co-founder. Rebuilt deployment pipelines at a publicly traded FinTech. Engineered internal platforms at an Alphabet subsidiary.
I join your team the same way any new engineer would. I read the codebase, attend the standups, and earn trust through pull requests, not job titles.
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.
Book a consultation
Limited AvailabilitySchedule a free discovery call.
Based in Seattle, WA. Available for US & Remote.
You Hired Me. You Get Me.
Most consultancies sell you a senior and deliver a junior. Airwave is one person. The person who sold you the engagement is the same person writing your code, reviewing your architecture, and standing up in your retrospectives.
No Layers
There is no project manager relaying your questions. No junior engineer googling your answers. Every conversation, every line of code, every decision goes through the same person. Full accountability, zero dilution.
