How it works
Only pay for what you need, when you need it.
Senior technology leadership that flexes with your business. One lead, one contract, and a bench of specialists you dial up for a build and down when things are steady.
01 The short answer
How does the fractional model work?
You get a named senior lead who knows your business, with a bench of specialists behind them, all under one contract. Each month you agree with your lead how the senior time is used. Dial it up for a build, a launch or a crisis, and back down when things are steady. You only pay for what you use.
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One lead. A named senior person who knows your business.
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One contract. Your lead and every specialist they bring in.
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Flexible capacity. Planned monthly, changed as priorities change.
02 Three steps
Simple to start. Easy to flex.
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Talk to us
A straight conversation about where you are, where you want to get to and whether we are the right fit. If we are not, we will say so.
You getAn honest view of whether, and how, we can help.
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Get a clear plan
A focused review of your technology, team, data, suppliers and roadmap. We look at what is working, what is at risk and what matters most, and it ends with priorities we have agreed together.
You getAgreed priorities and a plan for the senior time.
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Flex every month
Your lead plans each month’s senior time with you. Dial up for a build, a launch or a crisis. Dial down when things are steady. The mix of disciplines follows your priorities.
You getSenior capacity matched to what matters now.
03 Flexible capacity
Dial up. Dial down. Change the mix.
Senior capacity should follow your priorities, not a fixed headcount. Pick the situation closest to yours and watch the plan reshape itself.
How it flexes
- Dial up for a build, a launch or a crisis.
- Dial down to a few days of leadership when things are steady.
- Change the mix as priorities move, under one contract.
- Peak month
- 19 senior days
- Month 4
- Disciplines involved
- 6
- One lead, one contract
- Steady state
- 5 days a month
- From month 7
- 12-month total
- 105 senior days
- One hire: 260 paid days
The shape Two months to find out why the pilot stalled. A build peak in months 3 to 5 puts it right, then a few days a month of evaluation, monitoring and cost control keep it running safely in production.
Senior days per month, by discipline
Illustrative. Every plan is agreed with you.
| Discipline | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M9 | M10 | M11 | M12 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO leadership | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| Architecture and cloud | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Security | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Data and AI | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| Engineering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Delivery | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| All disciplines | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 105 |
Disciplines Switch off anything you already have covered
CTO leadership , 26 days over 12 months, always included: one senior lead owns the plan
The same 12 months, on the same scale
One full-time hire: 260 paid days a year from one person in one discipline, holidays included.
This plan: 105 senior days across 6 disciplines, flexing month to month.
04 Every month
What you get, every month.
However much senior time you use, the structure stays the same, so you always know who is doing what and why.
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A named lead
One senior person who knows your business, owns your technology agenda and is accountable for everything delivered.
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A monthly plan
A clear plan for how the senior time is used this month, agreed with you before the work starts.
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Regular outcome reviews
What was done, what changed and what comes next, measured against the priorities you agreed rather than hours logged.
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Access to the bench
Specialists in architecture, cloud, security, data, AI and engineering, brought in by your lead when a priority needs them.
05 One lead. One contract.
One relationship to manage, not six.
Your lead consultant is your single point of contact and accountable for everything delivered. Switch the view to see the difference.
Diagram of the Artimus model. Your business has a single connection to your Artimus lead, under one contract. Your lead connects to eight specialists: Architecture, Cloud and infrastructure, Security, Data and AI, DevOps and platforms, Full-stack engineering, Delivery and Hiring. Work flows from you to your lead, out to the right specialist and back again.
You become the integration layer.
One lead. One contract. The right specialist each week.
- Contracts
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- Points of contact
- 01
- Who joins it up
- Your lead
Inspector
Trace the path
Hover, tap or tab to any node to see who does what, and how work reaches them.
Inspector
Follow a request
Pick any freelancer to see what lands back on your desk.
You
Your business
One relationship to manage. Your lead plans each month’s senior time with you.
You→ to Your lead
You
Your business
Six contracts, six briefs, and every handover between them runs through you.
You→ to Six contracts
Artimus
Your lead
A named senior person who knows your business, owns your technology agenda and is accountable for everything delivered.
You→ to Your lead→ to Eight specialists
One contract covers your lead and every specialist they bring in.
Specialist 01 of 08
Architecture
Designs that hold up as you grow, and honest reviews of the ones you already have.
You→ to Your lead→ to Architecture
Who you might work with
Byron JonesPartner, Chief Technology Officer
Emanuel SchleussingerConsultant, Architecture and Data
Specialist 02 of 08
Cloud and infrastructure
Secure, well-run cloud platforms, migrations and infrastructure reviews.
You→ to Your lead→ to Cloud
Who you might work with
- Byron JonesPartner, Chief Technology Officer
Dave HewardConsultant, DevOps and Infrastructure
Specialist 03 of 08
Security
Security reviews, hardening and practical controls sized to your risk.
You→ to Your lead→ to Security
Who you might work with
A senior specialist, named before they start and briefed by your lead.
Specialist 04 of 08
Data and AI
Machine learning, generative AI and agents, built to an agreed quality threshold.
You→ to Your lead→ to Data and AI
Who you might work with
Nathan HughesConsultant, Data and AI
Specialist 05 of 08
DevOps and platforms
Pipelines, environments and tooling that make releases routine.
You→ to Your lead→ to DevOps
Who you might work with
- Dave HewardConsultant, DevOps and Infrastructure
Specialist 06 of 08
Full-stack engineering
Senior engineers who ship web platforms and products, front end to back end.
You→ to Your lead→ to Full-stack
Who you might work with
Alexander DolphinConsultant, Full Stack and Architecture
Specialist 07 of 08
Delivery
Senior delivery leads who get stalled work moving, and keep it moving.
You→ to Your lead→ to Delivery
Who you might work with
A senior specialist, named before they start and briefed by your lead.
Specialist 08 of 08
Hiring
Shape the team you need, write the roles and interview alongside you.
You→ to Your lead→ to Hiring
Who you might work with
A senior specialist, named before they start and briefed by your lead.
Contract 01 of 06
Freelance architect
Draws the target design. Getting every other supplier to build it falls to you.
You→ to Architect→ and back to You
Contract 02 of 06
Cloud contractor
Sets up the environment their way. Keeping it in step with everyone else is your job.
You→ to Cloud→ and back to You
Contract 03 of 06
Security consultant
Delivers an audit report. Turning it into fixes across every supplier lands with you.
You→ to Security→ and back to You
Contract 04 of 06
Data freelancer
Builds the pipeline. Agreeing what the data means with the developers is left to you.
You→ to Data→ and back to You
Contract 05 of 06
DevOps contractor
Automates releases on their own tooling. When a release breaks, you referee.
You→ to DevOps→ and back to You
Contract 06 of 06
Development agency
Builds to the brief you write. Checking it fits the rest of the stack is on you.
You→ to Developers→ and back to You
Specialists sit behind your lead. When a priority needs an architect, a security review or a data engineer, your lead brings in the right person, briefs them on your context and stays responsible for the result.
The alternative is six freelancers, six contracts and six sets of context, with you as the integration layer. With Artimus you manage one relationship, and the joining up is our job.
06 Who does the work
Senior people, no exceptions.
What senior means, in plain words. 100+ years of combined senior technology experience across the team, and every one of them a practitioner.
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Long delivery records
Practitioners who have designed, built, run and fixed real systems for years.
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The people you meet do the work
The senior people you meet at the start are the people who do the work.
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Named people, not a team sheet
You know who is working on your business. Everyone who works on your engagement is named in your statement of work.
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Toby White Founder and Managing Partner - Byron Jones Partner, Chief Technology Officer
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Tom Cooksey Partner, Commercial Lead -
Paul Henning Advisor, Finance and Fintech - Emanuel Schleussinger Consultant, Architecture and Data
- Alexander Dolphin Consultant, Full Stack and Architecture
- Dave Heward Consultant, DevOps and Infrastructure
- Nathan Hughes Consultant, Data and AI
07 Who we work with
Too big to wing it. Too lean for a full technology team.
Growing businesses in the UK and Gibraltar that have outgrown doing technology on the side.
Trusted by teams at M&S, Structural Surveys UK, Acquarius, Medi2data, eyeDP and Chronext.
You might be ready if
- 01Technology decisions keep landing on the founder’s desk.
- 02You pay an agency or freelancers and cannot tell whether it is going well.
- 03The board is asking about AI and nobody owns the answer.
- 04You need senior skills for a project, not a permanent hire.
08 Sectors
Sectors we know well. Problems we have seen before.
Every sector has its own regulators, systems and habits. The technology problems underneath are often familiar.
Fintech
Problems we are called in for
- 01A platform that has to scale and stay secure as customers, partners and scrutiny grow.
- 02Investor and due diligence questions that need a senior technical answer.
- 03Architecture and supplier decisions that are expensive to reverse later.
On the team: Paul Henning, Advisor, Finance and Fintech.
Most relevant service Fractional CTO Board-level technology leadership, part timeHealthtech
Problems we are called in for
- 01Integrations with clinical systems and data sources that were never designed to connect.
- 02Sensitive health data that needs controls customers and regulators can trust.
- 03A technology stack that has to scale efficiently as usage grows.
Clients in this sector include Medi2data.
Most relevant service Engineering bench Senior specialists, on demandRegTech and insurance
Problems we are called in for
- 01Change programmes that have slipped while regulatory deadlines have not.
- 02Legacy systems and manual workarounds that slow every change.
- 03AI and automation that need to stand up to a regulator’s questions.
Property
Problems we are called in for
- 01Field and survey data captured once, then re-keyed by hand back at the office.
- 02Bespoke software growing from an internal tool into a product others rely on.
- 03Deciding what to build, what to buy and what to stop.
Clients in this sector include Structural Surveys UK.
Most relevant service Fractional CTO Board-level technology leadership, part timeRetail
Problems we are called in for
- 01Data spread across systems that nobody has joined up.
- 02Buying, stock and pricing decisions that could be better informed by data.
- 03Efficiencies hiding in technology the business already pays for.
Clients in this sector include M&S.
Most relevant service AI advisory From AI strategy to systems in productionProfessional services
Problems we are called in for
- 01Teams that want to use AI assistants and agents safely, on their own documents and data.
- 02Copilot and Microsoft 365 licences that are paid for but not yet part of how people work.
- 03Client confidentiality that every new tool has to respect.
Clients in this sector include Acquarius.
Most relevant service AI advisory From AI strategy to systems in productionHow is this different from a consultancy?
A traditional consultancy sells a project: a team, a report and an end date. We give you ongoing senior leadership inside your business, with one lead who knows your context and specialists who can build what they recommend. The amount of senior time changes as your needs do.
Can we scale down or pause?
Scaling down when things are steady is the point of the model. Your lead reviews the plan with you as priorities change, and the senior time follows. If you need to pause, talk to your lead and we will agree together what that looks like.
Do we have to commit for a long time?
We agree the shape of each engagement with you and review it as your priorities change. Tell us what you need and we will be straightforward about how it can work for your business.
Who will actually do the work?
Named senior people from the Artimus team. Your lead consultant is the person you meet at the start and the person accountable for everything delivered. When specialists join, you know who they are before they start. Everyone who works on your engagement is named in your statement of work.
What if we need people to build, not only advise?
The bench covers architecture, cloud, security, data, AI and engineering, so the people who advise you can also build what they recommend. Your lead brings them in, plans the work and stays accountable for the result.
