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For recruiters, boards and founders
Hire a CTO Who Has Led, Hired and Built
Looking to hire a CTO? I am Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi: 17 years in software engineering, 12 of them leading teams, currently CTO at Omnitech and COO at Innovation M Services. I am available now for a full-time CTO, Head of Engineering, Technology Director or Forward Deployed Engineer role, remote or on-site.
Leadership record
A leadership record you can check
When you look at any CTO for hire, the record matters more than the title. Mine spans 17 years in software engineering and 12 years leading teams, teams of 25+, hundreds of engineers hired and technology budgets of USD 2M+, with clients and teams in the US, Canada, the UK, the UAE and Pakistan.
12
years leading teams
25+
largest team led
100s
engineers hired
USD 2M+
technology budgets managed
5
countries of clients and teams
Roles
Roles I am available for
I am available immediately for four kinds of full-time role. Each draws on the same record: setting technology direction, building and leading the team, owning delivery and operations, and staying close enough to the code to make sound calls. Remote or on-site, on terms agreed with you.
Chief Technology Officer
Own technology strategy, architecture, the engineering team, budget and the board conversation, as I do today at Omnitech.
Head of Engineering
Lead and grow the engineering organisation: hiring, structure, standards, delivery cadence and release discipline.
Technology Director
Run technology across several products or clients, with the operating discipline of a COO role at Innovation M Services.
Forward Deployed Engineer
Work directly with customers to design and ship AI and SaaS solutions on their systems, from architecture to production.
What you get
What you get when you hire this CTO
You get a CTO who sets direction and still understands the code: technology strategy tied to revenue and risk, a team hired and organised to deliver it, reliable releases, and AI used where it lowers cost or adds value. The decisions are written down, so the board can follow them and the team can carry them out.
Strategy and the board: a technology roadmap tied to business goals, build-or-buy calls made with their reasons, and plain-language reporting for founders, boards and investors.
Team and hiring: I have hired hundreds of engineers and led teams of 25+; today I lead 20+ people at Omnitech and 15+ at Innovation M Services, with coding standards, pull-request review and CI across the team.
Delivery and operations: migrations planned to run without downtime, release checks and rollback plans, and monitoring with an incident process that fixes root causes.
AI and architecture: multi-tenant SaaS with fail-closed tenant isolation, a self-hosted LLM service in production, and RAG and AI agents designed with evaluation and human review.
Proof
Platforms I have led as CTO
A CTO should be able to show systems they designed and still run. These platforms are documented as case studies on this site, each with its architecture, the decisions behind it and what was delivered.
Omnitech CRM
A multi-tenant CRM on Laravel 13 with fail-closed tenant isolation and 126 permissions across 22 modules.
Pulse / MyOmniHub
A modular business platform of 61 modules, with AI workflows and web and mobile apps.
Peaches
A self-hosted, OpenAI-compatible model service routing four production AI workflows with fallback.
miBoletazo
A bilingual ticketing platform upgraded from Laravel 4 to Laravel 12, with web, mobile and venue-scanning clients.
IMFlow360
A multi-sector point of sale on one shared schema, with offline-first devices.
DinDin
A restaurant technology suite connecting ordering, POS, kitchen displays and marketplaces.
Process
How to hire me as your CTO
Hiring a CTO should be quick when the evidence is already written down. Start with a conversation about the role, read the CV and the case studies, run your interviews, and agree the start. I am available immediately, so the timeline is set by your process, not by a notice period.
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Introductory call
The role, the team, the mandate and what success looks like in the first year.
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CV, case studies and references
The CTO CV, the case studies on this site, and references on request.
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Interviews
Leadership, architecture and delivery conversations with your board, founders or team.
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Start
Available immediately, remote or on-site, with a 90-day plan agreed before day one.
Experience
Where I have led and built
Full time or fractional
Hire a CTO full time, or start fractional?
Hire a CTO full time when technology leadership is a daily job: several teams or products, a board that wants a technology executive, or a long-term roadmap that needs one owner. If the work is a few days a week, a fractional CTO costs less and can grow into the full-time role, or hand over to it.
Part-time leadership first
For founders who need senior technology decisions a few days a week. Several of my engagements started this way.
Hiring part time well
The questions, contract terms and red flags to check before a part-time CTO starts.
Testimonials
What clients and colleagues say
Watch Jonathan’s storyVideo testimonial
Client for 8+ years
A client for more than eight years: POS systems, websites, restaurant software and mobile apps.
Jonathan
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“I recommend Muzammil for any backend development role. As a pivotal force in our projects at muSharp, they skillfully led sprint planning and execution, demonstrating exceptional project management abilities. Their technical leadership as the Backend Technical Lead was instrumental in overcoming complex challenges, ensuring the integrity and scalability of solutions. With a focus on data scraping expertise and custom module development in WordPress, Muzammil significantly contributed to the success and innovation of our business platform.”Connect on LinkedIn ↗
“Muzammil is a great employee who dedicates himself to the project he is on. For almost 2 years he worked with my team to develop complicated web based applications related to the automotive industry. During that time he was able to not only meet the challenges we gave him, but also present unique and modern solutions that helped set our product apart in the marketplace. I would recommend Muzammil as a developer 100%.”Connect on LinkedIn ↗
“Muzammil has been my colleague for over a year. We worked in a great team, when everyone was supportive and helping each other. He worked on a lot of complex projects, especially the one that was assigned to him as a Senior Developer working with the CodeIgniter Web Framework. Muzammil managed to handle his tasks with lots of professionalism and enthusiasm and making sure they are always delivered on time. He is always punctual, very responsive and we had a great work relationship overall.”Connect on LinkedIn ↗
“Muhammad Muzammil is one of the most valuable people I have ever met. Through the time, we worked on various projects and I was impressed by his way of doing business. Careful and reliable .Net and PHP developer. Always punctual employee. I can highly recommend working with him. He is probably one of the best colleagues I've ever met in my life and one of the smartest co-workers I have ever worked with. He is real asset to any organization.”Connect on LinkedIn ↗
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Questions and answers
Hire a CTO: common questions
More questions? Feel free to reach out.
Discuss a role →When should a company hire a CTO?
Hire a CTO when technology decisions shape the business and leading them has become a daily job: several engineering teams or products, a board or investors asking for a technology executive, or a roadmap that needs one accountable owner. Earlier than that, a fractional or interim CTO usually costs less and buys time to define the role.
What does a CTO do?
A CTO owns the company's technology: strategy and roadmap, architecture, the engineering team and its hiring, delivery and operations, security, the technology budget and the technical conversation with the board, investors and customers. In smaller companies the CTO is also hands-on, reviewing code and making the riskiest technical decisions.
What should you look for when you hire a CTO?
Evidence over titles: systems the candidate designed and still runs, teams they built and how they hired, how they record and explain decisions, and how they handled outages and migrations. Check that they can talk to a board and to engineers, and ask for references from both.
How long does it take to hire a CTO?
Searches for a full-time CTO often take months, with interviews, references and notice periods. You can shorten it by agreeing the mandate and success measures first, interviewing on real problems, and choosing candidates who are available immediately. A fractional or interim CTO can cover the gap while the search runs.
Should a startup hire a full-time CTO or a fractional CTO?
Most early startups start with a fractional CTO, because the technology decisions are important but leading them is not yet a full-time job. Move to a full-time CTO when the team, the product range or the board's expectations make technology leadership a daily role, ideally with the fractional CTO helping you hire.
Is Muzammil available to start now?
Yes. He is available immediately for full-time roles as Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering, Technology Director or Forward Deployed Engineer. He can work remotely or on-site, on terms agreed with you, and can agree a 90-day plan before the first day.
What is Muzammil's leadership record?
Seventeen years in software engineering, 12 of them leading teams. He has been CTO at Omnitech and COO at Innovation M Services since December 2023, leading 20+ and 15+ people. He has led teams of 25+, hired hundreds of engineers and managed technology budgets of USD 2M+.
Where can I see his CV and references?
The CTO CV can be downloaded from this page as a PDF. The case studies on this site document the platforms he led as CTO, including Omnitech CRM, Pulse / MyOmniHub and Peaches. References from clients and colleagues are available on request, and several recommendations are shown on this page.
Which markets has he worked in?
His clients and teams are spread across the US, Canada, the UK, the UAE and Pakistan, and he has led remote, distributed teams for years. He is open to roles in the US and Canada, the UK and Europe, and Saudi Arabia and the UAE, remote or on-site.
What technologies does he lead teams in?
Laravel as the main framework, with Vue, React and TypeScript; PostgreSQL and MySQL; Docker, Linux and Nginx on AWS, Azure or GCP; GitHub CI/CD; Stripe for payments; and applied AI, including self-hosted LLMs, RAG and AI agents. Architecture choices follow the business, not a favourite stack.
Available now
Hire a CTO who is ready to start
If you need to hire a CTO, Head of Engineering or Technology Director, the evidence is on this site and the CV is one click away. As a CTO for hire who is available now, tell me about the role and the team, and I will reply with how I would approach the first 90 days.