Fractional CTO · Technology leadership · Engineering assurance
Senior technology leadership, without the full-time hire.
BRAVE4 works with companies that build or depend on software and do not have a CTO. Strategy, security, architecture, delivery, governance. Whatever is on your mind, we start with a conversation.
What we help with
The things a CTO would own, available for as many days a month as you need. Pick what matters now. Add the rest as you grow.
- Technology strategyWhere the technology needs to be, what to build, what to buy, what to stop.
- Security and complianceISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, GDPR, security questionnaires, penetration testing.
- Governance and riskAccess, change control, incident response, and the records insurers and acquirers ask for.
- Architecture and infrastructureSystems that scale, cloud costs under control, backups that have been tested.
- Code, testing and dependenciesQuality you can trust, dependencies kept safe, standards for people and AI tools alike.
- AI adoptionWhere AI genuinely helps, how to use it safely, and how to keep AI-built software sound.
- Teams, hiring and suppliersWhen to hire and who, interviewing engineers, holding agencies to account.
- Investment, certification and exitGetting the technology ready, and standing beside you when their experts ask questions.
If what you need is not on this list, ask anyway. Most engagements start with a problem that does not fit a label.
Who does the work
BRAVE4 is run by Jonathan Channon, an engineering leader with over twenty years building and securing software for companies across Europe where getting it wrong is expensive. Most recently he was Head of Engineering at Elaway in Norway, leading a team of twelve developers through scale-up and a $150m acquisition.
He has taken platforms through penetration testing, built the test suites and deployment pipelines that let teams ship daily without fear, set up the security and governance that buyers and regulators ask about, and led AI adoption across a 75-person company. He is a Microsoft MVP, the author of the Carter web framework and a core contributor to NancyFX, which between them have been downloaded more than 25 million times. He writes at blog.jonathanchannon.com.