Vetted Chief Technology Officers in Texas

“Public speaker and technology strategist focused on how space will impact other industries, with audiences ranging from mid-career professionals to executives. Has operated across the startup ecosystem through Kauffman Foundation, Singularity University, and Starburst, and previously served as CTO at Gantri building process and ROI models to improve system performance. Especially compelling for early-stage, frontier-tech, or space-adjacent companies that need someone who can bring order to ambitious ideas.”

Mustafa Shabib

Screened

Executive technology leader and software engineer specializing in healthcare technology

Austin, TX23y exp

“Entrepreneurial operator with venture-backed startup experience since 2015, including serving as CTO-in-Residence at a healthcare venture studio in NYC and participating in a NYC incubator. Currently exploring new company ideas through active network-driven discovery and is strongly motivated by ambiguous, high-impact, team-building opportunities.”

Jim Glassman

Screened

Executive Technology Leader specializing in Enterprise AI, Cloud Architecture, and Data Platforms

Houston, TX16y exp

“Senior data/technology executive who stays hands-on: currently building a Go micro-kernel orchestration layer for medical AI agents to boost concurrency and enforce HIPAA/PHI controls, achieving 26x throughput on migrated workloads. Has led large-scale transformations across healthcare and financial services, including a 45-day data warehouse rebuild at Elara Caring and a data/ML roadmap at Acelity credited with $230M in annual revenue impact prior to 3M acquisition.”

Estime Aristomene

Screened

Executive CTO specializing in regulated FinTech payments and AML

Dallas, TX21y exp

“Founder of two bootstrapped ventures—Brain Matched, a career tech platform, and AIqorx, a software/infrastructure company. Distinguishes themself as a builder focused on modular, scalable technical infrastructure that reduces technical debt and speeds execution, with a venture-studio mindset around creating shared tech stacks that give portfolio companies an advantage.”

“Founder/idea lead behind InvantX, an AI-powered product helping people make better decisions with their own data. Developed the business model canvas and MVP plan, set up an early customer feedback loop, and iterates roadmap/architecture based on beta-user learning. Has participated in accelerators including FinAccelerate, Pegasus, and an NVIDIA program (AWS credits), and applies a metrics-driven, structured approach to traction building.”

Rahil Khan

Screened

Executive technology leader specializing in digital transformation, AI, 5G, and telecom platforms

Frisco, TX26y exp

“Founder of a cloud-based TV sharing startup who has already raised angel and Series A funding, then pitched larger VCs in New York and Silicon Valley using an MVP and live demos. Demonstrates practical knowledge of the VC and accelerator landscape, stage-appropriate fundraising, and capital-efficient startup building.”

William Elderton

Screened

Executive technology leader specializing in FinTech, cloud platforms, and digital transformation

Austin, TX26y exp

“Seasoned operator with 30 years of experience at multiple startup companies, primarily in venture-backed environments, plus some exposure to private equity-backed firms. The candidate is highly familiar with the VC and accelerator ecosystem, though they clarified they were pursuing a CTO role rather than actively planning to found a startup.”

Jeff Cushler

Screened

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in Healthcare IT, SaaS, and Cloud Transformation

Austin, TX30y exp

“Startup product/enterprise-stack builder who helped take Ventric Health from R&D to a market-launched healthcare product in 2024, operating in a $34M-raised, revenue-generating model leveraging Medicare C reimbursement through providers. Previously drove adoption of an integrated K-12 digital learning platform distributed to 100+ institutions over two years, with reported improvements in test scores.”

“CTO-oriented engineering leader who emphasizes building and mentoring teams while aligning technology work to real business needs through close collaboration with product stakeholders. Also has entrepreneurial exposure, including an alcohol-related startup and prior experience securing funding.”

“Candidate is pursuing a CTO role and has helped multiple startups turn early technology concepts into concrete, real-world technical requirements. They cite a systems science and mathematics background, along with experience at JPMorgan Chase, and appear strongest in technical strategy, concept fleshing, and identifying strong people to help teams succeed.”

Ravi Ada

Screened

Executive CTO specializing in digital health platforms, cloud & AI, and FHIR/HL7 interoperability

Carrollton, TX22y exp

“Healthcare diagnostics/health tech founder building Casandra.ai, an API-driven lab test catalog and ordering platform designed to standardize fragmented test catalogs and integrate into provider workflows via FHIR. Bootstrapped and built a deploy-ready product, drawing on prior startup experience and accelerator participation (Health Box, DreamIt Ventures).”

Martin Bliss

Screened

Executive Technology & Architecture Leader specializing in DevOps, cloud platforms, and digital transformation

Plano, TX14y exp

“Startup-minded product builder with consulting experience in Oil & Gas who formed an LLC to design and deliver a modern project-controls software platform, replacing Excel-heavy workflows with scalable web-based calculations. Strong in pragmatic tech-stack decisions, talent matching, and shipping MVPs despite shifting stakeholders; sees marketing (pitching/networking) as a growth area and has evaluated partnership/investment offers for balanced support.”

“Builder/technical leader who was brought into Finicity to turn a credit-improvement concept into a viable product—architected, staffed, and launched what became Experian Boost. Delivered a major North American product launch in ~6 months, scaling to ~50,000 new users per day at launch and solving complex ML classification and distributed processing/order-of-operations challenges on AWS.”

“CTO/AI executive with repeated 0-to-1 leadership and founder experience across banking software, cloud, and fintech. Most recently, as a fractional CAIO, built a 50+ person team and launched 3 products in 9 months generating $10M+ new revenue; previously founded Trilogy (200+ clients in 7 countries) and created cloud tech that helped drive a $35M acquisition by VMware.”