Tom McNulty · Fractional CTO & Engineer · Dubai

Fractional CTO and senior engineer. I lead the technical direction and build the software myself, from transformation to websites to the internal tool your team needs by Friday.

About me.

Hi, I'm Tom, a CTO based in Dubai.

Fifteen years in digital, most of it agency-side, helping very large organisations untangle very large technology. I've solved complex problems for some of the world's biggest brands, while directing technical teams across several time zones and winning multiple awards along the way. I also speak at industry events on technology and transformation, because someone has to say the quiet parts about digital projects out loud.

These days I do the work directly. Senior technical thinking, architecture and delivery from one person, without the agency layers or the account management sitting in between. If your business needs technology, that is the whole job.

Based in Dubai. Built in Norwich.

selected clients

NEOM
Tadawul
PIF
Red Bull
The Economist
Games Workshop
LSE
Harvard University
years in digital
15
companies as CTO
2
industry awards
several
em dashes shipped
0
(verified)approved

What I do.

detail A

Fractional CTO.

Your technical co-pilot. Strategy, architecture, hiring, and someone who can translate developer into English at board meetings.

rev 1 · det A

detail B

Apps & websites.

Designed, built and shipped by me. From the first prototype through to the thing your customers use every day.

rev 2 · det B

detail C

Internal tools.

The unglamorous software that quietly saves your team ten hours a week. Usually the highest return of anything I build.

rev 3 · det C

Why me?

From experience, the gap is rarely ideas. It's delivery. I've sat in the boardroom where technology gets promised, and in the codebase where it has to come true. I work in both, which is why I can close it.

Currently building.

Broker Connector

rev A · in progress
CTO

Rebuilding how commercial brokers connect and get deals done.

While You Wait

rev B · in progress
CTO & Founding Partner

The app that turns the queue into the experience.

current status: shipping.

Got something that needs building?

Tell me what's slow, manual or missing. If I can help, I'll tell you how and what it takes. If I can't, I'll tell you that too, and point you at someone who can.

no contact form, just a human:

hello@tombuilds.dev