Consulting

Apostolos Kritikos advises companies, investors and public bodies on engineering leadership, open and inner source, and technical due diligence. He has led engineering as a co-founder and CTO, as a technical leader and as a senior software engineering manager, and holds a PhD in open source software resilience.

How he can help

• Fractional CTO Technology strategy, architecture and team-building for companies that need senior technical leadership without a full-time hire.
• Fractional Senior Engineering Manager or Engineering Director Hands-on leadership of engineering teams: delivery, quality, capacity planning and the working relationship between product, design and engineering.
• Subject Matter Expert: Open Source and Inner Source Advice on adopting, governing and depending on open source, and on introducing inner source inside an organisation.
• Independent Expert and Evaluator for the European Commission and EU bodies Independent evaluation and expert input for EU programmes and proposals.
• Technical Due Diligence Independent technical assessment for investors and public bodies: architecture, team, engineering practice and long-term technical risk, including reliance on open source.

Who it is for

• Large companies seeking senior engineering leadership or specialist expertise.
• Venture capital firms and startups needing a fractional leader or an independent technical view before an investment.
• Public bodies needing an evaluator, an expert or a due diligence reviewer.

How engagements work

Engagements are scoped to the need: a fractional role over an agreed period, an advisory mandate, or a defined expert or evaluation assignment.

Credibility

• Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Instashop
• Engineering Technical Leader, Toggl
• Independent Expert Evaluator, Horizon
• Independent Expert, Europass Advisory Group (2026–2030)
• Co-Founder and CTO, Social Mind
• PhD in open source software resilience, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Publications · Theses)

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