{"id":55861,"date":"2026-11-08T17:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ak.porcupinecolors.com\/?page_id=55861"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:04:07","slug":"consulting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ak.porcupinecolors.com\/en\/consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How he can help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fractional CTO<\/strong> Technology strategy, architecture and team-building for companies that need senior technical leadership without a full-time hire.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fractional Senior Engineering Manager or Engineering Director<\/strong> Hands-on leadership of engineering teams: delivery, quality, capacity planning and the working relationship between product, design and engineering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subject Matter Expert: Open Source and Inner Source<\/strong> Advice on adopting, governing and depending on open source, and on introducing inner source inside an organisation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Independent Expert and Evaluator for the European Commission and EU bodies<\/strong> Independent evaluation and expert input for EU programmes and proposals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technical Due Diligence<\/strong> Independent technical assessment for investors and public bodies: architecture, team, engineering practice and long-term technical risk, including reliance on open source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who it is for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Large companies<\/strong> seeking senior engineering leadership or specialist expertise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Venture capital firms and startups<\/strong> needing a fractional leader or an independent technical view before an investment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public bodies<\/strong> needing an evaluator, an expert or a due diligence reviewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How engagements work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Engagements are scoped to the need: a fractional role over an agreed period, an advisory mandate, or a defined expert or evaluation assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Instashop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engineering Technical Leader, Toggl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independent Expert Evaluator, Horizon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independent Expert, Europass Advisory Group (2026\u20132030)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-Founder and CTO, Social Mind<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PhD in open source software resilience, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (<a href=\"\/r-and-d\/publications\">Publications<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/r-and-d\/theses\">Theses<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start a conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To discuss an engagement, use the <a href=\"\/contact\">contact form<\/a>. 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