The practice

About OrangeRivet

A fractional CTO practice built on 30+ years of operating experience. Deepest in insurance, fintech, and regulated industries.

The Riveting Story

Before welding, the icons of American industry, from skyscrapers and bridges to the Empire State Building's millions of rivets, were built one rivet at a time.

A riveting gang was four people in perfect sync. The heater fired rivets until they glowed orange-hot and tossed them, sometimes across dizzying gaps hundreds of feet up, to the crew, who had seconds to drive each one home while the steel was still soft. As it cooled, it contracted, pulling the plates into connections stronger than the parts they joined.

The orange glow was the signal. Too cold and the rivet wouldn't set; too hot and it lost its integrity. Orange meant now: ready, right, and time to move.

That's the discipline we bring to your company: the judgment to know when it's time to move, small calculated steps over risky big-bang bets, a team working in tight sync, and strength that compounds one sound decision at a time. It's the integrity people expect from the platforms they rely on.

We keep your technology in the orange zone: hot enough to move fast, cool enough to hold.

The experience behind OrangeRivet

Behind OrangeRivet is 30+ years of building and scaling software: SaaS platforms, engineering teams, responsible AI adoption inside insurance and fintech companies, and technical due diligence for investors.

How we work with you

Engagements come in three intensities: advisory counsel a few hours a month, an embedded fractional CTO one to three days a week, or interim coverage full-time for a fixed term. Technology due diligence is a separate, scoped engagement for investors and acquirers.

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