NuBinary is a fractional CTO organization supporting startups and growing companies with technical leadership, product strategy, and execution. As client demand increased, NuBinary required additional senior technical capacity to support engagements involving manufacturing, IoT, platform evaluations, digital adoption planning, and technical due diligence. Startup Labs was brought in to extend NuBinary’s ability to deliver both strategic and hands-on CTO services across multiple clients.
The Challenge
NuBinary needed additional technical leadership and execution strength to meet the needs of a varied client portfolio.
Leadership and Capacity Requirements
- Additional bandwidth was required to support multiple concurrent client engagements.
- Clients expected both strategic CTO direction and execution support without long ramp-up periods.
- NuBinary sought a way to scale delivery without expanding internal staffing.
Client-Level Technical Gaps
Client needs across engagements included:
- Architecture support for manufacturing and IoT workloads
- Stabilizing underperforming or buggy systems
- Technical assessments for new products or platforms
- Build-or-buy evaluations for core systems
- Engineering hiring support and vendor selection
- System design and modernization planning
Funding and Due Diligence Needs
Some clients required structured guidance for investment readiness or government-funded digital adoption programs (CDAP/DMAP), including system documentation and technical gap analyses.
The Approach
Startup Labs augmented NuBinary’s CTO capacity and delivered technical leadership across several engagements.
Strategy and Execution
Startup Labs provided end-to-end CTO support under the NuBinary brand, covering both strategic guidance and hands-on execution. Work included:
- Technical assessments for new platforms
- Architecture design for manufacturing, IoT, and workflow systems
- Build-or-buy evaluations
- System modernization planning
- Leading technical discovery for new products
- Providing CTO-level oversight across client engagements
Engineering and Delivery Support
Additional execution-oriented support included:
- Overseeing outsourced or partner development teams
- Implementing improvements to stabilize buggy platforms
- Designing workflows, data structures, and system integrations
- Supporting hiring processes and vendor selection for client teams
Technical Due Diligence and Digital Adoption
For clients preparing for investment or participating in CDAP/DMAP programs:
- Startup Labs performed technical due diligence, identifying risk areas, architectural gaps, and required engineering investments
- Digital adoption plans included architecture recommendations, system roadmaps, and modernization steps aligned with program requirements
This enabled NuBinary to provide comprehensive technical documentation and guidance without expanding internal resources.
Results
Expanded Delivery Capacity
- Enabled NuBinary to take on more client engagements without CTO bandwidth constraints
- Provided consistent senior technical leadership across projects of varying complexity
- Supported both strategy and hands-on execution within a unified structure
Improved System Stability and Architecture for Client Companies
- Manufacturing and IoT clients gained clearer architecture direction and improved system reliability
- Buggy or underperforming platforms were stabilized through targeted remediation and workflow design
- Build-or-buy evaluations helped reduce long-term technical risk and clarify modernization paths
Higher-Quality Technical Assessments and Funding Readiness
- Platform assessments delivered actionable recommendations and reduced ambiguity for founders
- CDAP/DMAP digital adoption plans included detailed architecture and cost structures required for funding
- Technical due diligence helped founders prepare for investor discussions with clearer technical narratives
Greater Operational Flexibility for NuBinary
- NuBinary improved overall throughput on client engagements without increasing internal staff
- Startup Labs’ range of expertise enabled NuBinary to service clients in areas such as manufacturing and IoT that required deeper technical specialization
Summary
NuBinary required expanded fractional CTO capacity to support clients across manufacturing, IoT, platform modernization, and digital adoption initiatives. Startup Labs augmented NuBinary’s leadership capabilities by providing strategic direction, technical assessments, architecture design, due diligence, and execution oversight across several engagements. This partnership enabled NuBinary to increase delivery capacity, improve the quality of client outcomes, and operate effectively across a broader range of technical domains without expanding internal headcount.