Fractional CTO for SaaS & AI scale-ups

I help founders in the GCC & Australia cut cloud spend, scale reliably to millions of users, and prepare for funding or exit.

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What I do

Fractional CTO-for-Hire

Cloud Efficiency Sprint

Tech Due Diligence & M&A

Investor-grade architecture, board reporting, hands-on leadership. (2–3 days/week engagements).

2-week audit → 90-day execution. Results: 30–80% cost savings, 99.99% uptime.

Pre-deal diligence + 90-day post-merger integration roadmap.

Case Studies

SaaS Product Scaling

Reachitected a SaaS service that failed when faced with 2000 users. Had severe data isolation issues.

Turned a monolithic application into a microservices architecture allowing it to scale to more than 1M users per cluster.

Each client received their own database schema and data was isolated between clients.

IT Operations

For Huawei I established the IT Outsourcing business. The initial sale was for 22 datacentres across 8 African countries for a major Telco.

We implemented full observability, automated deployment, service centre, contract management and end user support.
Raised SLAs from 85% to 99.9% in the first 8 weeks of the contract.

ISO 2700 Compliance

Established and maintained the BAU processes for ISO 27001 compliance. All policies, processes, reporting and employee training.

Achieved ISO 27001 certification and maintained compliance through subsequent audits for 5 years.

How I Work

Rapid Audit (≤ 2 weeks)

architecture, cost, security, roadmap.

90-Day Execution Sprint

Stabilise, simplify, automate; embed DevSecOps

Scale & Mentor

build leadership bench, hand over a self-sufficient org.

Peter Williams



15+ years as CTO across GCC, Australia & Africa. Trusted by boards, PE funds, and founders. Hands-on architect and strategist, proven at scaling SaaS to millions of users.

Signature Wins:
• Scaled SaaS HR platform to 1.1M+ users while cutting AWS spend 82%.
• Directed $1B+ hybrid cloud programs at Huawei.
• Delivered ISO 27001 compliance with zero breaches in 5 years.

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Peter Williams

United Arab Emirates, Australia, China

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