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Nicholas Ecton

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since September 9, 2022

Nick is a self-taught full-stack developer with over eight years of experience leading engineering teams and developing software for startups. His talents and passions have always aligned with the fast-paced, do-it-yourself mindset of early startup culture. His most recent success includes onboarding as a founding engineer for an iGaming startup and growing the company to over 40 employees and 10 million+ revenue/year within two years of his joining.

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Ben Mishkin

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since March 10, 2017

Ben is a seasoned engineering leader with 20 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and security. He specializes in ML/AI and LLMs and holds certifications in AWS and GCP. He has led teams across various industries, including healthcare, social networks, eCommerce, and video games. With computer science, machine learning, and finance expertise, Ben has HIPAA, PCI, and SOC2 compliance experience. He excels in writing code and architecting buildouts and migrations.

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Pedro Solá

Freelance CTO
Mexico
Toptal Member Since May 23, 2022

Pedro is an experienced full-stack engineer and tech lead. He is very comfortable in the fast-paced world of startups and consulting. Pedro has worked on everything, from building prototypes to systems design, scaling platforms, and handling large-scale data migrations. From back end, front end, or mobile, he's done it all.

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Michael Truog

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since April 4, 2016

Michael is a top architect, engineer, developer, and entrepreneur with a proven ability to develop efficient, scalable, and fault-tolerant server solutions for complex problems. He has extensive experience and skills with all levels of software and architecture.

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Marcus Hsu

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since May 19, 2020

Marcus has over a decade of experience in front-end development, building React websites and developing iOS and Android apps in React Native for the past several years. He has helped at least 31 enterprises and startup clients to design and build high-quality cross-platform apps using React, React Native, and Node.js. Marcus has also built enterprise-scale apps that have impacted over 30 million users in 140 countries.

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Antoine Pham

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since October 18, 2018

Antoine is a seasoned professional with a unique blend of skills and a passion for software development. His expertise encompasses all stages of the development cycle, from building engineering teams in startups to managing budgets, architecture, and processes at Fortune 500 companies.

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Patrick Cason

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since July 29, 2022

Patrick is a full-stack JavaScript developer passionate about building web and mobile applications, UI component libraries, and open-source software. He is a highly competent UI/UX designer proficient in Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite. Patrick has five years of engineering management experience and has worked with startups and enterprises in the fintech, healthcare, artificial intelligence (AI), music, and civics industries for the last 15 years.

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Christopher Smith

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since January 1, 2020

Chris is a visionary tech leader with 12+ years in software development at Meta and Amazon. He is skilled in full-stack development (JavaScript, Node.js, React, and Python). He's an expert in bridging technical and business realms, leading major projects, and holding patents that boost company IP. Renowned for excellent communication, Chris builds solid relationships and innovates strategically, focusing on impactful user experiences and business growth.

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Dan Isaza

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since September 3, 2020

Dan is a full-stack product engineer and engineering leader. He's also a former startup founder. With a math and computer science degree from Stanford University, he has led remote engineering teams and thrives in high-ownership environments. He's driven by impact and likes to discuss business-level problems to develop a strong understanding of the business domain before implementing technical solutions. Dan believes that shipping iteratively is a strong predictor of project success.

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Wouter Steenbergen

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since February 10, 2014

Wouter is a highly motivated, versatile, and skilled software engineer with demonstrated software design and delivery expertise. He focuses on integrating machine learning, mobile apps, performance, and cloud services. He has the ability to identify and drive strategic programs from inception to launch and thrives in collaborative, team-oriented, and ambiguous environments. Wouter has excellent interpersonal skills and is a passionate, creative, and dedicated professional.

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Halim Abbas

Freelance CTO
United States
Toptal Member Since October 24, 2019

Halim is a high-tech innovator who's spearheaded world-class data science projects at game-changing tech companies like eBay and Teradata. Formally educated in machine learning, his professional expertise spans information retrieval, natural language processing, and big data. Halim has a proven track record of applying state-of-the-art data science techniques across industry verticals such as eCommerce, web and mobile services, airline, and biopharma.

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Guide to Hiring a Great CTO

A CTO is a leader who shapes a company’s technology strategy and guides its technical teams. The ideal CTO has deep technical expertise as well as leadership qualities. This hiring guide provides insight into what attributes make for a great CTO and how to evaluate CTO candidates.

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Principal

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right CTO for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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