I’m Michael Doody, and I specialise in interim CTO mandates where technology determines enterprise value. Over 25 years I’ve led technology, product, and delivery in FTSE-100, Nasdaq-listed, and PE-backed businesses across Europe, the US, and Asia.

 

When investors or CEOs face critical technology decisions, I step into the CTO seat with full accountability for teams, vendors, budgets, and board reporting, until the permanent leader is in place.

 

I focus on three types of engagement:

 

• Impact Due Diligence (1–4 weeks): Pre-investment assessments that expose scalability limits, technical debt, and security gaps before they become expensive problems.

• Impact Integration (3–6 months): Post-deal integration to consolidate platforms, align teams, and capture synergies. Every engagement starts with my 90-Day CTO Playbook: Day 30 urgent fixes, Day 60 roadmap and governance, Day 90 execution cadence visible to the board.

• Impact Interim CTO (3–12 months): Full interim leadership during succession gaps or transformation. I take accountability for both technology and product delivery, stabilising the function, proving ROI, and handing back a future-ready organisation.

 

 

The problems I solve most often:

 

• CTO succession gaps: stabilising teams, keeping vendors on track, maintaining board confidence

• Legacy systems choking growth: assessing, prioritising, and launching safe pilots

• Post-M&A platform mess: rationalising spend, setting priorities, enforcing governance

• AI implementation crisis: moving stalled pilots into production with measurable ROI

• Customer experience gaps: defining product vision, fixing processes, improving NPS

• Security rationalisation: consolidating tools, aligning spend to SOC2/ISO/GDPR, giving the board visibility

 

 

I work across Ireland, the UK, and Europe.

 

Whether it’s a 2-week diligence sprint or a year-long interim mandate, I deliver outcomes in the role, not reports from the sidelines.