Engineering leader. Systems fixer.
Ships the thing that works.
I'm Mike Nash - a technical leader with twelve years in production systems. I take on fractional CTO work, and I audit codebases and diagnose failures when that's what's actually needed first. UK-based, taking new engagements now.
The Background
Twelve years in software. Started as a graduate developer writing C# and .NET for enterprise clients, worked my way up through architecture and technical leadership. I've seen enough fires to know which ones matter.
I've led work I'm actually proud of - a platform migration for one of Australia's largest property companies (Dexus, ASX-listed), a state-wide government platform serving millions of citizens, and a technical turnaround that took support-agreement profitability from -630% to +36% in six months.
Come in, find what's broken, fix it or tell you exactly how to, and leave. No org chart, no onboarding overhead - just a clean outcome. I don't just advise - I stay close to the code, review architecture, and sweat the details that determine whether a project actually ships.
Based in the UK, working remotely, and available now.
How I Work
Pragmatism over Purity
I don't recommend rebuilding systems to use the latest framework. Every architectural call gets weighed against what it actually costs: maintenance burden, time to ship, and whether it solves the real problem.
Honest Assessment
The report says what I actually found. If the build has serious problems, you'll know exactly what they are and what they'll cost you. I'd rather lose work by telling the truth than keep it by softening the findings.
Production Experience
I've built and broken real production systems across finance, government, and SaaS. That history is what makes the audits useful - I know what gets cut under pressure, what breaks at scale, and what the red flags actually mean.
Root Cause, Not Symptoms
I don't stop at the surface. If data is going missing, I find why. If the architecture looks clean, I find what's underneath. The report tells you what to fix and why it matters - not just a list of things that look wrong.
Core Capabilities
Dexus · NTT · Kalibrate · Lancom · plus NDA'd startups and government departments.
Selected Experience
Fractional CTO
Aug 2025 - Feb 2026Stealth Startup (NDA'd)
Sole technical leader for an early-stage SaaS startup. Defined the technical vision and architecture from scratch - .NET 9 monorepo with Domain-Driven Design, vertical slices deploying as serverless Lambdas on AWS, MongoDB for data flexibility, React/Next.js frontend. Designed and integrated AI capabilities into the core product - intelligent assistant, AI-driven workflow automation, and context-aware suggestions. Built the MVP end-to-end. Established engineering culture: CI/CD with GitHub Actions, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, feature flags, comprehensive observability with OpenTelemetry. Defined the product roadmap through product-market fit. Took the company from zero to a working product and pre-seed funding.
Founder & Principal Consultant
2022 - PresentNash Software Services
Independent technical consultancy providing fractional CTO services, code audits, system diagnostics, and technical due diligence. Clients include Dexus (ASX Top 50, A$50bn+ in assets), engagements through NTT (Fortune 500), and multiple NDA'd startups. Key result: turned support-agreement profitability from -630% to +36% in six months at Lancom Technology.
Technical Lead → Head of Software Services
2023 - 2025Lancom Technology
Joined as Technical Lead to rescue a .NET migration six months overdue - built custom tooling, resolved EF Core migration issues, got the project billable within three months. Promoted to Head of Software Services leading a 20-person division. Turned support-agreement profitability from -630% to +36% in six months by fixing how work was scoped and priced. Ran architecture reviews, technical audits, code audits, and SaaS discovery workshops.
Solutions Architect / Technical Lead
2020 - 2023Dexus · NTT
Technical lead at Dexus (ASX Top 50) - led legacy platform decommission, migrated hundreds of thousands of records, GS007 compliance, modernised VB.NET/C++ services to .NET Core. Sole delivery lead via NTT (Fortune 500) - architected a state-wide government debt management platform serving millions of citizens, designed reusable Azure B2C auth, custom MFA, and just-in-time user migration.
Full-Stack Engineer → Senior Developer
2015 - 2020Egress · iCoupon · Kalibrate
Started as a graduate developer, progressed to senior and technical lead. Key highlights: led monolith-to-microservices migration at Kalibrate, built an identity broker supporting SAML and OIDC for a multi-billion-pound client, introduced Terraform for IaC. Enterprise software development across .NET, Angular, React, and Azure.
Got a technical problem I can help with?
Whether you need a fractional CTO, an independent code review before go-live, or technical due diligence on something inherited - let's talk.