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The Human CTO
Senior technology leadership, coaching and AI strategy for organisations that want clarity, not another consultancy.
Twenty years leading IT, data, software, product and change in regulated environments, packaged into three things you can actually buy: a fractional CTO, a coach for technology leaders, and an AI strategy designer.
Helping organisations move faster with clarity and confidence.
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Hi, I'm Rob Fawcett
Bold strategies that fall flat. Technology that sounds great and never lands. Confusion about what the regulations even allow. When it matters most, the human element gets left behind. I bridge the gap between business and technology with a no-nonsense approach: plain language, defined outcomes, and people who still want to work with you afterwards.
Rob helped the team and non-technologists visualise the future state. He doesn't blind people with science, and that helped us so much.Gill Taylor, Chief Transformation Officer
What I do
Behind each: the pillars I cover, and the defined products underneath them. Seventeen in all, each with who it is for, what you get, how we engage and how long it takes.
Senior technology leadership, embedded in your business for as long as you need it, without the full-time hire.
One-to-one for CTOs, directors and the people about to become them. The job beyond the title.
From ambition to a plan the board can read, with the data, governance and people to deploy it safely.
How I work
Real progress needs real clarity. This is how I actually make that happen, whichever door you come through.
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Step 1
Tell me what you are trying to achieve. No pitch deck, no pressure. Thirty minutes on where you are and where you need to be.
Step 2
Fractional CTO, coach or AI strategy. Inside it, a defined product: you see exactly what is included, how we engage and how long it takes, with the price in your proposal.
Step 3
Named deliverables, on time, and the understanding to carry them on without me. Whatever I promised, you get.
Who I've worked with
The key thing Rob does really well: he is able to explain technical concepts with clarity. Rob makes tech easy to understand.
Gill Taylor, Chief Transformation OfficerRob brings a rare quality of technical strategy, innovative thinking and the ability to deliver the change, all whilst keeping people engaged to the purpose of the journey.
John Kane, Group Strategy DirectorRob has a special talent in that he takes the most complex, challenging areas of emerging technology and makes them clear and simple. He combines sharp intelligence with real honesty and integrity, and he is simply a pleasure to work with.
Gillian Jones, Enterprise Account DirectorInsights
Beyond The Title, the leadership series in text and audio. Regulation decoded in plain English. What actually happens when AI meets a real organisation. All of it free, and you can subscribe to the quarterly Regulation Horizon email for the pieces that matter most.
Bringing AI advisory to more UK organisations through a managed IT partner I would hand my own clients to.
Proposals, plans and working documents, in one private place per client.
The latest in the leadership series. Read it, or listen on Spotify.
Not sure which door?
Whether you need a CTO on tap, a coach in your corner or an AI strategy the board will sign off, thirty minutes will point you in the right direction. No obligation, no waffle.