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Erica Thompson

Fractional CTO. Technical Educator.

I audit codebases. I find what is broken. I fix it. Then I hand your team back clean systems with documentation they can maintain without me. Self-taught, hands-on, and public about the whole journey at @TheImposterEngineer.

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Work tied to outcomes, not hours

$1.2M
annual B2B revenue delivered
$12.5M
revenue protected through compliance
$50K+
legal exposure removed (WCAG 2.1)
60%
error reduction on a 100K+ user platform
500+
engineers trained in bootcamps, nonprofits, and federal programs
80%+
of the engineers I mentor, one-on-one and in groups, land tech roles
13+
years across frontend, backend, infra

Engagements

Flagship engagement

Fractional CTO Advisory

Ongoing retainer. Architecture reviews, technical strategy, hiring guidance, AI enablement. Your team keeps the judgment after I leave.

From $4K/month

Technical Audit

Fixed fee, fixed scope. I dig into your codebase, find root causes, and deliver a prioritized remediation roadmap. Security, architecture, accessibility, performance. On-site fly-in audits available.

$7,500 (1 week) / $12,500 (2 weeks)

Team Training & Workshops

AI-assisted engineering workflows, React architecture, accessibility, async collaboration. Built for teams that want capability, not dependency.

Half day $3,500. Full day $6,000. Custom series from $12K.

Select engagements. Tuesday through Thursday. Async-first teams preferred. Remote worldwide, with on-site audits and conference speaking by arrangement. I do not staff hourly feature development.

The Imposter Engineer

I have trained 500+ engineers through bootcamps, nonprofits, and government programs, and more than 80% of the engineers I mentor, one-on-one and in groups, land tech roles. I teach what engineers actually need: judgment, systems, and the audacity to stop waiting for permission.

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