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Buske Consulting · Since 2018

Fractional CTO and
transformationleadership.

Strategic technology and AI advisory at the C-level — for mid-market and growth companies that need clarity, prioritisation and leadership through complex change.

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20+
Years tech leadership
40+
Mandates & transformations
5/5
Portfolio fields
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Services

Six levers that turn technology into a leadership question.

We think and lead — from strategic diagnosis through governance of execution. Hands-on implementation runs through our delivery sister brand MOVECO.

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Fractional & Interim CTO

Experienced tech leadership on demand — with full responsibility for strategy, organisation and delivery, without a permanent hire.

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Tech & Platform Strategy

From status quo to roadmap: architecture, platform and build-vs-buy decisions grounded in value-creation logic.

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AI strategy at management level

Use-case portfolio, data & governance model, roles and investment logic. AI as a leadership topic, not an IT project.

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Operating model & org design

Structures, roles, responsibilities and interfaces for modern tech organisations — from platform teams to delivery logic.

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Tech Due Diligence & Maturity

Substantive assessment of technology, team, architecture and risk — for investors, advisory boards and management.

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Executive sparring

Confidential 1:1 sparring for management and leadership teams. Clarity on decisions no one else gets to challenge.

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Method

Four steps from diagnosis to a robust leadership structure.

01

Diagnosis

Where are technology, organisation and AI today — and where do friction, risk or stagnation arise?

  • Maturity assessment
  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Risk & debt map
02

Target Picture

Which technology and organisation setup will support the next 24–36 months of growth?

  • Architecture principles
  • Operating model
  • AI use-case portfolio
03

Roadmap

What will be done when, by whom, with which budget — and how do we measure value contribution?

  • Prioritised initiatives
  • Budget & KPIs
  • Delivery plan
04

Governance

How will the roadmap be led, controlled and re-tuned — including after our mandate ends?

  • Steering & reviews
  • Roles & escalation
  • Hand-off to internal leadership
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Mandate

Who we work with — and who we explicitly do not.

We work with …

  • +Managing directors and owners of mid-market companies under growth or change pressure
  • +CTOs, CIOs and CDOs who want experienced sparring at eye level
  • +Investors and advisory boards that need a substantive tech assessment
  • +Growth companies before or after a scaling step
  • +Companies in restructuring, carve-out or post-merger integration

We explicitly do not …

  • −classic agency delivery or operational standard implementation
  • −general training programmes or broad upskilling offers
  • −tool directories or software comparison platforms
  • −pure media or content mandates without strategic impact
  • −advisory without ownership — we co-own, we don't just explain
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Principal

Personally accountable. Experienced at decision-maker level.

Martin Buske
Managing Director · Buske Consulting GmbH

More than two decades in technology leadership roles — as CTO, division head and advisor to management boards. Specialised in phases that require technology, organisation and AI to be reshaped together.

Buske Consulting is the strategic head of an integrated portfolio: advisory, delivery (MOVECO), knowledge (TechResources), assessment (AI-skills.info) and tool discovery (QRtool).

  • 2018 — heute Buske Consulting GmbH · Managing Director, Fractional CTO
  • 2014 — 2018 SaaS Scale-up · CTO, scaled engineering from 25 to 120
  • 2008 — 2014 Mittelstand · Industrie · Head of Technology, platform consolidation
  • — 2008 Engineering & Architektur · Tech lead in product-oriented teams
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Engagements

Three anonymised engagements, three levers.

Selection from the past 24 months. Full references on request.

Fractional CTO · 9 months

B2B SaaS, Series B — engineering scaled from 30 to 80.

Re-set operating model, established platform team, stabilised delivery cadence. Hand-off to permanent CTO after 9 months.

"Time-to-release from 6 weeks to 9 days."
Tech Due Diligence

Mid-market buyout — assessment of technology, architecture, team.

Maturity, risk and investment analysis for a PE investor. Quantified technical debt, scaling ceilings and top-3 risks ahead of closing.

"Purchase price adjusted by 11% — and a clear 100-day plan."
AI Strategy

Industrial mid-market — AI use-case portfolio & governance.

Distilled 47 ideas into a portfolio of 9 prioritised use-cases with investment logic, data model and clear roles — including a board-level AI policy.

"Three use-cases live — the rest discarded rather than diluted."
— 06 · Contact

A 30-minute first call.

Confidential, no commitment. You describe the situation — we assess fit and propose the next sensible step.

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E-Mail [email protected]
Phone +49 · on request
Office Germany
Languages Deutsch · English
Response usually within 24 hours