Lead · Fractional CTO Advisory
The Strategic Technology Partner Your Board Has Been Looking For
Gareth de Bruyn brings 30+ years of enterprise technology leadership — available as a Fractional CTO, strategic advisor, or board-level technology voice.
The Gap
Many organizations need executive-level technology leadership — but not necessarily a full-time hire.
Whether you're a private equity–backed portfolio company navigating a transformation, a mid-market firm without a sitting CTO, or a board seeking an independent technology voice — the gap between “we have a question” and “we have the right person to answer it” is expensive.
Gareth has sat in that chair — advising organizations through technology transformations, enterprise platform decisions, AI strategy, and board-level risk assessments — without the overhead of a full-time executive hire.
Engagement Models
Three Ways to Engage
Retainer Advisory
Ongoing strategic access. Gareth serves as your on-call technology executive — available for board prep, vendor evaluation, architecture review, and leadership alignment.
Structured as a monthly retainer with defined access hours.
Project-Based Engagement
Focused on a defined outcome — a technology roadmap, a platform evaluation, a transformation recovery plan, or an AI readiness assessment.
Fixed scope, clear deliverables.
Board Advisory / Independent Director
Gareth serves as an independent technology voice at the board or executive committee level — providing objective assessment of technology risk, spend, and strategy without operational conflict of interest.
Available for formal board roles or advisory committee participation.
Track Record
Where Gareth Has Done This
Gareth has served in advisory and fractional leadership capacities for organizations backed by some of the world's leading private equity firms — including engagements with a global health and fitness technology company, a multinational insurance platform, and an industrial distribution enterprise. In each case, the engagement combined strategic clarity with hands-on delivery credibility.
The distinction: Gareth doesn't just advise. deBCor Engineering stands behind every recommendation with execution capability when needed — the same team, the same standards, the same accountability.
Why It Works
The Credentials Behind the Advisory
30+ years of SAP and enterprise technology delivery
Not theory — proven at scale across pharma, defense, manufacturing, insurance, energy, and retail. The perspective that comes from having seen what works and what fails at every level of the enterprise.
Author of 13 SAP books
Including the first ABAP book ever published. Gareth's knowledge is documented, teachable, and trusted globally. When he explains a platform decision, he can also explain every layer beneath it.
AI-forward perspective
Holder of provisional AI patents, builder of AI-accelerated delivery frameworks, and architect of deBCor's proprietary AI delivery platform. Gareth advises on AI strategy from the position of someone who has built it — not just read about it.
Operator-advisor hybrid
Every recommendation comes with execution capability behind it. When the board approves the strategy, deBCor Engineering can deliver it. No gap between the advice and the work.
Ready to bring clarity to your technology strategy?
Whether you need a trusted voice for an upcoming board meeting, an objective assessment of a platform decision, or a long-term strategic partner — let's talk.