Open Venture NexusExecutive technology leadership for growing companies.
Open Venture Nexus helps founders and CEOs build the right product, get more from a lean engineering team with AI, and put in place the security and compliance posture their customers demand — without a full-time executive hire.
C-level judgment on a schedule and budget that fits a growing company.
Three areas where the right technology decisions change the trajectory of the business.
Strategy & Engineering Efficiency
Product and platform strategy the business can actually fund — and lean engineering teams that do more with less through AI-assisted development, automation, and right-sized process.
Security & Compliance
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 programs run by someone who has been the accountable executive — scoping, gap assessment, controls, and audit readiness, with secure-by-design architecture built in rather than bolted on.
AI in Operations & Product
Finding the manual, paper-heavy, or slow-cycle processes where AI-driven workflows deliver measurable time and cost savings — then building them and putting them into production.
Three ways to engage.
Pick the model that matches the shape of the problem. Every engagement starts with a conversation about what the business needs — not a menu.
Fractional CTO
A standing commitment scoped by the number of days per month the company needs. Serves as your technology executive: strategy, architecture, technical leadership, security and compliance, board and investor reporting, and vendor decisions. Adjustable as needs change.
Project
A defined scope with specific, well-defined deliverables and a fixed fee. Typical projects: SOC 2 or ISO 27001 readiness, a technical due diligence report, an architecture or platform assessment, or an AI workflow that replaces a manual process.
Advisory
Access to a CTO’s judgment on an as-needed basis, billed hourly and subject to availability. Suited to founders who want a sounding board for hiring, vendor, architecture, or fundraising decisions without a standing engagement.
Todd R. Wildman
Fractional CTO | Principal, Open Venture Nexus
- 25+ years in technology; 12+ in C-level and VP roles
- 3 M&A transactions — a PE acquisition, an exit to App Annie, and an acquisition as COO
- SOC 2 & ISO 27001 programs led as the accountable executive
- CTO / Advisor, Zerio — supply chain security platform
- ALM, Harvard · B.S. EE, Bucknell
- LinkedIn profile →
An operator, not an observer.
Todd Wildman is a fractional Chief Technology Officer who partners with founders and CEOs who need executive-level technology leadership but are not yet ready for a full-time CTO. He brings 25 years in technology and more than a decade in C-level and VP roles spanning B2B SaaS, AdTech and MarTech, marketplaces, and supply chain security.
As CTO and SVP Engineering at Integrate, he scaled a 140+ person global technology organization supporting a platform approaching $100M ARR, held 99.99% uptime with R&D under 25% of revenue, reduced IT spend by $7M in annual run rate, achieved ISO 27001 certification, and led technical due diligence for the company’s private-equity acquisition. As CTO of Libring, he took an ad-monetization analytics platform from proof of concept to a system global gaming companies relied on daily, culminating in its acquisition by App Annie.
Today, at Zerio, his AI-driven workflows have eliminated hundreds of hours per week of manual processing, replaced monthly manual reviews with real-time security alerting, and cut annual audit reporting from weeks to minutes.
Let’s talk about what your company needs.
Tell us a little about your company and the challenge in front of you. We’ll respond within two business days to set up a conversation — no pitch, no obligation.
- connect@openventurenexus.com
- Location
- Westford, Massachusetts — working with clients remotely and across New England
- linkedin.com/in/toddwildman1