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Fractional CTO
A CTO's judgment before you can justify the hire. Technical strategy and architecture, engineering hiring and team-building, and translation across engineering, business, and legal.
Asymptoticsolutions
Senior engineering leadership — without the full-time hire.
I'm Guido Cugi, a technology executive and architect with 20+ years building scalable platforms across AI, cloud, and content security. Through Asymptoticsolutions I take companies from idea to production — as a fractional CTO and a hands-on builder.
20+ yrsEngineering leadership
12U.S. & intl patents
0→1Idea to production
perfection is the limit we tend toward — and keep closing in on
01Services
Three ways I help you ship.
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Product Engineering (0→1)
Hands-on build, not just advice. Full-stack development on Python/FastAPI, React, and AWS, plus iOS/Android — with LLM features and AI agents built into production from day one.
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Technical Advisory & Diligence
Architecture reviews, security and IP strategy, and technical due diligence for founders and investors. Twelve patents and two decades of secure-systems work behind every assessment.
02How I work
Four principles, no exceptions.
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Senior hands on the keyboard
The person you talk to is the person who builds.
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Architecture first
Scalable, secure foundations before features, because rework is the most expensive code.
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Ship over slideware
Working software in production beats a perfect roadmap.
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AI where it earns its place
Agents and LLMs in real systems, not demos.
03Selected work
Platforms in production.
qgdiving
FounderA B2B/B2C platform for the dive industry on FastAPI/React and AWS, with an AI booking agent powered by Claude.
qgdiving.comDigital rights & content monetization
CTOCTO engagement converging digital rights, real estate, and immersive content through next-generation DRM. Cloud-native architecture, IP/patent strategy, team leadership.
digitalrightsnetwork.com
04Track record
Before Asymptoticsolutions.
Two decades architecting secure media and DRM platforms shipped to global operators and manufacturers — at the companies below, as prior employers, not Asymptoticsolutions engagements.
SonyLG
BTSky
Nokia Top Inventor · 2004–2005
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Global Solution ArchitectIntertrust Technologies · Berkeley, CA
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Director, Solutions EngineeringIntertrust Technologies · London, UK
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Senior Engineering ManagerAccenture · Helsinki, Finland
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Head of EngineeringNokia · Espoo, Finland
05Capabilities
The stack I build on.
AI / ML
LLMs (Claude, GPT), RAG, agents, computer vision
Cloud
AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, serverless
Languages
Python, Java, C++, JavaScript / Node
Security
PKI, AES/RSA/ECC, threat modeling, DRM (FairPlay, PlayReady, Widevine)
Integration
REST, gRPC, Kafka, SNS / SQS
06About
20+ yrsGlobal engineering leadership
12U.S. & intl patents
MS / BSCS · Cal State Sacramento
MIT · HarvardXRecent AI-product certs
Cupertino, CAEnglish & Italian
Guido Cugi is a technology executive and architect with more than 20 years leading global engineering teams and building scalable platforms across AI/ML, cloud, content protection, and digital assets.
He holds 12 U.S. and international patents in DRM, secure content delivery, and cryptographic systems, and has advised C-level stakeholders from Hollywood studios to global device makers.
He holds an MS in Computer Science (Cal State Sacramento) and a BS in Computer Science & Mathematics, with recent AI-product certifications from MIT and HarvardX. Based in Cupertino, California; works in English and Italian.