I think what your friend's startup really needs is a VP of engineering/ Chief Architect. Once that is taken care of you can figure out what type of CTO you wou

I think what your friend's startup really needs is a VP of engineering/ Chief Architect. Once that is taken care of you can figure out what type of CTO you would like to hire. Based on a paper I read, there are 4 types of CTO's between which to choose from: 1. CTO as “Infrastructure Manager” 2. CTO as “Big Thinker” 3. CTO as “Technology Visionary and Operations Manager” 4. CTO as “External-facing Technologist” Here's a link to that paper: [pdf] http://www.brixtonspa.com/Career/The_Role_of_the_CTO_4Models.pdf http://www.brixtonspa.com/Career/The_Role_of_the_CTO_4Models... Have you searched linkedin for current VP's, Dir. & Engineering managers? Or do you know highly technical people in other companies that can introduce you to such people?