Yeah it's not going to be easy. It depends on how the project is being financed, but you'll need to make it clear that the goal is to invent as little as possib

Yeah it's not going to be easy. It depends on how the project is being financed, but you'll need to make it clear that the goal is to invent as little as possible, and re-use as much as possible. The CTO could open source the library and work on its as a side project.