SoftTeco fractional chief AI officer: a dated 90-day structure

Contents

1. What SoftTeco's fractional CAIO does
2. Published evidence
3. Strengths and limits
4. Pricing
5. Questions to ask SoftTeco
6. Sources

Type	Software engineering firm
Founded	18+ years in software engineering (firm-stated)
Pricing	Not published
Website	softteco.com

SoftTeco is a software engineering firm with offices in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Georgia, the US, the UK and the UAE. It is the only provider in this guide that publishes dated outcomes for the first 90 days of a fractional chief AI officer⁠1Fractional Chief AI OfficerSoftTeco.

Best for: Mid-sized companies that want a structured 90-day start with dated outcomes, on a few days a month, with engineers available for priority initiatives.

Not the right fit for: Companies that want a leader embedded with them several days every week.

What SoftTeco's fractional CAIO does

SoftTeco positions the role as senior AI transformation leadership without the full-time commitment. The CAIO owns the transformation agenda, covering strategy, governance, prioritisation and execution, but does not replace the CIO, business leaders or delivery teams⁠1Fractional Chief AI OfficerSoftTeco.

The first 90 days are structured around three outcomes:

1. Day 30: a clear view of the AI landscape, an approved transformation charter and a prioritised portfolio.
2. Day 60: a repeatable AI delivery model in place of isolated experiments, with an operating model, governance guardrails and platform and vendor choices.
3. Day 90: evidence-based decisions on what to scale, with ROI validated against business cases and a 6 to 12 month roadmap that includes a target team structure.

The page names four kinds of buyer: mid-sized businesses without a full-time CAIO, boards wanting independent AI guidance, CIOs and CTOs who need more AI leadership capacity, and companies building long-term in-house capability. Priority initiatives can be supported by SoftTeco's own engineers.

Published evidence

The service page names no clients and reports no results. SoftTeco cites access to more than 450 professionals and holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications, which speak to delivery capacity rather than outcomes.

Strengths and limits

Strengths

• Publishes what each stage of the first 90 days should produce.
• States a typical time commitment of two to five days a month.
• Can support priority initiatives with its own software engineers; the firm cites access to more than 450 professionals.
• Holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications.

Limits

• Fee levels are not published; the page describes a predictable flat fee for a defined scope.
• No named clients on the service page.
• Two to five days a month is light for a company running several AI programmes at once.

Choose another option if: You need a leader present every week, or a provider that already works inside your sector’s compliance regime.

Pricing

Not published. A defined scope at a predictable flat fee.

Questions to ask SoftTeco

• How many days a month would our engagement include, and what triggers additional support?
• What does the flat fee cover, and what is billed separately if your engineers build an initiative?
• Can we see an anonymised day-30 charter and day-90 roadmap from a past engagement?
• Who would lead the engagement, and which time zone do they work in?

See how SoftTeco compares with the other providers in the main guide.

Sources

1. Fractional Chief AI Officer. SoftTeco. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.

Further reading

• Buyer's guide · Updated quarterlyThe best fractional chief AI officer services in 2026An analysis of seven providers that sell part-time AI leadership to established companies, compared on seven published criteria, with the evidence behind each and the established path through the first year.
• Guide · First 90 daysThe first 90 days of a fractional chief AI officerThe first three months decide whether a fractional AI leader changes how the company works or produces a document nobody opens. Here is what each month should deliver, and how to check.
• Guide · CostWhat a fractional chief AI officer costs, compared with a full-time hireNone of the providers we reviewed publishes a fee for the leadership role. These are the best sourced benchmarks available, a worked comparison with a full-time hire and the costs that sit outside the retainer.