Fractional CTO · Manchester, UK

John
Ward

Mobile, Edge AI & Embedded Systems

25 years bridging silicon to software. From Linux kernel drivers to enterprise architecture — I help companies ship hardware-software products that actually work in the real world. Founder of Resolutis and Manchester Edge AI Lab.

Fractional CTO available at day rate or retainer
25+
Years experience
Jetsonon Edge
YOLOv8 on Jetson Orin
OpenSource
GNOME, kafka-rust
LFEdge
Contributor
Jetson Orin TensorRT Zephyr RTOS Linux Kernel Rust Systems YOLOv8 NXP / NFC NVIDIA Connect Edge AI Kafka / Rust Hardware Bring-up Enterprise Architecture Jetson Orin TensorRT Zephyr RTOS Linux Kernel Rust Systems YOLOv8 NXP / NFC NVIDIA Connect Edge AI Kafka / Rust Hardware Bring-up Enterprise Architecture

Experience with

Apple Google JLR Intel NXP NVIDIA Linux Foundation
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Current Ventures

Consultancy

Resolutis Ltd

Fractional CTO services specialising in embedded systems, edge AI, and hardware-software integration. Bridging the gap between silicon and enterprise — helping companies ship products that work at the edge.

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Lab & Community

Manchester Edge AI Lab

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Product · Near-term

EdgeOps

Edge infrastructure health reporting for teams running ML workloads at the edge. Actionable observability without the enterprise overhead — starting at £499. Powered by real field experience.

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Open-Core · Rust

Conduo

A Rust-based data pipeline and integration platform with AI REST API generation, file-drop ingestion, and ERP connectors. Open-source engine, hosted proprietary integrations. conduo.ai

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Need a fractional CTO who has worked on products with Intel, Google, and JLR — and can do the same for you?

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Deep Expertise

25 years of depth across the full embedded stack — from bare-metal bring-up to enterprise integration architecture. Not generalist AI hype, but real hardware-software engineering.


Maintainer of kafka-rust. Contributor to LF Edge State of the Edge. NVIDIA Connect member. Triathlete.

Edge AI / TensorRT
5 yrs
Linux
30 yrs
Rust Systems
8 yrs
C/C++ Emebedded Platforms
25 yrs
Mobile Experience
20 yrs
Enterprise Architecture
12 yrs
Fractional CTO / Strategy
8 yrs
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