# Technical advice and hands-on delivery · Tomer Gal

A technical decision, a growing team, or work that could be simpler. I help nonprofits, founders and engineering teams understand what needs to change and see it through.

## How we work together

I've spent my working life looking for ways to make work easier, at Tonkean, in growing engineering teams, and in companies I built myself. Today I bring that experience to nonprofits, founders and technical teams.

I start by understanding what matters to you and what happens in practice. That can mean spending time with staff, reading code, or working through a decision with a founder.

Then we choose what to tackle first. I build, lead the work, or help select and manage the right vendors, depending on what the situation needs. We make progress in steps and check whether it is helping.

## Services

- **[Technology consulting for nonprofits](/services/technology-advisor)** · Your team has people to support, volunteers to coordinate and services to deliver. I help find where the work gets stuck and stay involved in making it easier. Start with what happens in a normal week..
- **[R&D Advisory & Fractional CTO](/services/fractional-cto)** · Your engineering team grew, but delivery got slower. I help figure out why, what actually needs to change, and what can wait. Hire a fractional CTO for the months you need one, without the full-time hire. Start with an R&D Health Check.
- **[Architecture & Technical Strategy](/services/architecture-review)** · A decision is coming that's hard to undo. It's much cheaper to think it through now than to find out in eight months. Start with an Architecture Review.
- **[AI & Automation](/services/ai-automation)** · Too much of the work is still manual. Not all of it should be automated. I help find the parts that should be, then build them. Start with an Opportunity Audit.

## Track record

I started building at twelve, helping run Minecraft servers and writing the plugins behind them. Since then, I have helped grow startups, built my own companies, and worked as a fractional CTO.

- [Tonkean](https://tonkean.com): founding engineer; helped grow from 0 ARR to several million and from six people to more than 300. Acquired by Coupa.
- [LayerX](https://layerxsecurity.com): built the team and the system across integrations, Zero Trust, delivery, and observability. Acquired by Akamai.
- A major blockchain infrastructure company in Israel: worked on staking and swapping services.
- A stealth startup focused on AI agent reliability: led development around agents, monitoring, and evaluation.

Selected work is described without client names in [Consulting work](/#consulting), with three further engagements under NDA.
- Butler AI and Lumos AI: founder, product builder, and more than 1,000 customer conversations.

## Navigation

- [How I work](/leadership.md)
- [Personal blog](/blog.md)
- [About me](/about.md)
- [All writing](/posts.md)
- [RSS Feed](/rss.xml)

## Links

- LinkedIn: [Tomer Gal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomergal14)
- Personal blog: [tomerwave.com/blog](https://tomerwave.com/blog)
- Email: tomer@tomerwave.com

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