Work
Real businesses, real systems.
Two kinds of work: ongoing partnerships where I’m the fractional CTO, and discrete projects I designed and built. Every one is a long-term system, not a one-time job.
CTO partnerships
Ongoing fractional CTO relationships, on retainer.
Mabili Skills
Mabili sources, develops and maps digital skills, helping international organisations build verified, SFIA-aligned remote teams.
Read about the partnership with Mabili Skills
Growth Predictor
Growth Predictor’s technology measures a company’s capacity to grow, predicting its future revenue and growth rate for investors, lenders and exchanges.
Read about the partnership with Growth Predictor
Nicole Barlow
Nicole Barlow is an independent South African journalist and podcaster, publishing investigative articles, videos, the NicoleB Show and books.
Read about the partnership with Nicole Barlow
Project case studies
Discrete projects, from compliance platforms to international e-commerce.
Accordium
Food safety & compliance
Real-time food safety compliance platform. IoT sensor nodes send temperature data over LoRa to an in-store hub, feeding a live compliance dashboard with alerting and audit-ready reporting.
Vamparossa
E-commerce (United States)
US e-commerce for wood-fired pizza oven gas burners. A normalised product catalogue API on Railway-hosted PostgreSQL, a Next.js storefront, and migration off legacy WordPress.
TenantFlow
Property management
Rental portfolio management covering the full leasing lifecycle, from tenant applications and screening to leases, maintenance requests and move-out.
Cygnia Technology
PropTech
A platform for property managers, tenants and owners that streamlines portfolio management and the tenant experience.
Ziada Credit Solutions
African finance
Receivables finance for African businesses: factoring, supply chain finance and forfaiting to unlock working capital.
Serendipity Farm Group
Agriculture & e-commerce
Fresh produce, accommodation and solar under one platform, with cart, Clerk authentication and an admin dashboard.
Roth Trading
UN & NGO procurement
Procurement and logistics for UN agencies, NGOs and government, sourcing and delivering African goods worldwide.
FSQ Excellence
Food safety consulting
Food safety and quality consultancy: certification pathways, compliance guidance and structured data for discovery.
Halo Business Administrators
Financial recovery
Business rescue and financial recovery firm, built on a dark editorial design system.
Sew Much Better
Retail & e-commerce
Sewing, embroidery and wool specialist in Johannesburg: product catalogue, workshop bookings and machine-repair scheduling.
Want to be next?
I take on a small number of new clients each year. Tell me what you’re building.
1 hour · R850, or 45 minutes · R550 · remote or in person, same price
or email henry@erzo.co.za
South African time (SAST, UTC+2). I reply to every message myself, within 24 hours.