Independent CTO-led review for software companies

Know what to fix, rebuild, or stop.

Get an independent recommendation and a practical 90-day plan for one expensive product or platform decision in 10 working days.

Fixed fee · 10 working days · Led personally by the founder

Build
Websites, ecommerce, and business software
Connect
The tools and workflows your team relies on
Scope
Deliverables, timeline, and fee agreed up front
Support
Ongoing care with an agreed scope

Websites and software built around your business.

From a better website to the tools behind it, Spanwork helps you design, build, and maintain what your business needs.

01 / Websites and ecommerce

A clearer path from interest to inquiry or purchase.

Business websites, online stores, and improvements to an existing site, shaped around your customers and the way you work.

  • Website design and development
  • Storefront and purchase-flow improvements
  • Content structure, forms, and mobile usability

02 / Custom apps and integrations

Software that fits the work you actually do.

Customer portals, internal tools, and connected systems that give a recurring business process a practical home.

  • Custom web applications and portals
  • Connections between existing tools
  • Workflow automation and data handoffs

03 / Scoped ongoing care

Keep improving after launch.

Maintenance, fixes, and planned improvements for the website or software your business depends on. We agree on the systems, priorities, and support window first.

  • Site and application maintenance
  • Bug fixes and practical improvements
  • Clear priorities and an agreed support scope

Already know what you need? We can scope the build directly. If the next step is unclear, a focused assessment can help you decide.

Discuss your project

See the work before you contact us.

Selected work from Jose's public portfolio. The relationship and role are shown for each example.

Related-business work / Service website

Crystal West Cleaning

A service-business website connecting clear service information, estimate requests, and the owner's follow-up workflow.

Jose's role
Brand, website, implementation, and lead flow
Context
Related-business work, not an independent Spanwork client engagement
View the website

Product portfolio / Publishing application

ReadmeBio

A publishing product with a profile editor, connected data, publishing controls, analytics, and billing.

Jose's role
Product, UX, and full-stack development
Context
Product portfolio work, not a commissioned client engagement
View the product work

Current operating role / Active beta

Micr

Product and platform leadership for a social gaming product, spanning UX, architecture, infrastructure, and operational reliability.

Jose's role
CTO
Context
An operating role at Micr, not a Spanwork client engagement
See Jose's Micr work

Optional discovery / Illustrative sample

Need to decide what comes first?

A focused assessment can clarify the scope before you commit to a build. For a consequential product or platform decision, the Product and Technology Review is available as a standalone engagement.

  • A Review is optional, not a prerequisite for development.
  • You keep the recommendation and plan.
  • Any follow-on work is scoped separately.
Open the sample Review

Optional discovery / The Product and Technology Review

Unsure what to build or fix first?

For one expensive product or platform decision, get a recommendation, the reasoning behind it, and a practical 90-day plan in 10 working days. Start here when the direction needs investigation; start with a project scope when it is already clear.

An illustrative sample, not client work. Your Review is scoped around your decision.

You keep the recommendation and plan. No follow-on engagement required.

SpanworkDecision memo

Should the team begin a full platform rewrite before committing to enterprise identity and audit controls?

Do not begin the
full rewrite yet.

Separate identity and audit responsibilities, test the integration boundary, and measure one release cycle before approving the larger program.

Repair
Contain the constraint.
Rebuild
Replace the platform.
Resequence
Test the boundary first.
Illustrative sample · Not a client case study
SpanworkConstraint map

Connect the promise,
the system, and the owner.

  1. Product commitment

    Enterprise identity controls and a reliable audit trail before launch.

  2. Platform constraint

    Identity and audit responsibilities share an untested boundary.

  3. Decision owner

    Name the leader responsible for the decision and the team that will operate it.

What could change the answer? Test failure, rollback, and data behavior before the next commitment.

Illustrative sample · Not a client case study
Spanwork90-day plan

Make the next
commitment earn its evidence.

  1. Days 0-30

    Define and instrument

    Name the owners. Document the boundaries. Agree on the test.

  2. Days 31-60

    Test the constrained path

    Run the smallest complete test. Observe one representative release.

  3. Days 61-90

    Decide and sequence

    Compare the findings. Choose the next scope, owners, and accepted risks.

Leadership readoutApprove / Narrow / Defer / Stop

Illustrative sample · Not a client case study

From the first conversation to a working result.

We agree on the outcome and scope, build in reviewable stages, and prepare you to run what we deliver.

  1. 01 / Understand

    Start with the business need

    Talk through the customers, workflow, existing systems, and what needs to change.

  2. 02 / Scope

    Agree on a practical scope

    Set the deliverables, responsibilities, timeline, and fee in writing. Use discovery only where an important unknown needs investigation.

  3. 03 / Build

    Build and review together

    Review working progress, test the important flows, and agree on changes before they expand the scope.

  4. 04 / Handover

    Launch with a clear handover

    Check the agreed scope, document how to manage it, and plan any ongoing care as a separate agreement.

Work directly with the person building it.

Jose Alvarado is your direct point of contact for scope, design, development, and handover.

Jose Alvarado

Founder, Spanwork Product and platform engineer

Black-and-white thermal-print portrait of Jose Alvarado.

Jose is the founder of Spanwork and CTO at Micr. He leads product direction, UX, architecture, and infrastructure for an active software product.

His published work includes service-business websites, publishing tools, and social gaming. He connects product design with full-stack development and the systems needed to keep software running.

Current role
CTO at Micr
Based in
South Bay, Los Angeles
Working range
Product direction, UX, full-stack systems, cloud, security, and product economics
Working relationship
Direct contact from the first conversation through handover

Practical notes for difficult software decisions.

Read how to choose between repair and rewrite, test an enterprise promise, and get stalled roadmap work moving.

View all insights

Is Spanwork a good fit for your project?

Good fit

  • You need a business website, online store, custom application, or integration.
  • You have a specific workflow to improve or a clear problem to solve.
  • The person responsible for the project can help set priorities and review progress.
  • You want an honest scope, including a smaller first release when that makes sense.

Not a fit

  • You need open-ended staff augmentation without an agreed delivery scope.
  • You need emergency incident response or round-the-clock support without a separate support agreement.
  • The people with decision authority cannot participate.
  • You need a broad compliance audit or general maturity assessment.

Clear scope, including what comes after launch.

A new build, an improvement to an existing system, and ongoing care each need their own scope. You can engage Spanwork directly for the work you need.

Before work starts

A written project scope

Agree on deliverables, timeline, fee, access needs, and who supplies content or approvals. Additional requests are discussed before they become additional work.

Ongoing support

Care with clear boundaries

Agree on the systems covered, maintenance tasks, support hours, and improvement priorities. Ongoing care is scoped separately from the initial build.

Tell Jose what you want to build or improve.

Share the business need, your current website or tools, and any timing constraints. A few sentences are enough to start a project conversation.

A short summary is enough. Do not send confidential code, credentials, customer data, or system access through this form.

If there is a fit, the next step is a short conversation. You receive the scope, timeline, deliverables, access requirements, and fixed fee in writing before deciding.

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