SERVICES
Rescue, Production Readiness & Technical Leadership
Prototypes and AI-built apps get you to a demo fast. Security, reliability, scalability and maintainability are what real users and investors expect. With 20+ years across software, firmware and hardware, we find what is broken, fix it, and get your product ready to launch and grow, with fractional CTO leadership when you need it.
Prototype to Production
Your MVP, proof of concept or AI-generated app works in a demo but not yet for real users. We harden security, add error handling and tests, fix architecture and data problems, set up CI/CD and monitoring, and prepare store releases and scaling, so you can launch with confidence.
Project Rescue & Technical Audit
Inherited a messy codebase, an agency handover that went wrong, or a project that stalled halfway? We audit architecture, security and performance, give you a clear prioritised plan, and then fix, refactor or complete the work. Fixing is usually faster and cheaper than a rewrite, and we will tell you honestly when it is not.
Hardware, IoT & Embedded Engineering
We connect software to the physical world: firmware, sensors, GPS and wireless connectivity, drones, and the mobile apps and cloud backends around them. Few teams cover the full chain from device to cloud to app, backed by an aeronautical engineering background and experience in aviation, drones and asset tracking.
Fractional CTO (CTO as a Service)
Strategic technical leadership without the full-time cost. We define your tech roadmap and architecture, oversee developers and agencies, support hiring, represent you in investor technical due diligence, and keep your product healthy after launch.
AI Integration & Complex Product Engineering
We add AI features where they create measurable value, and build or extend products with real technical depth, such as native mobile apps, backends and device integration, either as a project or by embedding senior engineers in your team.
Telmo's work on my project was of the highest quality. It's not very often that you encounter someone with the skills, the vision and the attitude to ensure that the finished product is A+.
FEATURED CONSULTANT
TELMO AMARO
Ascendia Dynamics is led by Telmo Amaro, a Portuguese engineer based in Coimbra, Portugal, who heads our project rescue and prototype-to-production practice.
For more than two decades, we have helped founders and teams rescue struggling products, take prototypes to production, and build systems that connect software with the physical world, from aviation and drones to IoT and asset tracking.
Key Highlights:
- 20+ years delivering software, firmware and hardware-connected products
- Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering
- Experience in aviation, drones, IoT and GPS tracking
- Specialised in taking prototypes, MVPs and AI-generated code to production
- Experience supporting startups and established companies across international markets
PRICING
Engagement Models & Indicative Pricing
Figures below are indicative starting points and vary based on scope, technical complexity and timeline. Every engagement begins with a conversation to confirm fit.
Technical Audit
Independent review of an existing product or plan
Fixed price, typical starting value
- Architecture, code quality, security and performance review
- Technical due diligence for investors or acquisitions
- Risk analysis and prioritised findings
- Recommended roadmap and technology choices
- Cost and timeline estimate for remediation
- Written report and walkthrough call
- Fee credited against follow-on work if you continue with us
Prototype to Production
Make your MVP or AI-built app launch-ready
Typical starting value
- Starts with a technical audit
- Security hardening: authentication, secrets, input validation
- Error handling, automated tests and bug fixing
- Backend, database and architecture clean-up
- CI/CD, monitoring and cloud deployment setup
- App Store and Google Play release preparation
- Handover documentation
Project Rescue & Modernisation
Stabilise, fix and upgrade existing systems
Typical starting value
- Starts with a technical audit
- Bug fixing, refactoring and performance work
- Security hardening and dependency upgrades
- Completion of unfinished or AI-generated code
- Migration to modern platforms and OS versions
- Optional ongoing maintenance retainer
Hardware & IoT Integration
Device, firmware, backend and app
Typical starting value
- Firmware and device communication (BLE, GPS, cellular, Wi-Fi)
- Cloud backend and API
- Native or cross-platform mobile apps
- Drone, tracking and sensor-based systems
- Requirements, technical design, implementation and verification
- 1 year of technical guarantee
Fractional CTO Retainer
Ongoing technical leadership and support
Per month, typical starting value
- Technology strategy, roadmap and architecture decisions
- Oversight of developers, agencies and vendors
- Hiring support and technical interviews
- Post-launch maintenance, upgrades and monitoring
- Investor and stakeholder technical representation
- Scope scaled to your stage and needs
Senior Engineering Day Rate
Hands-on help for teams and agencies
Per day, typical starting value
- Embedded senior engineer in your team
- Code review, mentoring and delivery oversight
- Firmware, mobile, backend and integration work
- Short or long engagements, remote
CONTACT TODAY
Book an initial technical conversation
Tell us about your prototype, stalled project or technical challenge. We'll have a short call to understand the situation and tell you honestly whether we can help, and whether fixing or rebuilding makes more sense.
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