Technical Advisory
Clear, pragmatic guidance on technology strategy, architecture, delivery, operating models, security and scale. I help leadership teams turn ambition into technology that can actually support the business.
Forty2 Technologies
Helping people and teams become the best they can be.
I use 20+ years of technology and leadership experience to help investors, founders and leadership teams solve difficult problems — without losing the human element.
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A little about me
Technologist at heart. People-focused by choice.
I'm Sanjay Mistry. I work with people to help their people and teams become the best that they can be. My background is in technology, but my superpower is communication: helping people listen, align, make decisions and move forward.
Technology is the tool. People are the outcome.
What I do
Practical help when things matter
I work primarily with PE and VC investors, and also with founders and scaling businesses. Often, the starting point is simply a difficult problem that needs an experienced, human and commercially minded perspective.
Technology Due Diligence
Investor-focused assessment of architecture, product, delivery, teams, technical risk, security and scalability — with clear findings and practical recommendations for what happens next.
Executive Coaching
A trusted sounding board for CEOs, CTOs and senior leaders navigating growth, change, transition, investor scrutiny or the challenge of leading through uncertainty.
Fractional CTO & Scale-Up Support
Hands-on leadership when a business needs momentum: setting direction, improving delivery, strengthening teams and creating the operating rhythm needed to scale.
How I work
Warm, direct and built for momentum.
I bring more than 20 years in technology and leadership, including CTO, COO and board-level roles. That gives me an operational and driven mindset: I like clarity, good decisions and visible progress.
Human first
I take time to understand the people, context and reality behind the problem.
Radically clear
I am kind and delicate, but I get to the point. Clarity helps people move at pace.
Communication as leverage
I help people communicate up, down, sideways and out — and listen properly too.
Operationally minded
Strategy matters, but so does turning it into action, ownership and follow-through.
“Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.”
— Brené Brown
“Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.”
— Simon Sinek
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemingway
What I bring
Experience you can put to work.
A blend of technology depth, commercial judgement, operational discipline and people-focused leadership.
Technology leadership
- CTO strategy and technology roadmaps
- Scale-up architecture and cloud
- Delivery, DevOps and technical debt
- Security, risk and ISO 27001
Commercial & operational
- Investor and board communication
- M&A, integration and exit readiness
- Operating model and transformation
- Budgeting, prioritisation and execution
People & leadership
- CEO, CTO and leadership coaching
- Team design and development
- Stakeholder alignment and trust
- Decision cadence and accountability
Beyond work
The person behind the practice.
The things I care about outside work influence how I think, lead and coach.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
BJJ is a constant lesson in humility, calm problem-solving, leverage, listening and incremental improvement. You cannot force every situation; you have to understand it, adapt and keep showing up.
Learning and sharing
I enjoy turning experience into useful conversations — especially around leadership, communication, technology and the lessons that only arrive when things do not go to plan.
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Have a difficult technology or leadership problem?
For now, the best way to reach me is through LinkedIn. You can see what I am thinking about, read my posts and send me a message there.
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