Case study · Fractional CTO

BLAK, private aviation.

From 2022 to April 2026 I was BLAK’s fractional CTO and lead software engineer. I worked directly with the founder, Sam: I made the technical decisions with him and built the software myself.

Client
BLAK International, private jet charter
Role
Fractional CTO and lead software engineer
Years
2022 – April 2026
Worked with
Sam, founder and CEO
The BLAK private jet charter website, as built by abZ Global
01

One person accountable for the technology.

  1. 01

    Technical decisions made with the founder: what to build, how to build it, and what to leave out.

  2. 02

    Lead software engineer on the charter website, hand-coded and shaped together with Sam.

  3. 03

    Built so the founder could update the website himself, without calling a developer for every change.

02

A charter website built around the flight request.

  1. 01

    A flight request that opens on any page, in an overlay, so a visitor can ask for a flight the moment they decide, without hunting for a contact page.

  2. 02

    The request asks for what the team needs to quote: destinations, airports and aircraft preferences.

  3. 03

    A page for each region the company serves, with featured aircraft and popular destinations.

  4. 04

    A page for each popular destination, suggesting other destinations from the same region, different on every visit.

03

Side by side with the founder.

It started with smaller projects. When Sam decided BLAK needed a new website, he flew in three times, and we spent about ten days working at one table: he described an idea, and I built it while he watched.

Sam, Founder and CEO of BLAK

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