Founders and C-Suite warriors, do you have a CTO disaster on your hands?

You vetted your CTO.  Perhaps you could have done the job yourself but you are busy running your business.  You were so convinced that the talent you hired was doing their job because of the appearance of a good track record, some serious smooth talking, cool PowerPoint slides, a nice wireframe, a workable strawman for a pilot, or reasonable excuses for missed deadlines, etc.

But the fact is that the person you hired did not do the job you paid stacks of cash for and told your biggest clients would be done.  You did not expect somebody to mislead you when checking in regularly about progress and anticipated deadlines.

But when it was time to deliver the product, you had ice water thrown in your face right before your *ss was set on fire because you had to go tell your customers YOU COULD NOT DELIVER. 😭

You are not alone.