Xavier Garcia Fractional CTO

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Xavier Garcia

VP Engineering
Sonder Inc

Who I'm ?

Hi, I’m Xavier,  a Fractional CTO, seasoned tech leader, and builder of high-performing global teams. Over the past 20+ years, I’ve helped startups and scale-ups transform bold ideas into scalable products, and most recently, I led Sonder’s technology organization through its most pivotal growth from Series C to IPO.

As VP of Engineering at Sonder, I scaled the team from 25 to 200+, launched core systems in Guest Experience, Hospitality Automation, and AI, and turned tech from a cost center into a product-driven growth engine. I’ve navigated hypergrowth, restructurings, M&A, and everything in between.

Now, I help ambitious founders and executive teams move faster — from finding product-market fit and shaping their tech vision, to scaling platforms and organizations that can truly grow.

Whether you’re looking to strengthen your engineering strategy, ship faster with quality, or build a product-led company from the ground up — let’s talk. I’m here to help you get there.

Let’s build what’s next, together.

Xavier

 

 

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Why a Fractional CTO?

A Fractional CTO is a strategic partner who offers executive-level technology leadership on a part-time or contract basis. This model provides organizations with flexible access to seasoned expertise without the long-term commitment and cost of a full-time executive.

Benefits include:

  • Continuity through transition: Maintain stability and leadership during executive changes, team reorgs, or product pivots.
  • Strategic focus: Leverage high-impact guidance on architecture, product scaling, and org design.
  • Cost efficiency: Access top-tier experience at a fraction of the cost of a full-time CTO.
  • Speed and agility: Quickly onboard leadership to keep momentum without the typical ramp-up time.
  • Scalable engagement: Increase or decrease involvement as business needs evolve.

Ideal for companies navigating growth, restructuring, productization, or interim gaps, a Fractional CTO brings clarity and velocity when it matters most.

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Value I Bring

As a Fractional CTO, I offer:

  • Strategic Technology Leadership: Insightful decision-making across infrastructure, architecture, security, and software development lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Organizational Scale & Design Expertise: Experience designing and leading high-performing, global engineering organizations.
  • Product & Platform Thinking: Guidance on evolving internal tools into SaaS products, and aligning engineering investments with business outcomes.
  • AI & Innovation Leadership: Proven ability to drive automation, AI integration, and operational efficiency.
  • Stakeholder Alignment: Deep experience working with C-suite, investors, and cross-functional partners to ensure strong strategic alignment.

Whether you're undergoing a transformation, launching a new product, or bridging a leadership gap, I help drive clarity, execution, and momentum.

"I have been lucky to work with Xavier. He gracefully handles all of the ad hoc challenges that go along with being the VP Engineering with both efficiency and quality, while at the same time pushing the team as a whole forward. The decisions that he makes and the tools and processes that he builds have consistently proven to be effective in advancing the team’s, and he has made a point of working with each individual engineer to educate us in the what and the why of key changes. Selfishly, Xavier has consistently served as the person that I can reach out to when I have any sort of technical question, even those well outside of his responsibilities- his broad knowledge and experience make him a reliable resource who usually knows the right answer. It was a pleasure to work with him"

Isaac Selkow - Engineering Leader at Capsule