Federal Agency — AI Readiness & Governance
AI readiness and governance assessment. 90-day engagement. White House and Department of Energy.
Rakia Finley — Fractional CTO/CIO
Twenty years of building things that hold.
Rakia Finley is a fractional CTO/CIO, executive technologist, and founder who has launched over 400 products across Fortune 500 enterprises, federal agencies, and research institutions. She builds infrastructure. She does not merely advise on it.
0+
Products launched
0+
Years
Fortune 500
Federal · Global NGOs
Salesforce MVP
Hall of Fame
CES 2025/26
Speaker
White House
Apple · NASA
Engagements
The right engagement for where you are.
Work
Selected engagements.
London Healthtech — Founding CTO
Founding CTO engagement. Secured £6.2M Innovate UK grant. Infrastructure deployed across UK and West Africa.
Fortune 500 Enterprise — Technology Strategy
Technology strategy and product architecture. One of 400+ product launches across Copper & Vine's 20-year history.
Howard University — Academic Technology
Product and technology strategy. Ongoing engagement with a flagship HBCU on digital infrastructure.
Client names shared under NDA upon engagement inquiry.
Newsletter — Bi-weekly
The Architecture Letter.
A bi-weekly dispatch for founders and operators — on the decisions that determine whether your technology scales. Written personally by Rakia Finley. No motivational preamble. No recycled frameworks.
First issue coming soon. Unsubscribe in one click.
Engage
If you are building something serious.
Rakia takes engagements personally and selectively. If you have a high-stakes technology decision ahead — a build, a raise, a governance gap, or a leadership transition — this is where you start.