Technology strategy for growing businesses
Kittredge Technologies specializes in helping Maine-based start-ups, small and medium-sized businesses navigate technology-driven transformation - particularly when resources are limited. Whether it's capital constraints, labor scarcity, or both, we help companies achieve ambitious technology goals with what they have.
Fletcher brings over 30 years of experience in technology leadership, having founded and led GWI (Biddeford Internet Corporation) through five major business model transformations. His unique expertise lies in managing technology transformations with scarce resources - equivalent to executing five bootstrap start-ups in series.
- Technology Transformation Consulting
- Executive Advisory & Board Roles
- Strategic Technology Planning
- Technical Grant Writing
About Fletcher
Fletcher Kittredge has spent his career building and transforming technology companies - and now helps others do the same.
From 1994 to 2025, Fletcher founded and led GWI (Biddeford Internet Corporation), growing it into Maine's largest internet service provider. Over three decades, he navigated the company through five complete business model transformations - from dial-up startup to statewide broadband provider to fiber infrastructure builder. Each pivot required rethinking strategy, technology, and operations with constrained resources. That experience - essentially five bootstrap startups executed in series - now informs his advisory work.
Before GWI, Fletcher spent nine years at Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN), the research firm that helped build the original internet. He joined the team shortly after the first deployment of Internet Protocols to ARPAnet - the foundation of the modern internet.
EDUCATION
MS in Computer Science, Harvard University
BA in English (with distinction), Colby College
Additional coursework at MIT
RECOGNITION
MaineBiz Business Leader of the Year (2011)
MaineBiz Next List (2004)
Inc. 500/5000 - Five-time honoree (GWI)
First B Corp-certified broadband carrier in the United States (GWI)
Best Places to Work in Maine - Five consecutive years, 2020-2024 (GWI)
BOARD ROLES
Maine Technology Institute - Information Technology Sector Tech Board (current)
ConnectMaine Advisory Board
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting (The Maine Monitor)
Services
Technology Transformation Consulting
Helping companies navigate major technology shifts and business model changes - particularly when resources are constrained. Drawing on 30 years of experience leading a company through five complete transformations.
Strategic Technology Planning
Developing roadmaps for technology adoption, infrastructure buildout, and digital transformation initiatives. Practical planning grounded in what's actually achievable with your current resources.
Technical Grant Writing
Securing funding for technology projects through grant proposals that combine technical depth with clear business value. Track record includes leading the effort that secured $25 million in federal funding for rural broadband infrastructure in Maine.
Executive Advisory & Board Roles
Board-level consulting on technology strategy, regulatory compliance, and market positioning. Available for ongoing advisory relationships or board seats with technology and telecommunications companies.
Contact
Ready to discuss your technology challenges? Reach out and I'll be in touch shortly.
Or email directly: fletcher@kittredge.com