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Four questions. Each one saves you money.

Every engagement starts with the business problem, not the technology. I'll push back if the scope doesn't match the goal, tell you if a spreadsheet solves it better than AI, and give you a clear recommendation — not a list of options.

All engagements are fixed-scope and fixed-price. You get a written deliverable you can act on. No jargon, no decks full of frameworks, no hedging.

“Should we build this?”

AI & Technology Evaluation

The Situation

Someone’s pitching a technology or AI project. Maybe it’s a vendor, maybe it’s your own team. You need to know: is this real, or is it hype? Is it worth the investment? Can they actually deliver?

What You Get

›A clear yes, no, or not yet — with the reasoning behind it

›Written evaluation of business case, technical feasibility, data readiness, and organizational fit

›For vendor assessments: whether their solution works for your situation, not their demo scenario

›If you proceed: what needs to be true for it to work

›If you don’t: the reasoning you need to explain the decision

You Need This If

—You’re being pitched an AI solution and can’t evaluate the claims

—Your team has an AI idea but you don’t know if it’s worth the investment

—You need someone technical in the room who isn’t selling anything

—A vendor demo looked good but you want a second opinion before signing

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“What are we missing?”

Technical Due Diligence

The Situation

You’re about to make a big technology bet. An acquisition, a platform choice, build or buy. Your team has a recommendation, but you’re not sure you’re seeing the full picture.

What You Get

›Independent technical assessment: what’s sound, what’s risky, what questions you should be asking

›For acquisitions: architecture evaluation, technical debt assessment, scalability analysis

›For build-vs-buy: honest assessment of your internal capacity against vendor options

›For platform decisions: your real requirements matched to real solutions, not marketing

›Clear analysis of trade-offs with a recommendation you can act on

You Need This If

—You’re doing due diligence on an acquisition and need technical depth

—You’re making a major platform or infrastructure decision

—Your team is too close to the problem to see it clearly

—You don’t have a CTO or senior technical leader to gut-check the decision

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“Why isn’t this working?”

Initiative Diagnosis

The Situation

You launched something and it’s not delivering. Or a project stalled and nobody can explain why. The team is frustrated. Leadership is losing confidence. Nobody wants to be the one who says “this might not work.”

What You Get

›Root cause diagnosis: is the problem technical, organizational, or strategic?

›A clear recommendation: fix, pivot, or kill — with the reasoning behind it

›If fix: specific action plan with sequenced steps and realistic timeline

›If pivot: what to keep, what to change, and what the new approach looks like

›If kill: the cost analysis and framing to make the call without finger-pointing

You Need This If

—A technology initiative is behind schedule and nobody can explain why

—You shipped something and it’s not delivering the expected results

—Your team is going in circles and you need a fresh set of eyes

—You suspect the right answer might be to kill the project, but need the data

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“Is it still working?”

Quality & Performance Measurement

The Situation

Your technology investment is live. It’s working — you think. But how do you know? Most teams can’t answer whether their systems are performing better or worse than last month with actual data.

What You Get

›A measurement system designed for your specific application

›Scoring logic — automated checks, evaluation rubrics, or both

›Threshold definitions: what “good” looks like for your use case

›Integration plan for ongoing monitoring and alerting

›The ability to answer “is this better or worse than last month?” with data

You Need This If

—You can’t answer “how do you know this is working?” with data

—You find out about performance issues from user complaints, not measurement

—A vendor updated something and you have no idea how it affected your product

—Your stakeholders are asking for quality metrics and you don’t have them

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Ongoing

Fractional Technical Advisor

Some teams need ongoing access to senior technical judgment — not a full-time hire, but someone they can call when the next decision comes up.

I work with a small number of companies on a monthly retainer. You get a senior technical advisor on speed dial without the overhead of a full-time executive hire.

›Regular check-ins (weekly or bi-weekly)

›Ad-hoc technical reviews and decision support

›Vendor and architecture evaluation as needed

›Priority access for time-sensitive decisions

Scope and pricing based on your needs

Limited availability · Quarterly commitment

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