Service Overview
Boards, executive teams, and founders make big technical bets with incomplete information. I serve as an independent technical advisor to those rooms—challenging the comfortable assumption, pressure-testing the roadmap, and surfacing the risks nobody inside wants to name. My job isn’t to be right more often than your team. It’s to make sure the conversation is honest, the trade-offs are visible, and the decision gets made on the best available picture of reality.
Who This Is For
- Founders and CEOs without a technical co-founder who need a trusted second opinion
- Boards of Series A–C companies evaluating platform bets, acquisitions, or CTO performance
- Private-equity and portfolio operators assessing technology risk across multiple holdings
- CTOs and VPs of Engineering who want a sounding board their own team can’t provide
- Nonprofit and mission-driven organizations facing a consequential tech modernization
How I Contribute
- Technical advisory for executive teams and boards of directors
- Platform strategy, technology roadmap review, and reality-checking of in-flight plans
- Risk assessment for major technical investments, vendor choices, and acquisitions
- Innovation strategy and emerging-technology evaluation with a clear separation of signal from hype
- Mentorship for CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and senior technical leaders
- Independent input during CEO/CTO performance reviews and succession conversations
Engagement Models
Board Advisor – Attend quarterly board meetings as the technical voice, with prep and follow-up time. Annual commitment.
Executive Advisor – A standing monthly call plus async availability for the CEO, CTO, or founding team. Renewed quarterly.
Portfolio Advisor – A retained technical advisor across several PE- or VC-backed companies, with structured check-ins and ad hoc deep-dives.
What You Get
- An independent technical perspective with no internal politics and no incentive to flatter
- Pre-meeting prep notes and post-meeting written follow-ups, so insights don’t evaporate
- Direct access between meetings when something urgent comes up
- Strict NDA, conflict-free engagements, and a capped number of active advisory seats
- A partner who reads the deck before the meeting—and says so when it doesn’t hold up
Why Work With Me
Hands Still on the Keyboard – I’m not a former practitioner. Architecture and engagements keep my advice grounded in what’s actually shipping today.
Independence Over Access – I limit the number of concurrent advisory roles I take on, so each one gets real attention and an honest voice.
Written, Not Just Spoken – You get follow-up notes after every meeting. The guidance survives the next quarter, not just the hour.