Services

Forward deployed engineering consulting. Technical depth. Real outcomes.

For PE-backed software companies, B2B SaaS, and teams navigating acquisition.

Engineering Execution Risk Assessment

Technical due diligence tells you about the code. It doesn’t tell you whether the team can execute—who the real leaders are, where the knowledge is trapped, what’s going to break, and what nobody’s telling you.

Before you buy

Can this team execute without the founder/CTO?
Who are the real leaders vs. the org chart titles?
Where does critical knowledge live, and what happens if those people leave?
What’s the realistic integration timeline and risk?
What should you negotiate for?

After you close

How do you integrate this team with your platform or existing org?
What cultural and process gaps will cause friction?
What should you fix first, and what can wait?
Who should lead the combined team?

When something’s wrong

Why is this portfolio company missing milestones?
Is it a leadership problem, a technical problem, or a prioritization problem?
What’s actually going on vs. what they’re telling you?

How it works

30-day engagement. I embed with the team:

One-on-ones with every engineer
In the standups, sprint planning, retros
Watching how incidents get handled
In the codebase, the PRs, the architecture docs (or lack thereof)
Talking to the people who actually know where the bodies are buried

What you get

A narrative report that names names and tells the truth. Team health, leadership candidates, knowledge bottlenecks, technical risk, and a prioritized roadmap.

Fixed fee engagement, with optional add-ons.

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Delivery System Diagnostic

Not sure what’s broken? Find out in two weeks.

I embed with your team, interview across engineering, product, and leadership, and identify the 3-5 bottlenecks killing your velocity.

What you get:

90-minute presentation with leadership
Slide deck with current state, root causes, and remediation steps
30/60/90 day implementation roadmap

For: B2B SaaS companies – bootstrapped, seed, Series A/B – who want clarity before committing to a larger engagement.

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90-Day Delivery Transformation

Your engineering team is stuck – shipping slowly despite working hard.

I embed for 90 days to fix the bottlenecks and double your velocity.

Week 1-2: Rapid diagnostic of delivery blockers
Week 3-12: Hands-on transformation – fix processes, align teams, remove friction
Outcome: 2x story points shipped, predictable deploy cycles, fewer incidents

For: PE-backed SaaS companies, Series B-C startups, bootstrapped companies at inflection points

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Engineering Leadership Coaching

The transition from senior engineer to engineering manager is hard. The skills that made someone a great IC don’t automatically translate to leading teams.

I work 1:1 with new and growing engineering leaders on:

The fundamentals: 1:1s, feedback, performance management, hiring
Building team processes that actually work
Making technical decisions with confidence
Communicating up, down, and sideways

Monthly retainer with weekly sessions and async support.

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Fractional CTO

Sometimes you need a technical leader in the room but aren’t ready for a full-time hire. I work as an embedded partner for CEOs and founders who need:

Technical strategy that connects to business goals
Architecture decisions made with confidence
Someone to represent engineering in board meetings, investor conversations, or acquisitions
A sounding board for the CTO or engineering lead you already have

Monthly retainer. I stay as long as I’m useful.