Three ways I work with you.
Engagements are shaped around what you actually need. The timings below are examples, not a menu. If what you need isn't here, say so — I'd rather point you somewhere good than stretch to fit.
01
Product Strategy
Often two to six weeks, fractional or project-based.
You have a product in market and a roadmap assembled from whoever asked loudest. I work through your support tickets, churn reasons, sales objections, the backlog, combine it with my market and industry awareness, and come back with a sequence you can argue for in a board meeting, plus the list of things you should stop doing.
What you get
- A written strategy memo, not a deck.
- Prioritized roadmap with the reasoning kept in.
- The explicit not-doing list.
- Working sessions with your PM and eng leads.
02
Engineering & AI Advisory
Often a retainer, a few hours a week.
First, I review the architecture you're about to commit to before it hardens — data model, platform boundaries, and stack layers. Then I tell you whether an AI feature is worth building, buying, or skipping. And finally, what the evaluation, guardrails, and failure handling need to look like. I have shipped AI into enterprise software where wrong answers had consequences.
What you get
- Architecture review with tradeoffs written down.
- AI feasibility call, with the case against included.
- Eval and guardrail design.
- Standing time with your senior engineers.
03
Speaking & Writing
Keynotes, panels, briefings, and essays. Scoped per event.
I talk and write about what it actually takes to ship AI into enterprise software, from the architecture to the org chart. In 2025 I spoke at AWS re:Invent on democratizing machine learning for people who aren't data scientists. I'm a fit for conferences that want a practitioner on stage, and for investment firms that want a closed-door session with their partners or portfolio companies. Everything I say in public is tested against things I've shipped.
What you get
- Keynotes and panels at conferences.
- Closed-door briefings for investment firms and their portfolio companies.
- Podcast and interview appearances.
- Guest essays and columns, with samples on the Writing page.