Two Paths. One Standard.
Whether you're building for growth or protecting an investment — senior expertise, direct access, clear answers.
Path 1
Build — Architecture & AI
Design and direct. Your team builds.
When You Need This
- Your CTO left and you need senior coverage
- You're scaling and architecture decisions are getting harder
- You want to implement AI but don't know where to start
- Engineering is slow and you're not sure why
- You're modernizing and need someone who's done it before
What We Do
- System architecture and design
- AI/ML strategy and architecture
- Architecture governance and decision frameworks
- Cloud architecture and cost optimization
- Production planning, Technology selection and vendor evaluation
- Technical debt assessment and remediation planning
- Engineering process and team structure
What We Don't Do
- Become a permanent employee
- Write production code
- Manage sprints or daily standups
- Tune models or debug pipelines
Who Implements?
Your team, your vendors, or specialists we recommend. We design and direct — implementation is separate.
Engagement Models
Fractional
2-3 days/week
Ongoing leadership gap
Project
Bounded scope
Specific initiative
Advisory
Hours/month
Board-level guidance
Path 2
Protect — Due Diligence
Know what you're buying. Before you sign.
When You Need This
- You're acquiring a company and need technical assessment
- You're selling and want to prep the technology story
- You just closed and need integration planning
- You're evaluating multiple targets and need rapid triage
Sell Side
Preparing for Exit
- •Technology narrative development
- •Pre-emptive red flag identification
- •Remediation prioritization
- •Data room preparation
Buy Side
Evaluating a Target
- •Architecture and scalability assessment
- •Code quality and technical debt
- •Team capability and key person risk
- •Security posture
- •Integration complexity
- •Go/No-Go verdict with remediation costs
First 100 Days
Post-Close
- •Day 1 readiness planning
- •Integration roadmap
- •Quick wins identification
- •Synergy tracking
Deliverable: The Verdict Report
- Go / No-Go / Conditional recommendation
- Risk matrix with confidence levels
- Financial translation (technical debt → EBITDA)
- Remediation estimate (CAPEX/OPEX)
- Deal points for negotiation
- 100-day roadmap
Standard
5 business days
Rapid Screen
48 hours