General Tech Advisory

A short, focused engagement — anywhere from a half-day session to two weeks — where an experienced outside technologist reviews your architecture, stack, or roadmap and gives you a straight written answer. You brief me, I dig in, and you get recommendations with the tradeoffs spelled out, plus a follow-up call to work through questions.

Before the expensive commitment, not after. The classic moments: you're about to sign off on a big build, your team is split on technical direction, you're choosing a stack you'll live with for years, or you're acquiring or investing in a company whose technology you can't evaluate yourself. A short review now is much cheaper than unwinding the wrong decision later.

Not on an ongoing retainer — I keep advisory work short and scoped so the advice stays independent. If you need someone to own architecture or manage a team long-term, that's a hire. What I can do is help you make the big decisions well, including helping you figure out what that hire should look like.

A written recommendation in plain English: what I reviewed, what I found, what I'd do in your position, and the tradeoffs of each option. It's a document you can share with your team, your board, or your investors — not a slide deck of generalities. Plus a follow-up call to pressure-test it.

Yes — NDAs are routine for this work, especially for technical due diligence on acquisitions or investments. Your code and findings stay confidential, and the written deliverable goes only to you.