Consulting
An outside perspective, with hands-on experience.
You know where it hurts — you just need a partner to help fix it. Or maybe you are growing fast and want the foundation in place before things get out of control. With over twenty-five years in engineering and leadership, I have transformed reactive, high-stress organizations into proactive, process-driven teams — and I bring both the outside perspective and the hands-on experience to do it with you.
Sound familiar?
“Everything takes longer than it should — and nobody agrees on why.”
That disagreement is the symptom. I run a structured assessment — interviews, observation of how work really flows, and delivery data — and turn it into a clear, prioritized picture everyone can finally agree on.
“We either have too much process or not enough. Possibly both.”
I believe in just enough process: strip out the ceremony that produces nothing, and add structure only where the pain actually lives. The need for process reveals itself as discomfort and confusion — that is where we look.
“Quality problems keep escaping to production.”
Escaped defects are almost always a process problem wearing a code costume. Work readiness, review practices, effective tests, and automation let your team deliver with confidence — and release more often, not less.
“Critical knowledge lives in two or three heads.”
When they are out sick, on vacation, or gone, you are stuck. I build knowledge management systems, documentation standards, and communities of practice so knowledge compounds instead of walking out the door.
“We’re about to scale, and I’m afraid growth will break what works.”
It usually does — unless the foundation goes in first. Hiring and onboarding design, shared standards, and architecture for the next stage mean you scale on purpose instead of by accident.
What I can help with
Engineering organization assessment
A deep dive into your people, process, and delivery. You get a prioritized report of findings and recommendations — in plain language, ranked by impact.
Delivery & process improvement
Make work visible, limit work in progress, and build readiness and quality gates that get things to done. Small incremental efforts building toward big success.
Hiring & onboarding design
Hiring strategy, interview design, and leveling — plus onboarding that gets new engineers productive in days, not months.
Knowledge management
Documentation standards, templates, and systems that turn tribal knowledge into a durable, shared asset for your whole company.
Team health & feedback loops
Peer reviews, manager reviews, 360 feedback, and values-based assessment — the loops that keep a growing team honest and healthy.
How an engagement runs
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Discover
Interviews and observation. I talk to the people doing the work and watch how it actually moves.
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Diagnose
Findings, in plain language, prioritized by impact — the real bottlenecks, not the loudest complaints.
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Recommend
A practical roadmap of changes, sequenced so early wins fund the harder ones.
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Implement together
I work alongside your team to put changes in place. Change that is done with a team sticks; change done to a team doesn’t.
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Measure & adjust
We define what better looks like up front, then check the numbers — trust the data, not the gut.
Experience built at
See the full story on my work experience.
Common questions
How does an engagement start?
With a short call about what hurts. From there, most engagements begin with a scoped assessment — usually two to four weeks — so recommendations are grounded in your reality, not a template.
Do you just deliver a report, or actually implement?
Both — and I strongly prefer implementing alongside your team. Reports are easy to shelve; habits built together are not.
Do you only work with engineering teams?
Engineering is home base, but the process, knowledge management, and feedback work applies well beyond it — I have built these systems across engineering and operations alike.
How do you price consulting work?
Scoped, fixed-price engagements for assessments and defined projects, or a monthly retainer for ongoing work. Get in touch and I will give you a straight answer.
More ways I can help
Tell me where it hurts
Bring the problem — even the fuzzy, half-formed version of it. The first conversation is free, and you will leave it with something useful either way.