Fractional executive
Acting CTO, Chief Data Officer or equivalent, part-time or interim, for teams who would value senior technical judgment in the room, but aren't ready for, or don't yet need, a full-time hire.
For scale-ups →
N·01 Independent technology advisory
First call
when it matters.
Senior, independent judgment in the room before a data, AI or technology decision is made. No product to push, no delivery bench to keep busy, and no agenda beyond helping you get it right.
N·02 The signature
Fluent in both rooms.
In most organisations the technology is rarely the hardest part. The decision underneath it usually is. Every engagement is a translation: the board's question on one side, the engineering reality on the other, and the judgment that connects them.
The boardroom asks
“Should we build this ourselves, or buy it?”
Engineering hears
build_vs_buy(npv, opportunity_cost, staffing_risk)
The boardroom asks
“Is this AI vendor worth the bet?”
Engineering hears
diligence.score(model_risk, lock_in, unit_economics)
The boardroom asks
“Can the platform take the next 10×?”
Engineering hears
capacity.headroom(load, latency_slo, cost_curve)
N·03 Three modes
Scoped to the decision, not the calendar.
Some are a two-week diagnostic; some are a day a week for six months. The right shape depends on the problem.
Strategy & advisory
Focused engagements on the questions that matter: data and AI strategy, technology roadmaps, build-vs-buy and platform decisions, and a careful look at technical bets before the money is committed.
For boards & investors →
Technical product leadership
Hands-on leadership when an initiative needs someone senior to own the outcome end to end, from the architecture diagram to the balance sheet and back.
For leadership teams →
N·04 The core identity
Independent · Rigorous · Translational
01 · Independent
Answers only to the decision.
No product to push, no delivery bench to keep busy. That means the advice you get is simply the advice you need, with nothing to sell you afterwards.
02 · Rigorous
The few signals that matter.
Structured and evidence-led, weighed in the currency that actually decides them: unit economics, cash and return on capital, rather than feasibility alone.
03 · Translational
At home in both languages.
Technical reality made legible to the board; commercial intent made executable by engineers. The through-line of every engagement.
N·05 When it matters
Too consequential
to get wrong.
// that first conversation is free