Three ways to engage
Work With Me
I build what I recommend. The person telling you what to do is the person who has to make it work.
Work starts with a business problem and a number attached to it, and anything I build has to move that number. One fixed-fee assessment, then a build only if the assessment says there is one worth doing. No retainer required to start, and no price on this page — the shape of the work sets it.
The Assessment
Two to three weeks. Fixed fee, agreed before we start.
You get a ranked list of five to eight operational bottlenecks, each with a dollar figure attached, and one recommended pilot with a written success threshold.
The fee is the same whether I recommend building something or not. I don't credit it against implementation work, because a consultant who earns more when the answer is "yes, build it" can't give you an honest "no."
Build and Validate
Four to eight weeks, project-priced, billed against milestones. The smallest working system that hits the threshold we set. Ends with a written validate-or-stop decision and full handover.
Fractional Technology Leadership
Monthly retainer. Roughly two days a month. Vendor evaluation, roadmap, and being the technical person in the room when you're making a decision you can't easily reverse.
For operators who don't need a CTO and shouldn't hire one yet.
How it flows
Assess, build, validate — then stop or scale
Who this is for
Multi-site operators, three to fifteen locations, who have real operational pain and no internal technology leadership.
Who this isn't for
Venture-backed startups (hire, don't consult). Anyone who wants "an AI strategy" without a specific problem. Anyone whose first question is about SEO or social media.