When technology becomes a board-level problem, I step in.
Independent judgement, structured challenge and direct intervention for consequential technology decisions, transformations and recovery situations.
I work where strategy, architecture, suppliers, economics, risk and delivery stop agreeing with one another — and where the next decision must be both defensible and executable.
Remote-first across DACH and Europe. On-site where presence materially changes the outcome.
Not another layer of consulting.
A mandate to establish what is true, what must be decided and what happens next.
I am most useful when an organisation has a consequential technology decision, a proposal that needs independent challenge, or a transformation where reporting and operational reality have stopped agreeing.
The failure is rarely inside one box.
Complex transformations fail at the joins: architecture against commercial commitments, operating capacity against roadmap ambition, or governance reporting progress without proving readiness.
Strategy · Architecture · Economics · Operations · Suppliers · Risk & Resilience
The service is independent judgement across the complete system. The breadth matters because the problem usually ignores organisational boundaries.
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I establish the facts, challenge what needs challenging, restore control where necessary, and leave the sponsor with a decision or delivery path that can actually be executed.
Executive Technology Advisory
Independent counsel before strategic, architectural, organisational or investment choices harden into expensive commitments.
I connect board intent with the technical, operational and commercial realities that determine whether the decision will actually work.
- Technology strategy and roadmaps
- Architecture and platform direction
- Operating model and accountability
- Cloud, AI and infrastructure choices
- Technology economics and sourcing
Technology Decision & Investment Assurance
A proposal can be coherent on paper and still be wrong for the organisation.
I test business fit, architecture, commercial logic, delivery capacity, dependencies and operating consequences together – before further capital and executive confidence are committed.
- Supplier and consultancy proposals
- Internal business cases
- Architecture and integration viability
- Commercial assumptions and lock-in
- Delivery and operational readiness
Transformation Intervention & Recovery
When reporting and reality diverge, the first job is to restore a trustworthy fact base.
I establish the facts, stabilise decision-making, restore accountability and put the initiative back on a credible, executable path. This is not passive assurance.
- Fact base and recovery assessment
- Decision and dependency reset
- Supplier and stakeholder alignment
- Architecture and delivery triage
- 90-day recovery path and governance
AI, Cloud & Infrastructure Strategy
For organisations designing the next platform rather than recovering the last one.
Governed landing zones, hybrid and sovereign infrastructure, AI foundations, resilience, observability, FinOps and the operating model required to make them sustainable.
- AI and cloud landing zones
- Hybrid / multi-cloud architecture
- Resilience and regulated operations
- Observability and service economics
- Platform, SRE and FinOps operating models
The mandate matches the situation.
Executive advisory
A bounded question, decision or proposal. Rapid evidence review, structured challenge and a clear executive view of the consequences.
Independent assessment
A defined review of programme, architecture, economics, risk and readiness with an evidence-backed decision package.
mandate
Direct engagement with executives, teams and suppliers to restore facts, ownership, governance and a credible delivery path.
Advice only matters if it survives contact with delivery reality.
I work from executive intent down through architecture, operations, suppliers and programme mechanics – and back up again – until the answer is both defensible and executable.
Bring me the decision, proposal or programme that does not feel right.
We will establish whether an independent view, structured challenge or direct intervention can materially improve the outcome.