SERVICES

Fixed-scope services

Clear scope, defined timeline, and deliverables you can take to your board, partners, or engineering team. No hourly billing.

5-10 business days

Decision-Grade Technical Assessment

A technical due diligence and vendor assessment that turns uncertainty into a defensible decision.

Investment

€9,000–€22,000 (typical €12,000)

Final scope depends on access (people, repos, infrastructure) and decision criticality.

Prices exclude VAT.

Who it's for

  • Investors and acquirers evaluating a software or AI-heavy business
  • CEOs selecting a strategic platform or vendor
  • Founders preparing for fundraising or acquisition diligence

Problems I solve

  • You need a go/no-go based on evidence, not demos
  • You do not know whether the product can scale, be secured, or be maintained
  • AI claims are unclear: what is real, what is commodity, and what it costs to run

What I do

  • 1Stakeholder interviews and artifact review
  • 2System map: architecture and key dependencies
  • 3Risk register with severity and remediation options
  • 4AI sanity check when relevant: evaluation, guardrails, monitoring, and unit economics
  • 5Executive memo with recommendation and assumptions

What I need (typical)

  • Read-only repository access (or architecture and code artifacts)
  • CI/CD visibility and current incident or quality signals
  • Infrastructure diagrams if available
  • 2-4 stakeholder interviews across product and engineering

What you get

  • Executive memo with decision summary, key risks, and unknowns
  • Risk register with remediation options and rough ranges
  • Questions-to-close list for next diligence round or negotiation
  • Optional integration readiness notes in acquisition scenarios
Retainer (1-3 days/week)

Fractional CTO / Principal Architect

Senior technical leadership to stabilize delivery, reduce risk, and make build-vs-buy decisions that stick.

Investment

From €6,500/month (1 day/week), typical €6,500–€18,000/month

Final scope depends on involvement level, team shape, and criticality.

Prices exclude VAT.

Who it's for

  • Founders and CEOs scaling a product team without a strong technical decision system
  • Teams stuck in delivery slippage, incidents, or architecture debt
  • Companies adopting AI and needing reliability, evaluation, and cost control

Problems I solve

  • Releases slip and quality is inconsistent
  • You do not know what to build vs buy
  • AI is in production, but quality and cost are not controlled
  • The team is strong, but senior technical decisions are missing

What I do

  • 1First 10 business days: architecture map, delivery diagnosis, risk register, and 30/60/90-day plan
  • 2Weekly execution cadence with engineering leads
  • 3Delivery operating system: quality gates, release safety, and metrics
  • 4Vendor selection scorecards, hiring bar, and technical coaching
  • 5If AI is involved: eval harness, guardrails, monitoring, and cost controls

What I need (typical)

  • Access to delivery boards, roadmap, and release calendar
  • Repository and production observability read access
  • Weekly leadership and engineering touchpoints
  • A designated internal owner for decisions and follow-through

What you get

  • Target architecture and phased plan
  • Predictable delivery cadence with fewer surprises
  • Decision log and vendor scorecards
  • Playbooks and handover
2-3 weeks

AI Operating Model Upgrade

Make AI usage consistent, safe, and measurable across real workflows, not random prompting.

Investment

€5,000–€12,000 (depends on team size)

Final scope depends on tools, data sensitivity, and governance requirements.

Prices exclude VAT.

Who it's for

  • Teams already using AI tools but with inconsistent quality
  • Organizations that need clear rules for data handling and tool usage
  • Leaders who need measurable outcomes, not workshops

Problems I solve

  • Inconsistent outcomes because each person works differently
  • Hidden risk from unclear data handling and tool approvals
  • No measurement means no ROI story and no adoption signal

What I do

  • 1Audit workflows to map where AI is used and where it should not be used
  • 2Define role playbooks with quality criteria and review points
  • 3Set governance: safe-use guidelines, data handling rules, and tool approvals
  • 4Define measurement for adoption, time saved, and error reduction
  • 5Optional internal assistant setup only when tied to a real bottleneck

What I need (typical)

  • Current list of AI tools and access permissions
  • Representative workflows and examples of current outputs
  • Data classification constraints and policy requirements
  • An internal owner for governance and adoption follow-through

What you get

  • Role-specific AI playbooks
  • Governance and safe-use guidelines
  • Measurement plan and adoption checklist
  • Handover package for the internal owner

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