Fast Forward Growth

You might already have the product- and engineering talent you need on your team, but I know how hard it is to assess and unlock potential when you’re also building your product and company. You don’t have to learn everything the hard way; I can help. I’ll manage your team, improve your SDLC processes and tools, hire and develop amazing talent, set up a planning and roadmap system that actually works, and most importantly: help you ship great products. My goal is always to help your team self-sufficient, so you don’t need me anymore, but I can stay involved as long as you need me.

Whether you just lost a key product- or engineering leader, or you’re going through a growth spurt and need to find and hire the leader(s) who will get you to the next level; I can help. I’ll quickly but thoroughly assess what you have and what you need, so together we can find the perfect talent to fill that gap. I’ll help improve your SDLC processes and tools, clarify your product and technology strategy, and support your product development team - really anything we should improve to make sure we hand things over to the new leaders in better shape than we found it - while leaving room for the new leader(s) to make the team their own.

With 20 years of hands-on experience as a software engineer, product / engineering leader, and executive - at companies ranging from tiny startup to publicly traded tech company - I’ve seen it all. Early in my career I was the first engineer at a startup and built 2 products in 2 years, filing literally all the roles - I was the team. My next startup experience was a wild 10 year ride from Sr SE to head of Engineering and Consumer Product ending in a ~ $500M exit. I’ve built out a platform org at a publicly traded tech company and improved the ability to ship new products 5X as VPE at a SaaS company. My due diligence consulting experience - both sell-side and buy-side - honed my ability to assess and find critical gaps. Whatever your market or tech stack, I’ve probably seen it.

Although every company is unique, your company is probably not a real snowflake. I’ve seen enough to spot the patterns and am usually able to apply solutions using proven product-, engineering-, and process frameworks. I’m definitely not a “one size fits all” kind of person, but trust me, you really don’t want to reinvent every wheel - you don’t have time for that. As for working with you, the founders and leaders at a startup or scaleup, I know managing your time is hard enough, so we’ll figure out how we work together. I’ll have some suggestions based on my own experience, but ultimately it has to work for you for us to be successful together.

Just schedule a free 30-minute consultation and we’ll figure it out.