Advisory
A second opinion on difficult technology decisions.
My priority is finding the right full-time VP Engineering or CTO role. I also advise a small number of founders and engineering leaders when an important technology decision would benefit from an experienced second opinion.
Engineering leadership and organisation design
Organisation design, manager development, delivery practices, hiring and difficult decisions. I have built a digital factory from scratch, stabilised a fragmented engineering organisation and developed managers who could lead it independently.
For CEOs, CTOs and engineering leaders shaping or repairing an organisation.
€4M → €3M annual costs · 99.99% SLO
Applied AI & agentic commerce
I help teams decide which AI use cases are worth pursuing. My recent work includes production RAG and fine-tuning, agentic-commerce strategy across ACP, AP2/UCP and WebMCP, and customer-support benchmarks covering voice AI, Zendesk and Intercom.
For teams deciding whether to build, buy or stop an AI initiative before committing people and budget.
Applied AI in production since 2016 · self-hosted fine-tuned LLM in production
Cloud & platform transformation
I help teams improve delivery speed and cost through platform engineering, CI/CD, infrastructure as code and observability on AWS and GCP.
For teams whose platform has become too slow, costly or difficult to change.
6 stacks → 2 platforms · page loads halved
E-commerce architecture & platform selection
Magento, Adobe Commerce and BigCommerce: consolidation, performance, cost and vendor evaluation. I can give leaders and investors an evidence-based view of architecture and delivery risk.
For retail and commerce leaders facing a platform decision, consolidation or technical review.
GMV grew 10–20%/yr while six stacks became two
In their words
“He creates an environment where people feel trusted, heard, and empowered to contribute. Genuinely open to feedback, always focused on helping others do their best work, and a great person to work with.”
“Strong relational skills on a solid technical base, real curiosity, and full ownership of new topics.”