Legacy system assessment and replacement planning
A written assessment of what exists, what’s wrong and what it would take. Then a plan to replace it, often in phases.
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Systems and technology modernization.
Senior help when your business has outgrown the platform it’s stuck on, drawing on 25 years of enterprise engineering, three tours at Microsoft, and board and advisory seats.
Who this is for
“We need someone who’s done this before, for a few months.”
Senior help, not a full hire.
Advisory or fractional leadership on a monthly retainer, or a single piece of project work, quoted on request.
What the work covers
Five kinds of work, from a single written assessment to part-time leadership of your team.
Agile-at-scale and delivery process work
One of the three tours at Microsoft was Agile transformation across Microsoft IT.
Technical due diligence
Quoted on request as project work. Kevin is technical advisor on the ARIA AI due-diligence platform.
Platform and vendor exits
Your platform shouldn’t belong to your vendor. We move you off it, onto systems in your name, and leave you able to maintain them without us.
Fractional CTO or program leadership
Part-time leadership that owns your team and delivery, and reports to your board and investors, on a monthly retainer.
Retainers
Two monthly retainers, for standing advice or part-time leadership. Rates are on request.
Advisory
Standing access, architecture review, vendor and build decisions, a monthly working session.
On requestMonthly
Fractional leadership
Part-time CTO or program leadership, team and delivery ownership, board and investor reporting.
On requestMonthly
Project work
Technical due diligence, and day engagements on site or remote.
On requestQuoted per engagement
Discounts are shown, never buried. If a rate is ever below standard, your quote line-items the standard price and shows the credit.
The ownership terms still apply. Every engagement, at every price, includes them: code, accounts and documentation in your name, and no exit fee. See what’s always included.
Who you’d be working with
Three tours at Microsoft, board and advisory seats, and 25 years of building and delivering software.
- Microsoft
- Three tours
- Office Shared Features engineering
- Agile transformation across Microsoft IT
- Principal Program Manager for Azure
- Boards
- Board and advisory seatsMeta Research, Frogice Inc, Convergence Technology Solutions.
- AI due diligence
- Technical advisorOn the ARIA AI due-diligence platform, Convergence Technology Solutions.
- Patents
- Four U.S. patentsLead patent US 6,754,612: performance markers for benchmark timing.
- Roundit
- Co-founder and CTOBuilt the full product: iOS, Android, desktop, backend, Plaid and Stripe payments.
- Experience
- 25+ yearsBuilding and delivering software.
Advisory starts the same way: a 30‑minute conversation.
Free. What’s broken, what it’s costing, and whether this is the right firm for it. Ask about retainer rates there. If it isn’t the right fit, you’ll hear that too.