Start-Up Advising

With 30+ years of engineering experience in corporate and startups environements, I bring a grounded, hands-on approach to helping founders increase their probability of success. I don't advise from the sidelines—I become an extension of your team. I take the time to know your people, earning their trust as a reliable partner. Combining active listening with deep technical and operational experience, I help you spot hidden risks early and implement practical, high-impact solutions to mitigate them.

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  • Scaling up your product and team for pilot testing or full scale manufacturing

  • Building a high-trust and high-respect culture to increase productivity

  • Choosing the right project management style to support building products from ideation to mass production

  • Implementing the right operational processes at the right time

  • Coaching, mentoring and training employees to meet the organization's current and future needs

  • Attracting and retaining top talent with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) best practices 

Support Available

Advising Portfolio

Leadership Package- $2500

  • 6 hours/month of support

  • 1:1 mentoring for 1-2 people

  • Organizational planning sessions

  • Customized individual training

Start-Up Package- $5000

  • 12 hours/month of support

  • 1:1 mentoring for 2-4 people

  • Organizational planning sessions

  • Customized individual or group training

  • Regular meeting attendance as requested

Team Package- $8000

  • 20 hours/month of support

  • Fractional CTO/COO work

  • Strategy workshops

  • 1:1 mentoring for 2-4 people

  • Customized individual or group training

  • Regular meeting attendance