Advisory that ships outcomes, not decks.
Seven practices — commissioned research, tech stack evaluation, analyst inquiries, keynotes and workshops, vendor advisory, enterprise advisory, and board advisory — delivered by field-CTO practitioners.
Commissioned Research
Custom, field-tested research on the questions your leadership team is actually asking.
We run analyst-style research engagements — practitioner interviews, buyer conversations, and market scans — and deliver an opinionated brief you can build strategy or narrative on top of.
- A defensible point of view backed by primary interviews
- Buyer and practitioner data your competitors do not have
- An analyst-grade written brief you can quote and cite
- Optional executive readout and Q&A
Tech Stack Evaluation
Independent assessments that guide platform, tooling, and vendor decisions.
We audit what you have, benchmark it against modern reference patterns, and tell you what to keep, replace, and consolidate — with the math to back it.
- Neutral, opinionated shortlist across the modern enterprise stack
- Total-cost-of-ownership and consolidation model
- Reference architecture aligned to your operating model
- Executive readout your finance and engineering leaders both sign off on
Analyst Inquiries & Briefings
Direct access to Field CTO analysts for inquiries and second opinions.
Book an inquiry when you need a real analyst to challenge your assumptions, validate a direction, or brief you before a big call — with a written follow-up you can share internally.
- Working session with a named analyst — no junior handoff
- Written follow-up capturing the point of view
- Second opinions on vendor claims, roadmaps, and buying decisions
- Off-the-record space to pressure-test strategy
Keynotes & Workshops
Opinionated talks and hands-on workshops for conferences and offsites.
Talks and workshops delivered by field-CTO practitioners. Includes our AIOps Workshop and Observability Workshop — hands-on sessions that leave the room with a working roadmap, not a summary slide.
- A keynote written for your audience, not recycled from a deck library
- AIOps and Observability workshops with working artifacts
- Executive-team offsite facilitation with a 90-day plan out the door
- Post-event Q&A and follow-up materials
Vendor Advisory
Provider-side guidance on positioning, roadmap, and buyer-lens critique.
You built the product. We tell you what the enterprise buyer is actually going to ask, do, and demand — before your GTM team hears it back from a lost deal. Includes our Product Advisory and GTM Messaging engagements.
- Roadmap review with the enterprise buyer's lens
- Positioning and category framing you can defend on a call
- Reference customer synthesis and gap analysis
- Executive briefings and analyst-style deep dives
Enterprise Advisory
Buyer-side advisory for CIOs, CTOs, and platform leaders.
Ongoing advisory for enterprise leaders who need an independent, opinionated field CTO in the room — for the AI, platform, and observability decisions their vendors will not answer honestly.
- A field-CTO on call for hard decisions, not a discovery deck
- Independent second opinions on vendor pitches
- Operating-model guidance across platform, data, and SRE
- Governance, cost, and incident-response guardrails
Board Advisory
Board-level counsel on technology strategy, risk, and where enterprise AI is actually headed.
Board-ready technology counsel from a working field CTO. We translate the AI, platform, and risk conversation into language a board can act on — with the independence to say what management will not.
- Plain-English board memos on technology strategy and risk
- Pre-read materials and live Q&A for board meetings
- Independent view on AI, cybersecurity, and platform bets
- Standing advisor availability between meetings
Ready to work together?
Every engagement starts with a scoping conversation. No forms to fill out, no gated content — just a working call.