Your engineering team is not delivering what the business needs.
Delivery is slow. Quality is not where it should be. Or a big project needs a senior second pair of eyes.
I am a senior engineering leader who still writes code. I start with your problem, not with a ready-made answer. I embed one or two days a week, write code with your team, and own the problem until the numbers move.
Every engagement starts with a free Lite assessment: a short questionnaire, a one-page readout, and a 30-minute call. Engagements from $10,000 CAD/month for 1 day a week. What it costs →
Where I Usually Start
These are examples, not a menu. If your problem is different, bring it.
Delivery is slow
Simple features take months. The roadmap slips and nobody can say why.
Quality or process is not where it should be
Outages, bugs, and fragile releases. Reviews and tests that do not catch them.
A bigger project needs a senior second pair of eyes
A rebuild, a migration, or a launch. I review the plan and the code, and I work in it with the team.
Technology & Operating Executive
Who You Work With
25 years in engineering leadership. Based in Toronto.
Senior, and Still Hands-On
I still write code. I know the fundamentals well, and I stay on the edge of what is new.
No Ready-Made Answer
I start with your problem. Then I use my experience, the newest tools, and your team to get the result.
I Own It
I embed one or two days a week and write code with the team. I stay on the problem until the numbers move.
Tools change. Because I stay current, what I use on your problem is what works now, not what worked last time.
One Example: AI
AI is one way I stay current. I do not just add a coding assistant. I put AI workflows into the whole delivery cycle (plan, code, review, test, release) where they have the most impact, with tested, reusable skills.
How It Works
I measure first. What gets fixed comes from your problem and your numbers.
The First 30 Days
Free Lite assessment. You answer a short questionnaire and I prepare a one-page readout. We go through it on a 30-minute call. The scores are self-reported: they show where to look, not proof.
Days 1 to 10. I sit with your team, interview key people, and pull the data. I measure where you are and pick the two problems that hold you back most. By Day 14 the first fix ships.
Day 30. We compare the numbers with your baseline. You decide to continue or stop.
After Day 30
From Day 31 I run both fixes at full depth and hand the work to your own owners, step by step.
By Day 90 each owner runs the work without me, and the AI workflows stay in place.
Day 30 and Day 60 each end with a written checkpoint report against your baseline.
Then You Decide
The only guarantee: the Day-30 exit. You can stop after Day 30 and pay for Month 1 only. No conditions. Nothing else is promised. Everything else is a measured change from your own baseline.
Three Results
Every engagement connects to one of these. We baseline your own numbers first and measure the change from there.
Business value
More of the roadmap ships. Revenue features reach customers sooner. Cloud cost goes down.
Measured by: % of roadmap delivered, cycle time, cost per customer
Team stability
Clear roles and owners. Less firefighting. Fewer people leave.
Measured by: KTLO %, regretted attrition, survey scores
Product stability
Fewer incidents and bugs. Faster recovery.
Measured by: Incidents per month, time to recover, bugs found by customers
Proof
70%
shorter delivery timelines
AutoScout24 Group: delivery timelines cut by 70%
Delivery timelines were too long.
AI-assisted engineering workflows and process improvements shortened them.
0
daily production outages
Biiibo: from daily outages to none
Production went down every day.
The daily outages stopped, and delivery tightened.
AutoTrader: operational issues made visible
Tickets and issues were invisible.
I set up a clear way to own them. Each team now owns its issues and handles every one in a structured way.
Track Record
Where I've done this work before.
Owned the workforce tools deployed across all global warehouses.
Sr. Director. Led infrastructure modernization and security practices through hypergrowth.
CTO through acquisition. Rebuilt the technology platform.
Contract VP of Engineering for AutoSync. Led adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Took daily production outages to zero and tightened delivery.
Health tech
Background in health tech, including UHN.
What It Costs
I don't bill hourly. We agree on scope and targets upfront, so you know the cost before we start. Both run as a 90-day engagement.
- One day a week
- $10,000 CAD/month
- Two days a week
- $17,000 CAD/month
After Day 90 the work can continue at the same rate, or as an ongoing one-day-a-week operating partner role at $10,000 CAD/month.
Interim leadership, due diligence and fixed-scope projects have their own prices on the how I work page. All prices are in Canadian dollars (CAD).
The only guarantee: the Day-30 exit. You can stop after Day 30 and pay for Month 1 only. No conditions.
Let's Talk
Book a time and tell me what's broken. I'll tell you if I can help. Every engagement starts with a free Lite assessment: a short questionnaire, a one-page readout, and a 30-minute call.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does a Technology & Operating Executive do?
I am a senior engineering leader who still writes code. I do not bring a ready-made answer. I start with your problem, then use my experience, the newest tools, and your team to get the result. I embed one or two days a week and own the problem until the numbers move.
What does owning it look like day to day?
I sit with your team. I attend your standups and planning, review the pull requests, and write code with the team. There's no report and no handoff. I baseline the numbers first, we agree on a target for each by Day 14, and I'm accountable for moving them.
What's the typical engagement length?
A 90-day engagement, one or two days a week. It starts with a free Lite assessment. In the first 10 days I measure where the team is. By Day 14 the first fix ships and we agree on targets. At Day 30 we check the numbers against the baseline, and you decide to continue or stop. From Day 31 I run the work at full depth and hand it to your own owners by Day 90.
What if my problem is not on your list?
These are examples, not a menu. If your problem is different, bring it. I start with your problem, not with a fixed offer.
How do you use AI?
AI is one way I stay current. I do not just add a coding assistant. I put AI workflows into the whole delivery cycle (plan, code, review, test, release) where they have the most impact, with tested, reusable skills. I led adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows at AutoTrader / AutoScout24 Group.