I Help engineering leaders make better decisions, sooner.
I work with engineering and platform leaders to increase employee engagement, improve developer experience, and build systems that support quality, trust, and learning at scale.
Most conversations end with a few concrete next steps, even if we don’t work together.
What I help with
Leadership decision-making & coaching
When decisions stall, confidence erodes, and everyone waits for alignment that never comes.
Coach engineering leaders to make better decisions with incomplete information, build trust, and lead without relying on control or heroics.
Engineering systems & developer experience
When teams are busy but progress feels slower every iteration.
Identify workflow friction, platform gaps, and organizational bottlenecks that quietly slow teams and erode confidence.
Quality as a system
When reliability problems keep reappearing under new names.
Shift from inspection and after-the-fact fixes to systemic approaches that improve reliability, learning, and delivery over time.
How I work
Coaching, not answers
I don’t hand leaders scripts. I help them see their patterns, test better options, and build judgment they can rely on under pressure.
Empirical and practical
We work with real decisions, real teams, and real constraints. If an idea can’t survive contact with the business, we don’t use it.
Systemic, not personal
When leaders struggle, the system is usually the issue. I help identify where structure, incentives, and process are creating friction.
Candid and transparent
You’ll get clear assessments, direct feedback, and concrete next steps. No performative alignment, no consulting theater.
Want to talk this through?
If you’re dealing with drift, decision friction, or leadership challenges that don’t respond to “best practices,” we can spend 30 minutes mapping what’s really happening.
I’ve spent 30+ years inside engineering organizations, including leadership roles at Microsoft, Unity, and NBCUniversal. I work with leaders who want fewer heroics and better systems.