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Product & Technical Advisory

Get your product unstuck.

Short, senior help for founders and small teams building software, creative tools, educational products, and interactive experiences.

I help you figure out what to build, what to cut, what is risky, and what to do next before you waste months or real money.

Tell me what's stuck
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Good Fits

Useful when product, code, team, and business decisions are tangled together.

You're a founder deciding what to build next
Your app is close to launch but stuck
You're hiring developers or an agency
Your product works, but feels messy
You need a practical AI or tooling strategy
You want a senior technical review before spending more

Ways I Can Help

Small, fixed-scope engagements with clear next steps.

Founder Sanity Check

90 minutes plus written notes for product direction, roadmap, architecture, hiring, or "am I thinking about this correctly?" decisions.

Starts at $750

Product & Tech Triage

A focused review of your product, UX, roadmap, codebase, and technical risks with a ranked action plan.

Starts at $2,500

Launch Rescue

For teams close to shipping but stuck in scope, polish, bugs, product uncertainty, or implementation tradeoffs.

Starts at $5,000

What You Get

Clarity, judgment, and momentum.

  • A blunt, useful read on what matters
  • A ranked list of risks, fixes, and next steps
  • Product, design, engineering, and business judgment together
  • Written recommendations you can act on
  • Optional follow-up implementation or review

Why Me

Thirty years building software, creative tools, educational products, and founder-led companies.

Founder & CTO of Sketch.IO, creators of Sketchpad.

Co-founder of Portlandia Foods, acquired 2023.

Co-founder of Lyrics Freak, acquired 2010.

Selected work with Google, Art Gallery of Ontario, Dubai Union Metro, Los Alamos National Laboratory, ABCya, and Travel Portland.

Pricing

Most engagements are short and fixed-scope.

Advisory sessions start at $750.

Product and technical triage starts at $2,500.

Launch rescue and deeper reviews are scoped after a short intro.

Limited hourly advisory is available at $250/hr with a 3-hour minimum.

Tell me what's stuck