For founders building with AI
You can build real software with AI now. Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex take you from an idea to a working product faster than ever. But as that product becomes a business, the hard questions are no longer just about whether the code works.
I work with non-technical founders and provide the technical and cybersecurity leadership to turn what you're building into a real, secure, enterprise-ready product.
Build it right. Secure it properly. Make it enterprise-ready.
AI can help you build the product. Someone still has to make the decisions that turn it into a company. That's the role I play.
Your app can work perfectly today and still be headed for trouble. The decisions you and your AI tools make now become the foundation of the company.
Build what the business needs today without limiting what it can become tomorrow.
The moment you handle customer data, security stops being theoretical. When AI does much of the implementation, risky decisions can slip by unreviewed.
Security should be part of how you build — not bolted on after customers ask.
Eventually a larger customer asks questions that have nothing to do with your demo. This is where building a product becomes building a company.
The operational maturity your customers and business actually need — not theater.
I'm not here to tell you to stop using Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex — they're remarkably capable. The challenge is knowing when the AI-generated solution is good enough, when it needs work, and when a technical decision creates real business risk.
You may not need a full engineering organization, a full-time CTO, or a full-time CISO. But you do need access to someone who can look at the product, infrastructure, security, compliance, and business together — and knows when something should be redesigned, secured, documented, or left exactly as it is. Experience is knowing the difference.
Not every founder needs the same level of help. Sometimes you want a second opinion, sometimes a specific problem solved, and sometimes an ongoing technical leader.
“I want someone to review what I've built.”
You have a working product or prototype and want an experienced technical and cybersecurity review — architecture, data design, cloud, auth, app security, deployment, backups, scalability, AI integrations, and compliance concerns.
Offered as a fixed-price engagement based on the scope of your application and environment.
“I have a specific problem to solve.”
You don't need an ongoing advisor — you have one important technical or cybersecurity problem that needs an experienced person to help solve it.
Where scope can be clearly defined, structured around a fixed cost and a defined outcome.
“I want someone involved as we grow.”
You've reached the point where isolated engagements aren't enough. You need someone who understands the product and the business and helps you make technical and cybersecurity decisions over time.
Structured around the level of involvement your company actually needs.
You probably don't need me while you're experimenting with an idea over a weekend. Consider reaching out when the decisions start to matter.
“Is this actually the right way to build this?”
My job is to help you make good technical and cybersecurity decisions for the business — not to sell you a team, a platform, or a rebuild that happens to benefit me.
The recommendation should fit the business. Not the consultant.
The strongest founder-led products come from people who understand a problem deeply. That domain expertise is your advantage — you shouldn't also have to become a software architect, security engineer, and CISO to bring the idea to market.
My background spans software development, architecture, cloud, cybersecurity, governance, and compliance. I've spent my career on both questions that matter: how do we build it? and how do we protect it?