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Simpler Architecture. Lower Cost. Higher Scale.

Growing companies accumulate technical debt until infrastructure costs run ahead of revenue and engineering velocity collapses. This is an engineering-first transformation at a fraction of Big Four consulting cost — because the work is done by a principal, not handed off to associates.

Start with Phase 1
$7,500 audit + $8K–$15K/month execution

// is this for me?

The signals that say you need this

Infrastructure costs are growing faster than revenue

Engineering team spending 30–40% of time on maintenance rather than features

New engineers take 4–6 months to become productive

You're hiring DevOps or SRE headcount primarily to hold the current system together

Every new feature requires touching multiple services that shouldn't be related

The last incident post-mortem pointed to architectural root causes, not operator error

Target stage: Post-Series B through growth-stage. Engineering teams of 15–100. The company is generating revenue, the product works, and the architecture is now the constraint rather than the enabler.

// how it works

Two Phases

Phase 1 is a fixed-scope audit and roadmap. Phase 2 is execution. You are never committed to Phase 2 — Phase 1 stands alone.

// phase 1

Architecture Audit

$7,500

fixed fee · 3–4 weeks

Full assessment of the current tech stack: services, dependencies, infrastructure, data stores, deployment pipeline, and security posture

Identification of the top three cost and scaling risks with quantified impact estimates

A proposed simpler architecture with lower TCO and higher scalability — with a written rationale for every major change

A build-vs-buy analysis for components where commercial solutions outperform custom builds

A transformation roadmap with phase-gated milestones, effort estimates, and costs

This deliverable is yours regardless of whether you proceed to Phase 2

// phase 2

Transformation Execution

$8K–$15K / month

phase-gated · milestone-based

Execution of the transformation roadmap from Phase 1 — no redesign, no renegotiation of scope

Milestone-based delivery: each phase has a defined scope, a demo/handover point, and a go/no-go decision before the next phase begins

AI-accelerated implementation of infrastructure migration, service refactoring, and pipeline modernization

Engineering team enablement throughout — the goal is a team that owns the new architecture at completion, not an ongoing engagement dependency

Parallel operation during transition where risk requires it — no big-bang cutover

// the difference

Why Not a Big Four Firm?

big four approach
this practice
Partnership revenue shapes the recommendation
No vendor partnerships. The recommendation is the architecture that solves the problem.
Team of associates with a senior partner on slide reviews
Principal-level work throughout. No associates learning on your budget.
200-page report delivered 6 months later
Phase 1 is 3–4 weeks. Actionable output from week one.
$500K–$2M engagement cost
$7,500 for Phase 1. Phase 2 at $8K–$15K/month, milestone-gated.
Post-Series BLegacy ModernizationTCO ReductionKubernetesArchitecturePhase-GatedAI-Accelerated

Phase 1 starts with a one-hour scoping call.

No cost for the initial scoping call. If the situation fits — infrastructure costs running ahead of revenue, engineering velocity declining — Phase 1 begins immediately with a signed statement of work.