How to work with me

1. 01

   Discovery sprint

   Shape

   One week, fixed price

   Price

   $12,500 USD, fixed. Credited in full against a build engagement started within 90 days.

   Deliverable

   A written assessment: whether the problem is tractable with current models, where the accuracy ceiling probably sits, what the evaluation set would have to look like, and what a build would cost. Delivered as a document your team can act on with or without me.

   Done before

   Since 2018 I have joined ten enterprise systems as an outside consultant, three of them alone. Before that I led a team and wrote the estimates that delivery dates were set against.

   Right when

   You are deciding whether to commit budget and you want a number before you do.

2. 02

   Build engagement

   Shape

   Four weeks, fixed scope

   Price

   From $35,000 USD, fixed scope. Quoted after a discovery sprint or a diagnostic call.

   Deliverable

   A working system with an evaluation harness attached, deployed in your environment, with its accuracy measured. Your team can run the harness after I leave. After a discovery sprint, acceptance is measured: the accuracy target and the sample it will be scored on are written into the scope. A build quoted from a diagnostic call is measured and reported the same way, without a guaranteed target.

   Done before

   For a healthcare client I merged several data feeds into one format and linked results from an old lab analyzer to the right patient. For a compliance platform I took terabytes of raw logs and built the app that turned them into reports.

   Right when

   The decision is made and you need it built by someone who has taken this kind of system to production before.

3. 03

   Managed operation

   Shape

   Ongoing, monthly. Available after a build engagement.

   Price

   $3,000 USD per month. Each additional workflow under management adds $750 to $1,500.

   Deliverable

   The system stays measured. Monitoring and error triage. Model and prompt updates as source documents drift. Six change-request hours each month. A monthly report with the accuracy number and the hours saved, measured the same way the benchmark is.

   Done before

   I have kept production systems running for years. Incident work, CI/CD ownership, monitoring in Application Insights, and a multi-brand storefront platform held consistent under constant catalogue updates.

   Right when

   The build is in production and you want the number to still be true in a year.

4. 04

   Fractional architecture

   Shape

   Ongoing, monthly. Three tiers.

   Advisory

   $5,000 per month. Four hours per week. A standing weekly call. Async review of designs and pull requests within one business day. Interview loops for senior hires. Vendor and build-versus-buy decisions.

   Fractional

   $15,000 per month. 1.5 days per week. Everything in Advisory. Ownership of the technical roadmap. Evaluation strategy and its execution. A quarterly technology report written for the board.

   Embedded

   $25,000 per month. 2.5 days per week. Everything in Fractional. Hands-on architecture and critical-path code. Incident command. Delivery accountability for one named initiative.

   Terms

   Three-month minimum, then month to month with thirty days notice. Work beyond the hours in a tier is re-scoped.

   Done before

   On seven team engagements since 2018 I helped frame the system, build it and mentor the junior developers. In 2026 a former client hired me back directly after new management came in.

   Right when

   You have engineers who can build, and you need a senior person to own the architecture, including AI systems.

Prices are in USD. Canadian clients are invoiced in CAD at the current exchange rate, plus HST.