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Advisory built around the decisions that carry weight.

Every engagement is scoped to a specific decision or program — not a retainer for its own sake. Below is the full range of advisory I take on, individually or combined.

01

Fractional CIO

Board-level technology leadership, on demand.

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Embedded technology leadership for organizations that need CIO-grade decision-making without a full-time hire — strategy, budgets, vendor governance, and delivery oversight, brought in exactly when it matters.

  • Technology strategy aligned to business and regulatory goals
  • IT budget planning and cost governance
  • Vendor and platform decisions with long-term accountability
  • Board and investor-ready technology reporting
02

Virtual CISO

Security leadership for organizations that can't wait to build one in-house.

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End-to-end information security leadership — from risk posture and governance to incident readiness — built for regulated, high-stakes environments where trust is the product.

  • Security strategy, governance, and board reporting
  • Risk assessments and control maturity roadmaps
  • Incident response readiness and tabletop exercises
  • Security operations oversight and vendor security review
03

Technology Consulting

Independent, senior-level counsel on the decisions that carry long-term weight.

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Objective, experience-led advisory on technology direction — for founders, CXOs, and boards making decisions that will shape the next five years of the organization.

  • Technology roadmap design
  • Platform and architecture evaluation
  • Build-vs-buy and vendor decision frameworks
  • Technology organization design
04

Cloud Advisory

Cloud strategy that balances performance, cost, and control.

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Advisory across AWS, Azure, and Microsoft 365 environments — architecture, migration sequencing, and the operating discipline that keeps cloud spend and cloud risk both in check.

  • Cloud architecture review and target-state design
  • Migration planning and execution oversight
  • Multi-cloud and hybrid strategy
  • Cloud governance and landing-zone design
05

Cybersecurity Advisory

Practical security programs built for real regulatory and threat environments.

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Security advisory grounded in two decades of defending regulated financial infrastructure — from control design to security operations maturity.

  • Security architecture and control design
  • Threat and vulnerability management programs
  • Identity & access management strategy
  • Endpoint and network security hardening
06

Digital Transformation

Transformation programs designed to survive contact with the real organization.

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Digital transformation advisory that treats people, process, and platform as one system — sequencing change so it compounds instead of stalling.

  • Transformation roadmap and sequencing
  • Legacy modernization strategy
  • Automation and AI adoption planning
  • Change governance and stakeholder alignment
07

RBI Regulatory Compliance

Technology and security postures built to withstand regulatory scrutiny.

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Advisory for banks, NBFCs, and ARCs navigating RBI IT and cybersecurity frameworks — translating regulatory expectation into working controls.

  • RBI IT governance and cybersecurity framework alignment
  • Outsourcing and vendor risk compliance
  • IT audit readiness
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery compliance
08

DPDP Act Compliance

Data protection readiness for India's new privacy regime.

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Practical roadmaps that bring data handling, consent, and vendor practices in line with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act — without freezing the business in the process.

  • Data mapping and processing inventory
  • Consent and grievance mechanism design
  • Data processor and vendor agreement review
  • DPDP governance framework and training
09

Vendor Selection & Due Diligence

Decisions that outlast the sales pitch.

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Structured, independent evaluation of technology vendors and platforms — so decisions hold up eighteen months in, not just at signing.

  • RFP design and vendor scoring frameworks
  • Technical and security due diligence
  • Contract and SLA structuring input
  • Post-selection implementation governance
10

Technology Due Diligence

Clear-eyed technology assessment for investors and acquirers.

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Independent technology and security due diligence for PE and VC investors, and for boards evaluating M&A — surfacing what the term sheet needs to know.

  • Technology architecture and scalability assessment
  • Security posture and compliance review
  • Technical debt and team capability evaluation
  • Investment-grade findings reporting
11

Cloud Cost Optimization

Recovering margin without slowing the roadmap.

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Disciplined review of cloud spend — rightsizing, reservation strategy, and architecture change — engineered to protect performance while it protects budget.

  • Cloud spend audit and waste identification
  • Reserved capacity and commitment strategy
  • Architecture-level cost optimization
  • FinOps governance setup
12

Microsoft 365 Security

Hardening the platform your entire organization already lives in.

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Configuration and governance review across Microsoft 365 — closing the gap between default settings and the security posture a regulated business actually needs.

  • Identity and conditional access hardening
  • Data loss prevention and information protection
  • Email security and phishing resilience
  • Tenant governance and admin access review
13

AI Readiness Assessment

Adopting AI without adopting its risk unexamined.

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A grounded assessment of where AI can responsibly enter the organization — data readiness, governance guardrails, and a sequenced adoption plan.

  • Use-case identification and prioritization
  • Data and infrastructure readiness review
  • AI governance and risk framework
  • Pilot design and success metrics
14

IT Governance

The operating discipline behind every resilient technology function.

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Governance frameworks that make technology decisions traceable, auditable, and aligned to business risk appetite — built to be used, not filed away.

  • IT policy and framework design
  • Risk and control ownership mapping
  • Governance committee structuring
  • Audit and regulatory reporting alignment
15

Security Assessments

An honest read of where the organization actually stands.

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Structured security assessments that go beyond the checklist — control testing, gap analysis, and a prioritized remediation path leadership can act on.

  • Security posture and maturity assessment
  • Gap analysis against ISO 27001 and regulatory frameworks
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Executive and board-level reporting

Not sure which engagement fits?

Most engagements start with a short conversation about where the organization stands today. That call is free.

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