Services
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.
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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
Virtual CISO
Security leadership for organizations that can't wait to build one in-house.
Discuss this serviceEnd-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
Technology Consulting
Independent, senior-level counsel on the decisions that carry long-term weight.
Discuss this serviceObjective, 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
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
Cybersecurity Advisory
Practical security programs built for real regulatory and threat environments.
Discuss this serviceSecurity 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
Digital Transformation
Transformation programs designed to survive contact with the real organization.
Discuss this serviceDigital 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
RBI Regulatory Compliance
Technology and security postures built to withstand regulatory scrutiny.
Discuss this serviceAdvisory 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
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
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
Technology Due Diligence
Clear-eyed technology assessment for investors and acquirers.
Discuss this serviceIndependent 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
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
Microsoft 365 Security
Hardening the platform your entire organization already lives in.
Discuss this serviceConfiguration 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
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
IT Governance
The operating discipline behind every resilient technology function.
Discuss this serviceGovernance 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
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
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