Work with me

I keep room for a small number of consulting, advisory and training engagements alongside my own ventures.

I'm selective about what I take on - because I can't take much more :) I work best with people who value directness, move fast, and don't need hand-holding on the basics. If that sounds like your team, we'll get along.

Fractional Product & Technology Leadership AI Audits & Strategy Speaking & Training

Fractional Product & Technology Leadership

For companies that need senior product and technology thinking without a full-time hire. I've done this for over a decade (including 10 years running my own company) and I currently do it for BlueGlass (Team Farner, Switzerland). I also help companies with the occasional project kick-off or strategy-to-spec.

What this looks like in practice:

Product direction and roadmap. What to build, what to skip, and in what order.
Technical architecture decisions. Stack choices, multi-system architecture, data integrations, data models, build-vs-buy.
AI integration. Where to use it, where to skip it, and what to actually build on.
Making teams move without micromanaging. Setting direction, removing blockers, getting out of the way.
Hiring and team structure for engineering, design and product roles.
Remote team operations. I ran a 30+ person distributed team across countries for a decade. I've seen every way it can go wrong and figured out what actually works.

Best for: companies in the 10-100 person range or startups that need a part-time CTO/CPO-level head without the full-time cost. I try to use as little of your time (and mine) as possible. Focused engagements, not open-ended retainers.

AI Audits & Strategy

Most companies know they should be "doing something with AI". Few know what that something is. I help figure that out through two types of engagement, depending on where they are.

AI Audit

A faster, survey and research based assessment of where your company stands with AI and how it compares with the broader market. I survey your team (anonymized), analyze the results against what I'm seeing across other companies, market insights and best practices and deliver a clear report showing: what your people are already doing (often more than you think), where the gaps are, and where the real opportunities sit along with thoughts on how to materially better use AI given the specifics of the work you do (which isn't always the same X is telling you). Fixed scope, clear deliverable, 2-3 weeks.

Good for: companies that know AI matters but don't have a clear picture of where they actually are. Works for teams of 10 or 200.

AI Integration Roadmap

Deeper Dive to see where AI can be helpful in different parts of your operation. I talk to 5-10 key people in your company, map your actual workflows (not the ones in the documentation nobody reads ;)), and identify specifically where AI (or sometimes just good automation) fits and where it doesn't. You get a prioritized roadmap of what to build, what to buy, and what to (likely) skip. Few weeks.

Good for: companies past the "should we?" stage and into "how, where, and with what?" Also useful if you've already tried some AI tools and aren't sure if you're getting real value or just paying for fancy autocomplete.

I also do implementation support if you need hands-on help going from plan to production: LLM selection, architecture decisions, vendor evaluation, and making sure what gets built actually works.

Speaking & Training

I spoke at events and companies for nearly a decade. Audiences from 5 people in a boardroom to 8,000+ at international conferences. I took a break from it while running ColorElephant. I'm back at it recently.

I do keynotes, internal workshops, and multi-session training programs. I'm comfortable in English and Portuguese, in corporate boardrooms and at university campuses.

Some of my public videos are older (turns out you can't record as easily in corporate speeches... who'd guess....), but you can get a taste for my style here.

AI for the Real World

Adopting AI pragmatically: what works, what doesn't, what to ignore
Getting real value from AI tools: prompt engineering, AI agents, workflow automation, and knowing which tool fits which job
AI for leadership teams: what executives actually need to know (and what they can skip)

Product & Technology

From idea to shipped product: product discovery, architecture, and execution
Building products with small teams (and shipping what used to require 10 people with 2)
For non-technical leaders running technical teams: how can you do it? How can you be non-technical and run product development or just a unit that has some tech development to it?

Building & Running Companies

Building remote teams that actually work (10 years, 30+ people, multiple countries)
Hiring remotely: how to find, evaluate, and retain talent you've never met in person

For Universities & Students

AI for new grads: how AI changes what jobs look like and how to get them
Getting hired remotely: practical skills for a distributed job market

If you're organizing an event, running an internal offsite, or looking for someone to run a workshop for your team, get in touch. All my presentations and trainings are one-off and adapted to the audience and context.

A note on how I work

I like to get started quickly. I'd rather have a conversation and figure out the scope together than spend weeks on proposals. Some engagements are a focused sprint, others are ongoing. Both work. I'll be honest about which one fits.

I'm based in Porto but travel regularly (mostly Switzerland and Singapore). I can work on-site, remotely, or a mix. For speaking, if it is in person and I say yes, I'll go wherever the stage is.