A technical lead for your business, by the hour or by the month.

• You have to choose a platform or a vendorWordPress, Shopify or custom. This agency or that one. I spent years writing those proposals, so I know what they leave out.
• A project stalled or went overI read the code and the contract, tell you where it stands, and either get it over the line or plan the handover.
• You cannot evaluate your developerA review of the work, the process and the invoices, in plain language, so you know whether you are getting what you pay for.
• Nobody understands the codebaseAn audit that produces a map: what it does, where it is fragile, what it would cost to fix or replace.
• Your team needs standards and reviewCoding standards, code review, a starter framework and the habits that keep a team consistent. I have done this for a web team as its technical lead.

• Fixed-scope audits of a site, a store, a codebase or a vendor, with findings you can act on
• Architecture and build plans before anyone writes code
• Vendor and proposal review, and help running the selection
• Code review and standards for your in-house or agency developers
• Rescue and handover of stalled projects
• A fractional technical lead on a monthly retainer: your senior technical person, without the hire

• Led a web team as director of web technology and security at a Minneapolis agency
• Scoped and architected the agency's larger engagements from feasibility through system design
• Set the coding standards and built the starter framework the team used on every build
• Served as the technical resource for UX, strategy, SEO and development teams

Most engagements start with a fixed-scope audit, so you get something useful whether or not we continue. After that it is hourly for advice and review, or a monthly retainer when you want a technical lead in the room every week.