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Hi! 👋 I'm Brian, and I've been a tech entrepreneur and operator for 30 years. I love helping people and organizations solve problems that require translating between technical systems, business needs, and human experience... even when the problem itself isn't yet defined.
My background combines deep technical expertise with strategy, teaching, product development, human-centered design, events, and global impact work, often all at once.
I've built data systems for the UN, taught code to prisoners in San Quentin, guided strategic visioning for national executive teams, and facilitated transformational experiences for thousands of people. I'm galvanized by projects that create measurable change, especially in how people relate to technology and power systems.
Working with me will have an outsized impact for you, your project, or your organization.
I'm always looking for people and organizations doing important work who need help navigating complexity and uncertainty. If that sounds like you, let's connect, even if it's just to chat.
We should work together if:
You know you need someone, but you don't know who or what
You have pieces of the puzzle, but you need help figuring out how the pieces fit together
You know what needs to happen, but not how
You have clear strategic goals, but need to break down and map your goals into an actionable plan.
You built a tool that 1000 people love using for free, but every monetization attempt has flopped, or you're not even sure how to monetize.
Your nonprofit runs on a Frankenstein stack of 5 Google Sheets, 3 Airtable bases, and someone's personal Dropbox account, but now you need to scale.
How I Help
I work on flexible timelines based on your needs: short-term contracts for urgent work, 3-6 month project engagements, or ongoing advisory relationships. Rates vary by scope, timeline, and organizational impact.
Strategic Consulting
Typical engagement: Weeks to months
I guide executive teams through ambiguous situations, translate technical possibilities into business strategy, and create actionable roadmaps from high-level goals.
Typical deliverables
- Strategic roadmaps and vision documents
- Technical feasibility assessments
- Executive presentations and board materials
- Technology due diligence
Technical Strategy & Architecture
Typical engagement: Days to months
I use deep technical expertise for decision-making, to ensure you're executing the right thing in the right way. We will evaluate options, design systems, manage technical teams or contractors, and bridge the gap between technical and business stakeholders.
Typical deliverables
- Technical architecture and system design
- Technology selection and vendor evaluation
- Building or managing technical teams
- Technical project oversight and contractor management
Education & Training
Typical engagement: Days to weeks
We can develop custom curriculum, mentor teams through complex topics, and make technical concepts accessible to any audience.
Typical deliverables
- Custom curriculum and learning materials
- Workshop design and facilitation
- Technical mentorship programs
- Train-the-trainer programs
Facilitation & Events
Typical engagement: Hours to Days
I partner with your event organizers to make gatherings actually work. I help you facilitate breakthrough conversations, guide strategic sessions, and serve as an on-site force multiplier who ensures the right work gets done.
Typical deliverables
- Retreat and offsite facilitation
- Strategic planning session leadership
- On-site event support and hosting
- Advising organizers on gathering design
Not sure which fits, or have something else in mind?
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“Brian has a rare ability to expand out to the big vision and also focus on the smallest details. He asks the questions that help clarify what I'm really trying to accomplish–sometimes showing that the solution I brought isn't actually the problem I'm trying to solve.”—Sean Patrick Maher, SomAlive
Career Highlights
I've had a variety of projects over the last 30 years. Here are some that have had the biggest impact or I'm most proud of.
UN NGLS 2016 Summit on Refugees & Migrants
Data Engineering
As part of the UN NGLS's data initiative for the UN's 2016 Summit on Refugees and Migrants, I managed complex data and created reports accessible to non-technical audiences while protecting at-risk participants.
iXperience - Cape Town, South Africa
Head Instructor
During the three month-long cohorts of the iXperience South Africa summer program, I created I created fully custom curriculum covering multiple web technologies, led two teaching assistants, and directed intensive classroom instruction for US Ivy League and South African scholarship students.
Strategy
National Tax Services Company
Strategic Consulting
As a consultant, I worked with the president and C-suite to create strategic vision and documentation for technology expansion into new business pillars. This included building presentations explaining complex technical use cases and multi-year budgets to non-technical executives, designing, guiding, and implementing a data lake with ETL processes for decades of historical data, helping craft job descriptions and hire a full-time data engineer, and building preliminary ad-hoc reports to support high-stakes strategic decision-making.
Camp Grounded—Summer Camp For Grownups
Core Staff/On-Site Facilitator
Camp Grounded was a multi-weekend "summer camp for grownups" in the woods where adults reconnected with play, authenticity, and each other. I was part of the core staff creating that magic, operating wherever I was needed, from setting up, welcoming campers with improv games to serving as a "bedazzler" sparking connection to orchestrating romance as the "Camp Crush Coordinator", tearing it all back down, and so much more.
“Brian provides strategic guidance through our sessions, helping me navigate ambiguity, confusion, uncertainty, and volatility in my professional life. He brings a rare blend of deep consulting wisdom, psychological insight, and practical business strategy that creates real clarity and momentum, which transformed how I approach my career and leadership challenges.”—Mark Boughton, Serial Entrepreneur & CEO
Let's Connect
Think we might be a good fit? Want to learn more? Just want to share the cool thing you're working on?
Reach out on LinkedIn, see where our community overlaps on Facebook, or send me a message. I respond to anyone who makes a sincere effort to connect.