Strategic advisor · Public safety ecosystem
I work with a small number of companies in the public safety ecosystem — on retainer, over time — helping them see clearly, plan honestly, and execute using the right people and resources.
How I work
"I'm not a typical consultant. I diagnose, build the plan, and connect you to exactly who you need to execute it. Then I stay in the room."
Most growing companies in this space don't have a strategy problem. They have a clarity problem and a connections problem. I fix both.
My background is operational. I've been a CFO, a VP of Strategic Development, and a founder. I've been in the room where the decisions get made — and I've seen what happens when the wrong people are in that room.
I work on retainer with a small number of clients. That means you get real access — not a junior associate running your account and a recycled framework dressed up as insight.
What we work on
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Find the friction. Fix the process. Build the systems that let your team scale without you being in every decision. Most operational problems are clarity problems in disguise.
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Revenue strategy, partnership structure, market positioning. Who you should be talking to, how to get in front of them, and what to say when you do.
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24 years of relationships across the public safety ecosystem. When you need a resource, a partner, or an introduction — I know who to call, and they pick up.
The longer game
After 24 years inside public safety — as a CFO, a VP, and a founder — I started pulling a thread. It began with a failed startup, an unexpected exposure to blockchain technology, and a simple question: where else does the integrity of a record matter?
The answer kept coming back to public safety. AI is already inside the 911 ecosystem — triaging calls, generating dispatch recommendations, initiating contacts without a human in the loop. And every one of those systems is acting on data with no verified chain of custody. Nobody can prove what actually happened. Nobody can defend the decision.
That's why I founded the 911 Trust Ledger Foundation — an open protocol for data integrity across the emergency communications ecosystem. Not a product. Not a startup. The prerequisite infrastructure for fixing how public safety gets funded and governed in America.
911trustledger.org →Writing
All essays →Operations
When AI vendors control the data their systems run on, there's no independent measure of whether the system is working. That's not a technology problem. It's a governance problem.
Read →Funding
The current model funds technology adoption, not outcomes. Until we can measure what actually happens when a call goes in, we're flying blind — and spending accordingly.
Read →Capital
Axon spent $1.5 billion acquiring Carbyne and Prepared. More capital than ever before in this space. The question nobody's asking: what does that mean for the agencies that depend on these systems?
Read →I take on a limited number of advisory clients. If you're in the public safety ecosystem — in the $3M–$30M range — and want someone who will tell you the truth, let's find out if it's a fit.