How I engage.

Every engagement follows the same ladder, whatever the domain. Each rung ends in a named deliverable and a decision point where stopping is a legitimate outcome.

1. Scoping call. Free, 30 minutes.

Bring one workflow that is slow, manual, or too fragile to automate blindly. We decide together whether it fits a fixed-scope engagement, needs a narrower first step, or is better left alone. Some calls end with "don't hire me for this." That is a good outcome.

2. Fixed-scope engagement.

One workflow, one named deliverable, a stated price and calendar before work starts. The lead offer is the AI Workflow Diligence Sprint (from $12,000, three calendar weeks): a workflow map, a risk-and-value ranking, and one bounded pilot specification with a build, narrow, defer, or stop decision memo. Other engagements follow the same shape in their own domain.

3. Pilot, then production, only if earned.

If the decision memo says build, the pilot runs in your repository on representative inputs, with acceptance criteria and stop conditions agreed in writing. Production hardening is scoped separately, after the pilot proves out. No phase auto-renews into the next.

Data handling and contracting

Data handling is scoped with the work: on-premises for the highest confidentiality, secured private infrastructure in between, or business-tier commercial AI where the data allows it. W-9 and certificate of insurance available on request. Every critical output is traced to a source or flagged for review; that rule does not bend.