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Your Problem

There’s three recurring problems in business that I will help you navigate:

  1. you need to understand a technical domain, develop a strategy, or analyze a market: eg,
    • you want to understand cloud migrations and hybrids solutions;
    • you want to understand how trends like policy-as-code can solve compliance needs;
    • you want to understand an emerging market such as cannabis, cryptocurrency, or AI tools;
  2. you need to turn an idea into an explicit proposal or plan: eg,
    • design a service such as tax payment calculation or business correspondence management;
    • build a roadmap for a research or compliance program;
    • plan for a new business, such as cannabis production or a restaurant; or,
  3. you need to communicate and interface with a technical team – and want help organizing the best relationship: eg,
    • develop an ubiquitous language so business leaders, subject matter experts (SMEs), and developers share an understanding;
    • develop processes for your team to integrate SMEs and developers into the planning process.

Think. Plan. Act.

The solutions to those problems can be thought of as three steps on your journey:

  • Think about the domain, strategy, and market;
  • Plan your actions; and,
  • Act together with your team to deliver success.

I offer a package for each step in your journey to success:

x What You Solve What You Get Timeline Cost
Think Build understanding of the problem
  • 2 hours of initial meetings;
  • 1 hour of mid-engagement review;
  • 1 hour final review
  • 6-page report on domain or market, plus supporting appencies
  • 1 revision based on mid-engagement review
  • 2 weeks for first draft
  • 4 weeks total engagement
 $10,000
Plan Develop a roadmap to success
  • 2 hours of initial meetings;
  • 1 hour of mid-engagement review;
  • 1 hour final review
  • 6-page project proposal, plus supporting appencies
  • 1 revision based on mid-engagement review
  • 2 weeks for first draft
  • 4 weeks total engagement
 $10,000
Act Align your staff on the goal
  • 2 hours of initial meetings;
  • 1 hour of team enagement per week;
  • strategy document
  • policy kit
  • 13 weeks of team development
 $15,000

Not What you’re looking for?

I also am available on an ad hoc basis (strategizing, advising, and coaching) for $1,000 per hour. Minimum 5 hours.

Ready to Start?

Contact me at contact@zmichaelgehlke.com today.

Examples

Here’s a short list of interesting work I’ve done.

  • Amazon FinTech
    • Think - Coordinate with security, compliance, and AWS to develop a policy as code strategy which can be integrated into infrastructure as code projects for automated compliance and security verification.
    • Plan - Design a compiler which translates tax analyst Excel sheets into ETL pipelines, using the AWS CDK.
    • Act - Set up a formal sprint process and mentor a team of 10 engineers on best practices.
  • Amazon Devices
    • Think - Write a report on how automated reasoning could prevent a $1B+ misallocation for reoccurring.
    • Plan - Design a modeling engine that allowed for economists to build their own functions for use on Amazon Devices customer data, respecting necessary security policy in the process.
  • WarnerMedia/AT&T
    • Plan - Design (and prototype) a hybrid cloud solution for integrating WarnerMedia hardware test datacenter into their cloud application build pipeline.
  • Symetra
    • Plan - Design a cloud native customer correspondence platform that would manage notification letters and other business mail with Symetra customers, both for email and physical mail.
    • Act - Work with Symetra team to revise sprint processes and better integrate software engineers into the project planning cycle.
  • Barnes Law
    • Think - Research federal food regulations and relevant case law to develop arguments for a client.
  • private clients
    • Think - Write a report on the legal cannabis industry for prospective investors and help raise funding.
    • Plan - Model a prospective guesthouse purchase and advise client on expected financials.
    • Plan - Model a prospective restaurant and advise client on expected financials.