Board of Directors

A seat on your board, or its technology committee, from someone who has run engineering, cloud and AI at scale.

Who it is for

Boards of technology companies, startups preparing for scale or funding, and non-tech companies whose strategy now depends on software and AI

The problem

Technology and AI now drive the company's risk and growth, but few directors have built or run these systems themselves.

What you get

Independent or non-executive director, or technology advisory board member
Oversight of technology strategy, AI adoption, engineering spend and delivery risk
Challenge and support for the CTO and engineering leadership, including succession and hiring
Input on security, reliability and technical due diligence for M&A and fundraising

How it works

I join a small number of boards at a time, as an independent or non-executive director, or on a technology or advisory board. We start with a conversation about the company, its stage and what the board needs, and agree the role, time commitment and terms before anything is signed.

What I bring

26 years across embedded systems, cloud platforms and AI infrastructure, leading organisations of 120+ people at Intel, OLA Krutrim and Palo Alto Networks, and now co-founding NeoSmith AI. That means I can read a technology plan the way a finance director reads a budget: what it will really cost, where it is likely to slip, and which risks the board should ask about.