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Need someone technical in your corner?

Make your next technology decision with confidence.

Independent technical advice that represents your business when you’re evaluating, investing in or changing technology. Practical judgement, explained in plain language, so you can decide with your eyes open.

For owners, founders and leaders who make technology decisions without senior technical leadership in-house.

Technology Advisory

Common situations

  • You have a quote or estimate from a developer and no way to tell if it’s reasonable.
  • You’re weighing up off-the-shelf software against building something custom.
  • A technology project is running late or over budget, and it’s hard to see why.
  • You depend on one supplier, or one person, who understands how everything works.
  • You need to hire technical people but aren’t sure what to look for.
  • You want a second opinion on the technology before you invest, buy or commit.

What I help with

Practical support where it matters most

Strategy and decisions

  • Translating business problems into technical requirements
  • Technology strategy and practical roadmaps
  • Build-versus-buy assessments
  • Software and platform selection

Suppliers and projects

  • Reviewing supplier proposals and development estimates
  • Oversight and guidance during technology projects
  • Helping you communicate effectively with developers and vendors

Risk and capability

  • Technical due diligence and second opinions
  • Technical risk and dependency assessments
  • Solution architecture and system design
  • Guidance on technical hiring and building internal capability

The outcome

You understand your options, risks, costs and trade-offs before you commit time and money.

This is independent technical advice. It isn’t managed IT support, certified security auditing or legal and compliance assurance.

How I work

What you can expect

  • 01

    On your side of the table

    The advice is about what’s right for your business, not about selling you software or a development team.

  • 02

    Plain language

    You get clear explanations of options, risks and trade-offs, without the jargon. You make the decision; I make sure it’s an informed one.

  • 03

    Building your own capability

    Where it makes sense, I help you understand your systems and suppliers well enough to rely less on any one of them, including me.

Ways to engage

Start with a focused problem or ongoing support

Every engagement is scoped with you. These are the most common ways to work together.

Focused Assessment

A defined review of a team, solution, architecture, supplier proposal or technology decision, with clear, prioritised recommendations.

A good first step when you want a clear picture before committing to anything bigger.

Ongoing Technology Advisory

Regular access to an experienced technical advisor for decisions, planning, supplier discussions and risk assessment.

Suits leaders who want someone technical to call on as decisions come up.

Fractional Engineering Leadership

Part-time technical leadership embedded alongside your engineering team, supporting architecture, capability development and delivery improvement.

Suits teams that need experienced leadership but not a full-time hire.

Tell me what you’re working through

A short conversation is usually enough to work out whether I can help and what a sensible first step would be.

Or email brett@webe.au

Already have a technical team?

Engineering Enablement