FRACTIONAL PRODUCT ECONOMICS
Unchecked AI economics turns product decisions into board-level liabilities.
I bridge the dangerous gap between Engineering Velocity and Financial Solvency. If you cannot explain how your AI R&D spend compounds enterprise value, you are already eroding margin.
DIAGNOSE YOUR RISK
Analysis featured in Foundry | CIO | CSO | Computerworld
The Problem
The Translation Gap highlights a critical disconnect: Engineering prioritizes "Speed," while Finance focuses on "Solvency." When these two languages don't align, the result is often the Feature Factory: bloated roadmaps, high burn, and zero leverage.
Most SaaS organizations cannot explain how R&D spend maps to EBITDA impact.
The AI Volatility Tax has permanently altered the SaaS cost curve. Generative AI introduces variable costs that scale with usage, and inference/model dependencies create economic volatility in what were once predictable margins.
Unchecked AI cost structures routinely erode gross margin by 15–20%.
Engagement Models
Independent economic oversight. No "consulting armies." Just results.
The AI Margin Autopsy™
A two-week forensic diagnostic designed to surface where AI-enabled features destroy margin rather than create enterprise value.
Fractional Product Economist™
An ongoing executive engagement embedding economic discipline directly into product decision-making. I sit alongside leadership to enforce Product P&L accountability.
Due Diligence & Board Risk Advisory
Independent assessment for boards and investors evaluating product and AI risk exposure. I translate technical debt and AI architecture decisions into balance-sheet-relevant risk.
Proprietary Frameworks

PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK
AI Volatility Tax
Identifying feature-level unit economic failures where the cost of intelligence erodes long-term solvency.

PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK
Q-PEP Protocols
Quantified Product Economics. A governance model for measuring R&D yield beyond vanity metrics.

PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK
Governance of Subtraction
A capital-allocation doctrine arguing that deleting software assets is often the highest-ROI product decision.

PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK
The Senior PM Trap
Why functional excellence fails to translate into executive effectiveness without economic fluency.
Stop the Margin Decay.
I am currently accepting limited engagements for Q1 2026. Please contact me directly to assess your risk exposure.
Richard Ewing, MBA
Principal Product Economist
Former Director of Product scaling SaaS to $25M ARR. Specialist in translating product execution into capital-efficient growth.
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