Advisory Services Built for
Financial Predictability.
I do not write academic reports or sell slide decks. I deploy forensic evaluations to stop shadow AI cash bleed, eliminate token cost inflation, and install verified runtime cost-caps.
Engagement Packages
Gut-Check Evaluation
Not sure if you have a cost or engineering velocity problem? A 30-minute rapid-fire session to assess your status.
What's Included:
- 30-min live review with Richard Ewing
- Rapid scan of AWS / API billing metrics
- Immediate verdict on whether your setup is at risk
- 1 actionable cost-saving remediation recommendation
60-Min Insolvency Audit
We review your Product Debt Index (PDI) results and locate the exact engineering or model cost leaks.
What's Included:
- 60-min strategic consultation
- Codebase PDI results analysis
- Written Risk Exposure Report (Red/Yellow/Green flags)
- Step-by-step roadmap to reduce capital waste
R&D Capital Audit
A comprehensive 3-week forensic review of R&D capital allocation, AI inference spend, and team productivity.
What's Included:
- Comprehensive codebase and architectural audit
- Detailed AI Unit Economics modeling
- Board-ready financial and operational deliverables
- 90-day custom remediation and implementation roadmap
Fractional CPO / CTO Retainer
Senior product & tech leadership with a strict, guaranteed cost ceiling. We build cost-caps directly into your systems.
What's Included:
- 10-15 hours/week of dedicated advisory
- Implementation of strict API token caps
- Zero Shadow AI compliance auditing
- Board meeting representation and preparation
Our Engagement Protocol
15-Min Discovery
We hold a brief diagnostic call to align on your current engineering bottlenecks, billing patterns, and code velocity.
Forensic Diagnostic
We audit the code using the Product Debt Index (PDI) framework, exposing zombie assets, leakages, and cost collapse thresholds.
Remediation Delivery
We present a board-ready report and deploy deterministic cost-caps at the network layer to secure your unit margins permanently.
Client Testimonials
"Richard's audit revealed that 43% of our engineering sprints were being spent maintaining deprecated AI integrations that we thought were core features. The remediation plan saved us over $180,000 in monthly OpEx within 45 days."
Principal Operating Partner
PE-Backed B2B SaaS Portfolio
"The inference cost Optimization sprint capped our API billing volatility before our product scaled to 50k users. We avoided a margin collapse that would have crushed our Series A metrics."
VP of Engineering
AI-First Legaltech SaaS