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Keynotes that make engineering leaders uncomfortable. Workshops that make them effective.

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Keynote Presentations

Technical Debt: The $2 Trillion Problem Nobody's Measuring

45-60 min keynote

Engineering leaders, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Board members

  • Why technical debt is a financial liability, not a backlog item
  • The Technical Insolvency Date: when maintenance consumes 100% of capacity
  • Live diagnostic: calculate the audience's debt in real-time
  • The 4 Horsemen of Technical Insolvency

AI Unit Economics for CFOs: When Your AI Feature Costs More Than It Earns

45 min keynote

CFOs, Finance leaders, AI/ML leaders, Product leaders

  • Cost per useful AI output vs. cost per query — the metric that matters
  • AI hallucination as economic risk, not just accuracy risk
  • When to build vs. buy AI capabilities (the $0.001 threshold)
  • Real case study: 34% AI cost reduction without reducing output quality

The Subprime Code Crisis: Why Your Next Acquisition Target Has Hidden Liabilities

30-45 min keynote

PE/VC investors, M&A teams, Board directors, Due diligence teams

  • How $1.2M in hidden debt gets reported as "innovation"
  • Technical due diligence: the questions nobody asks before term sheet
  • Product Debt Index: a quantitative alternative to vibe-based assessments
  • Case study: catching a $40M overvaluation before close

Workshops & Training

R&D Capital Allocation Masterclass

Half-day workshop (4 hours) · 10-30 people

Hands-on workshop where teams learn to measure their own technical debt, calculate ROI on refactoring, and build the business case that gets funding approved.

$8,000+ travel

Board-Ready Technical Reporting

2-hour executive session · 5-15 people

Teach your engineering leaders how to present technical metrics in financial language. CTOs learn to communicate with boards; boards learn what to ask their CTOs.

$5,000+ travel

AI Cost Governance Workshop

Half-day workshop (4 hours) · 10-25 people

Map your AI spend, identify collapse points, and build cost governance frameworks that prevent runaway inference costs.

$8,000+ travel

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Keynote fees start at $5,000. Workshop fees start at $5,000. Travel and accommodations are additional.

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