# Services

> Six ways to work with me: fractional CTO, solutions architecture, development and delivery, secure infrastructure, applied AI, and due diligence and advisory.

Most engagements combine several of these.

## 01. Fractional CTO

Setting the technical direction, leading the team, owning security and compliance, and representing the business to contractors, suppliers, customers, and the board.

- Technology strategy & roadmap
- Security, governance & compliance
- Discovery, build-vs-buy & product ownership
- Leading contractors, agencies & suppliers
- Technical lead on pitches, bids & customer calls

Read the Beach Finance case study: https://blizzard.consulting/work/beach-finance/

## 02. Solutions architecture

How the system is shaped, where it will strain under load, what it costs to run, selecting platforms and vendors.

- System & solution architecture
- Scalability & performance
- Integration & data design
- Technology selection

Where this has been done: https://blizzard.consulting/experience/api-design/

## 03. Development & delivery

Most engagements are hands-on. I design and build the software, or lead the contractors who do, and usually both.

- Web apps, APIs & cross-platform mobile
- Data & streaming pipelines, system integrations
- Leading contractors & delivery teams
- Rescuing & finishing stalled builds

Read the document intelligence case study: https://blizzard.consulting/work/document-intelligence-at-scale/

## 04. Secure infrastructure

Secure, reproducible infrastructure with everything defined as code, deployed automatically, monitored properly, and able to scale.

- Infrastructure as code & CI/CD
- Secure cloud hosting: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare
- Networking, DNS, CDN & firewalls
- Monitoring, backups & compliance

Where this has been done: https://blizzard.consulting/experience/iac/

## 05. Applied AI

Reviewing your AI readiness. Building secure and cost effective AI systems built to meet governance and data residency requirements.

- Agentic systems & LLM pipelines
- Retrieval & document intelligence at scale
- Evaluation, guardrails & regulatory requirements
- Agent-ready websites & applications
- AI-assisted engineering, with senior review

Discover more about AI services: https://blizzard.consulting/ai/

## 06. Due diligence & advisory

Advising on purchases & investment decisions. Independent third party reviews on your plans or risk exposure.

- Codebase & architecture review
- Investment / acquisition due diligence
- Risk & security assessment
- A written report the board or investors can read

Where this has been done: https://blizzard.consulting/experience/due-diligence/

## Contact

- Email: jim@blizzard.consulting
- Canonical page: https://blizzard.consulting/services/