For tech-heavy businesses without a senior tech leader: I join for a stretch to build, ship and lead where there's a gap, and leave a foundation that lasts.
Owners, founding teams and heads of engineering at tech-heavy businesses, with a capable team but no senior tech leader to lean on. Things I often hear in a first call:
If that sounds familiar, let's talk.
The mess gets a plan, and the people who spotted it get to fix it.
A change of course explained, tested and carried by the people who build it.
A shorter path from decision to shipped change.
The risky parts tested first, before they get expensive.
Your managers and engineers learn by working next to me.
Agent tooling where it pays off, with reviews and ownership that keep up.
I join your high-stakes R&D and product initiatives and do the work with your team: delivering results, earning trust and moving work forward.
As trust builds, I can lead a team, a launch or an engineering practice until you have a permanent owner in place.
Operating rhythms, decision forums, and culture foundations.
Selective org, product, and technical diligence for boards and investors.
Typically, in the first ~90 days I focus on diagnosing friction and creating visible wins: clarifying priorities, restoring pace, and unblocking critical work.
I model durable async practices — written decisions, transparent updates, and knowledge-base loops — so improvements last long after I step out.
My aim is to hire myself out of a job: identify gaps, define roles, recruit, and onboard permanent owners.
Anonymized. Metrics and references shared in conversation. Today, coding agents make each of these problems grow faster.
“Everything important still ends up on my desk.”
“I keep re-explaining what we should build.”
“Our R&D can't keep up with what the product needs.”
“Who actually owns what here?”
I began my career as a PhD systems researcher with a strong engineering component, then spent over a decade in senior technical and leadership roles at multiple US tech companies. My professional network spans leadership teams across Google, Cockroach Labs, Blacksmith, Datadog, Databricks, Microsoft, Cisco, MongoDB and others.
What I bring to your company through Thaumogen is a mix of research depth and operational experience: the ability to see technical, organizational, and cultural blind spots, and to help you close them while keeping your company focused on growth.
Based in the Netherlands; highly mobile and available worldwide when it benefits clients. I take on a few engagements at a time, so each gets real attention.
