Advisory services
You know the destination. I know the terrain.
26 years of special operations leadership, applied to the decisions executives, founders and investment funds cannot afford to get wrong. Advisory board placement, technology and venture due diligence, and the governance and scaling that follows.
What I do
01 / Advisory board placement
Connect
The right seat at the table, filled by someone who has sat on the other side of it.
- Board and advisory seats matched to operational credibility.
- Introductions inside defense and intelligence networks.
- Clear expectations for time, access and conflicts.
02 / Technology and venture due diligence
Engage
Whether it works is the easy question. Whether it gets carried is the one that decides the outcome.
- Market viability, ruggedization and the budget line someone has to defend.
- Past the controlled demonstration, into real use.
- I will tell you what I would not fund.
03 / Governance and scaling
Transform
Structure that holds when the organization triples and the founder can no longer be in every room.
- We built an experimental innovation unit inside JSOC from nothing.
- The same playbook holds when a firm grows past the founder.
- Capability left behind, not dependence created.
Experience earned in the field, not assembled from a deck.
Most advisors can tell you whether a technology works. Fewer can tell you whether it survives contact with the people who have to carry it, mount it, maintain it, or defend a budget line for it. That gap, between cutting-edge engineering and frontline operational reality, is where I work.
Today that experience serves executives, founders and investment funds making decisions under regulatory, technical and geopolitical pressure. I take on a small number of engagements at a time, deliberately. Actaeon is an advisory practice, not a firm where you get handed off to a junior team.
Special operations taught me to evaluate a capability by asking who has to carry it, not who built it. That question turns out to be just as useful in a boardroom.
Connect. Engage. Transform.
Advisory board placement, technology and venture due diligence, or governance and scaling. If the fit is right, we will both know quickly.
- A reply within two business days.
- A short call to establish the real problem.
- A straight answer on fit before either of us commits time.
- 26Years in defense and special operations
- 18+Companies advised since 2022
- 3,000+Troops led
- 5Continents of operational experience
Certified Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, U.S. Small Business Administration. Eligible for set-aside and sole-source awards.
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