Advisory Conversations
Overview
I offer limited availability for paid, 1-hour advisory conversations focused on technical, systems, and security-related decisions.
These sessions are a structured, high-signal sounding board: you bring the context, constraints, and the decision you’re facing — and we’ll work through tradeoffs, risks, and options together.
Advisory only: you’re paying for my time and attention for one hour; Not consulting, implementation, or deliverables.
Common topics
Examples of areas where these conversations are often useful include:
- •Security architecture questions and risk tradeoffs
- •Threat modeling and risk framing
- •Infrastructure decisions and design.
- •Sanity-checking assumptions or reframing a technical problem
Format & logistics
- •Duration: 60-minute Zoom conversation
- •Rate: $100 first session (intro rate), $200 for returning sessions
- •Confidentiality: All conversations are treated as confidential
Pricing & add-ons
- •First session: $100 (intro rate)
- •Returning sessions: $200
Scope & expectations
- •Advisory only: We focus on decision-making, risk, and tradeoffs.
- •One-off by default: Each session is standalone unless agreed upon case-by-case.
- •No guarantees: I can guarantee my full attention and problem-solving approach during the session — not outcomes.
- •Final sale: No refunds, no re-dos. If you have feedback, I’ll gladly consider it.
Why pay for this?
You’re not paying for certainty — you’re paying for a focused hour of technical judgment, structured problem-solving, and a second set of eyes.
I’ve been working in IT and Cybersecurity since 2010.
Do I know everything? Absolutely not. If I claimed that, you should close this page immediately. What I can offer is a pragmatic, pessimistic (risk-first) lens combined with years of hands-on experience across helpdesk, networking, infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
My goal is that you leave the call thinking: “That was worth the time, and the price was fair.”
How it works
- 1.Request a session with (1) your problem/decision, (2) a proposed date and time
- 2.If it's a good fit and I'm available, I'll confirm and share a payment link
- 3.After payment, I'll send the Zoom details for the confirmed time