How I work

Every engagement starts with a diagnosis. No assumptions, no generic frameworks — a structured assessment of where your sales narrative is breaking and why buyers aren't getting it fast enough.

Pre-Sales Translation Diagnostic

Engagement: 1–2 weeks · Fixed scope · Fixed fee

A structured diagnostic engagement for cybersecurity companies struggling with unclear positioning and slow early pipeline progression.

What we do together:

  • Structured interviews with your product team, sellers, and sales leaders to map where buyer conversations break down

  • Review of your pitch, messaging, and positioning through the lens of the three breakdown framework

  • Buyer perspective analysis — what your ideal buyer hears vs. what you intend

  • Identification of which breakdown is primary: Capability Framing, Value Translation, or Differentiation

What you walk away with:

A clear diagnosis of where and why your messaging is breaking, mapped to the three framework areas, with a prioritized set of recommendations for what to fix first.

Diagnostic + Narrative Strategy

Engagement: 3–4 weeks · Fixed scope · Fixed fee

Full diagnostic followed by collaborative advisory sessions to develop the strategy to fix it.

What we do together:

  • Full Pre-Sales Translation Diagnostic as the foundation

  • Working sessions with your leadership and sales team to develop the corrected narrative strategy

  • Collaborative development of a discovery conversation framework — how sellers should structure buyer conversations to surface urgency and qualify faster

  • Advisory on competitive positioning: how to answer "How is this different from X?" without going defensive

  • Guidance as your team rebuilds their materials — I pressure-test the strategy, your team executes

What you walk away with:

A validated narrative strategy and discovery framework your sales team understands and can own. Clients in this engagement typically see measurable improvement in qualified discovery conversion within 60–90 days.

Ongoing Strategic Advisory

Engagement: Month-to-month retainer

Continued strategic counsel for companies that want a thought partner beyond the initial engagement.

What we do together:

2–3 working sessions per month focused on your highest-priority GTM challenges

Real-time feedback and refinement as you test the narrative in market

Strategic counsel for new product positioning, competitive responses, or market expansion

Available for key conversations: board prep, investor narrative, analyst briefings

Getting Started

All engagements begin with a complimentary 20-minute discovery conversation. I take on a limited number of clients each quarter to ensure the quality of every engagement.