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PrincipalCoachExecutive◉ Austin, TX

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"The hard part is never the model. It is deciding what is worth building and holding the team accountable to it."

2 yrs with Claude8 engagementsResponds within 1 business dayEnglishMember since 2026
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8Engagements
2Years with Claude
0Workshop hubs
·CCCA credentialed
About

A coach who respects your time.

I have led engineering teams through real scale and spent the last few years figuring out where Claude actually earns its place in a product and an org.

I coach founders and leaders on the strategic decisions: what to build, how to staff around it, and how to avoid burning months on AI features that do not move the business.

My engagements skew strategic, but I stay close enough to the work to keep the advice grounded in what teams can actually ship.

Best fit

Team5-200 people
StageSeed through growth
IndustriesB2B SaaS, devtools, fintech, AI-native products
RolesFounders, CTOs, heads of engineering
Not forPre-product hobby projects
Methodology

Three principles on every engagement.

i.

Decide what to build

Before any roadmap, we get crisp on the business outcome. Most AI plans fail at this step.

ii.

Staff the org around it

Headcount, reporting lines, and accountability for AI work, designed deliberately rather than bolted on.

iii.

Measure what shipped

We define what shipped means and hold the team to it. No vanity demos.

Specialties

AI strategyEngineering leadershipOrg designExecutive coachingRoadmappingClaude Code
Toolkit

Tools Chris reaches for.

Primary model
Claude Opus
Used for strategy work, planning, and executive prep.
Format
Executive working sessions
Most coaching happens in live sessions with founders and leadership teams.

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