About
What I believe about this work.
Two convictions that shaped RLK, and every engagement I take on.
Client trust is not a retainer play.
Consultants sit in an incredible position to earn and protect client trust. Too many firms use that position to fund retainers that pay for their commercial real estate, not your results. I left McKinsey and Deloitte to build a practice without the overhead or the incentive to extend. The work pays for itself, or I say so on the scoping call.
I can do blue-chip consulting and still put my children to bed at night.
RLK is built on that conviction. A small engagement count and tight deliverables, with the person you hire doing every hour of the work. The model is smaller by design, and every engagement wraps in about six weeks with clear decisions in hand.
Background & Credentials
Fifteen years advising CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders at enterprise scale.
Fortune 500, mid-market, federal, and PE-backed platforms.
Cum Laude, College of William & Mary.
Insurance, healthcare, financial services, technology, federal, logistics, manufacturing, PE, energy, retail, higher ed, media.
Clear decisions at the end. National reach.
Every engagement is built around a target return, agreed upfront.
Why RLK
The model most firms won't offer.
Most consulting relationships involve a senior partner on the pitch and analysts on the work. You pay for the brand, but the people delivering it are early in their careers and running five other projects.
RLK works differently. You work with me directly for the entire engagement, start to finish. That model only works because I keep the engagement count small.
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Direct access
You work with me across every call, deliverable, and decision.
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Rapid engagement cycle
Most engagements wrap in six weeks. Clarity first, not a retainer.
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Tested frameworks
The same analytical tools I used on Fortune 500 clients, sized to your business.
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Enterprise rigor, without the enterprise price
Fortune 500 analytical discipline at a fraction of the cost.
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Target 5-10x ROI
Every engagement has a defined return target. We agree on it before we start.
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