FAQ
Plain answers to the questions buyers actually ask. No marketing.
What does the $3,000 audit produce?
A ranked fix-list with effort and cost estimates, a cost model comparing your current spend to a lean rebuild, a small proof-of-concept built on your own stack, and a written roadmap that is yours to keep. The work is 12–20 hours over one week. I only recommend the audit after a free scoping call and a look at your cost export — and if day one shows no credible opportunity, you pay nothing.
What happens after the audit?
Three common paths: you take the roadmap and run it yourselves; I build the highest-value fixes ($15–40k, scoped in weeks, with the $3,000 audit fee credited in full); or I stay on fractionally in an advisory seat at $3–4k a month (three-month minimum). There is no obligation — the roadmap is written to stand on its own.
Who owns the code and deliverables?
You own everything I deliver — code, docs, models, dashboards. I keep my general methods and open-source tools. Nothing is licensed back to me and nothing phones home.
How do timezones work with an India-based consultant?
I work from Navi Mumbai, India (IST). My overlap hours are UK afternoons and US East Coast mornings, every working day. Async by default: decisions and status live in writing, not meetings. You get one named contact — me — and a written note every week saying what moved, what is stuck and what happens next.
How do payment and invoicing work?
USD invoices, paid by Wise or card. Half up front, the rest net 14. The audit is the exception: if day one shows no credible opportunity, the fee is refunded in full.
What about contracts and liability?
Work runs under a plain-language statement of work: scope, deliverables, timeline, price. A short services agreement caps my liability at the fees you have paid. References from past clients are available on request.
How much capacity do you have?
Two audits a month; one full-time engagement at a time. Those numbers are enforced, not marketing — when the engagement slot is taken, the site says so.
Why not just hire someone?
If you have 40 hours a week of data work and $150–200k plus months to hire, hire. Most teams that call me have neither: the work is heavy while the platform goes up and light once it runs. I build it, document it and hand it over — so you can hire into a working platform later instead of hiring someone to invent one.
Ready when you are — start with the $3,000 audit or read how I work.