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GRC & Audit Technology Consulting

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I help internal audit, risk, and compliance leaders get more from their technology and help GRC vendors build the infrastructure to sell and support it effectively.


Twenty years inside the audit profession from every seat at the table, practitioner, implementer, solutions engineer, and independent advisor.

 

No vendor relationships. No referral fees. The advice is based entirely on what is right for the organization in front of me.


If your team is fighting their tools instead of using them — that's what I do.

For Audit Leaders

Platform Optimization

Get more value from TeamMate or AuditBoard—better workflows, stronger adoption, real results.

Compliance Process Improvement

Streamline SOX, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, Yellow Book, and other frameworks so your team stops fighting the process.

Platform Migration

Move between platforms without losing data, disrupting your audit cycle, or losing your mind.​​

Budget Strategy & Business Case Development

Build the case that gets your CFO and audit committee to say yes.

GRC Platform Selection

Vendor-neutral guidance to choose the right technology—from someone who's seen them all from the inside.

For GRC Vendors

Solutions Engineering Function

Build the SE function your deals actually require from playbook and discovery framework to the team selling model that closes complex enterprise deals without leaving value on the table.

Sales Motion & Lead Generation

Audit your current outreach process, rebuild the strategy around your buyer's real decision cycle, and configure the systems that support it. Cold email performance well above industry averages delivered for a recent client.

Go-to-Market Infrastructure

Configure Salesforce and HubSpot around how your buyer actually makes decisions not a generic sales pipeline. Built from the inside of hundreds of GRC deals and proven sales motion strategy.

Presales Strategy

Know the difference between a capability built to check an RFP box and one ready for production use in a complex environment. Position your platform honestly, win the right deals, and keep the customers you close.

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