What I do

I review expensive technology decisions for owners and CEOs who do not have someone independent to tell them what makes sense. Two ways to work with me. Both fixed fee, both with a defined end, neither with an implementation waiting behind the recommendation.

The Second Opinion

$5,000 · two weeks · one decision

For the moment before the money moves: a proposal, a set of quotes, a contract, an app or software build, an AI initiative, a platform switch, a project that is late. I read everything, talk to everyone involved, test each assumption, price the alternatives including doing nothing, and tell you in writing what I would do if it were my money. Then a call where I defend every line.

If the decision is an app, the review starts from a sharper set of questions: connected hardware · an app that shipped and stalled · an AI-built product going to production · health and wellness. Or any app build.

“Working with Giacomo gave us clarity and direction we had not found elsewhere. His insights and strategic approach saved us countless hours and dollars.”
CEO

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The Production Security Assessment

$16,000 · two to three weeks

For when the question is narrower and sharper: what could someone actually do to us. I assess one production application and the systems directly behind it the way an attacker would, then give you a plain-English memo, severity-ranked technical findings, a walkthrough for your developers, and one retest once they have shipped the fixes.

This is hands-on investigation, not a scanner report. Scanners find known patterns cheaply. They do not ask whether this API can reach another customer's records, or what two small weaknesses do when you combine them.

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After the answer

If the verdict is build, and you want someone on your side of the table while it is built, we scope that afterward as its own fixed engagement: requirements, vendor selection, milestone definitions that mean something, and a second read on every scope change. It is never assumed, it is never a retainer, and the review does not depend on it.

Two things I do not do

I do not build your software. I settle the decision and hand you the verdict. You keep it, and you take it to whoever you like.

I do not resell a stack, a tool, or a vendor. No referral fees, no partnerships, no preferred implementer. That is the entire reason my read is worth paying for, and it is the one thing I will not trade away.

Who you are dealing with

Software and mobile since 2010, and one of the first app developers Apple featured. I work with owners and CEOs directly, with no junior handoff and no account layer in between. I have sat on every side of these decisions: as the developer quoting the work, as the vendor's engineer, and as the buyer. That is how I know what each one leaves out of the proposal. I also run a portfolio of more than forty live iOS apps of my own, which is where most of my opinions come from and where I pay for the wrong ones with my own money rather than yours.

Not sure which one fits? Tell me the decision, what it costs to get wrong, and who is pushing for it. I will tell you which of the two fits, or that neither does.

Bring me the decision