Agentic SDLC · Regulated Industries

Install the practice, not the tooling.

I install disciplined agentic engineering — gates, evals, memory architecture, audit trails — in teams that have adopted Claude Code or Cursor without the governance to match. Fifteen years shipping software in regulated life sciences, now building a production agentic system solo at a velocity those teams couldn't reach.


Practice

What I actually do.

Most engineering orgs are twelve months into AI-assisted development with no governance, no evals, no cost telemetry, and rising spend they can't justify. The gap between "we use Claude Code" and "we have a measurable, auditable agentic SDLC" is where I work.

2 to 3 weeks

Agent SDLC Audit

A written assessment of your current agentic engineering practice: cost analysis, memory hygiene review, governance gap analysis, prioritized recommendations. One quick-win install included.

6 to 8 weeks

Agentic SDLC Install

Full installation of the method: skill orchestration with phase gates, memory architecture, eval harness, cost telemetry, lessons loop wired to your retros. Training for 2 to 3 internal champions. Six weeks of hypercare.

Ongoing

Fractional Head of AI Platform

Embedded 1 to 2 days per week for teams that want me in the seat rather than packaged delivery. Six-month minimum.

Engagement details and pricing on request.


Background

A career of shipping regulated software.

I spent fifteen years shipping software in regulated life sciences and diagnostics before building the practice I'm now selling.

At XIFIN I was the sole Clinical Applications Product Line Manager, shipping laboratory information systems into pathology, diagnostics, and oncology. At Bio-Rad Laboratories I was the lead Product Manager and Product Owner for scrum teams delivering software serving more than 12,000 labs worldwide. At NeoGenomics I was Director of IT Portfolio Management, with SDLC execution oversight across the enterprise IT portfolio.

I now build and operate a production agentic SDLC at a healthtech startup I founded, a multi-tenant platform with HIPAA constraints, encrypted PHI, and regulated audit requirements. Solo. Shipping faster than any of the teams I used to run.

The method I install is the one behind that velocity. Most people selling AI consulting have either the engineering-discipline half or the modern-tooling half. I have both.


Engage

Let's talk.

I take on 1 to 2 new engagements per quarter. If you're feeling the chaos of Claude Code or Cursor adoption without governance to match, I'd like to hear about it. 30-minute discovery call, no pitch, no deck.

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