Services
Complex operations.
Clear execution.
I work with defense contractors, program offices, founders and investment teams on the operational, technical and organizational problems that sit between strategy and delivery.
What I do
01 / Advisory board placement
Connect
The right seat at the table, filled by someone who has sat on the other side of it.
- Board and advisory seats matched to operational credibility.
- Introductions inside defense and intelligence networks.
- Clear expectations for time, access and conflicts.
Typical engagements: executive advisory, operational assessments.
02 / Technology and venture due diligence
Engage
Whether it works is the easy question. Whether it gets carried is the one that decides the outcome.
- Dual-use and defense capability assessment.
- Market viability, ruggedization and the budget line someone has to defend.
- I will tell you what I would not fund.
Typical engagements: technology vetting, program modernization.
03 / Governance and scaling
Transform
Structure that holds when the organization triples and the founder can no longer be in every room.
- Governance and operating model design.
- Training and turnover built into the schedule, not bolted on at the end.
- Measured before and after, stated in your terms.
Typical engagements: scaling and governance, process and compliance mapping.
Engagements may include
Connect
Engage
Transform
Who I work with
Built for environments where the cost of getting it wrong is high.
Program execution, modernization, operational alignment, customer-facing readiness, and governance.
Scaling delivery, integrating with prime and customer systems, and strengthening operating discipline.
Mission-preserving modernization, process visibility, decision support, and transition planning.
Independent technology assessment, diligence, and executive advisory in regulated or dual-use markets.
How an engagement works
Start with the decision, the risk or the operating constraint, not a preselected solution.
Understand the people, systems, customer cadence and constraints that decide what is viable.
Translate findings into priorities, owners, decisions and a practical operating sequence.
Document, train, transition and measure, so you can operate the result without me.
Tell me the decision in front of you.
What is getting in the way, and what has to keep running while you solve it. If the fit is right, we will both know quickly.
- A reply within two business days.
- A short call to establish the real problem.
- A straight answer on fit before either of us commits time.
Send a message
Goes straight to Frank Sawicki President, Actaeon Solutions