Modern Tech Development
Practical, Data-Driven Delivery Without Disrupting Teams
About
Mountain Oak
With over 20 years of experience in technology delivery and continuous improvement, I specialize in helping tech businesses - particularly those in Cloud and Embedded Engineering - navigate the challenges of delivering predictably and confidently.
Whether your company is growing fast or actively changing direction, the product development practices you follow now determine the foundations of your commercial success months or years later.
Implementing strong practices lays the best foundations. This is the starting point for a rapid growth strategy.
As an independent consultant, I help tech companies deploy and scale suitable strong practices to improve the speed, quality and fit of their products and services for launch.
I enjoy analysing what is actually going on and through mentoring, coaching or just getting the job you need done, I deliver valuable change against the issues holding you back. I work hands-on with all of the groups that need support, from the Founders and Directors to junior engineers.
Services
Deliver Predictably and Effectively
Learn how to improve the way your teams deliver by putting in place the critical visibility you need to see what is going on - the first step toward predictable and effective product development and delivery. Visibility matters.
I provide the day-to-day skills, support and knowledge to bridge the gap between your teams and leaders, so that new ways of working embed into your business and give you the key management view of where you are now and where you’re headed. Predictability matters more.
With predictability in place, continual improvement becomes normal and the cultural shift needed to consistently impress customers will then drive business growth. Continuously improving matters most.
Manage Demand Successfully
Within a complex technological business - where hardware, software and cloud concepts each pull you in different directions - you need collaborative ways to keep everyone working on the same problems together and quickly. Value delivered matters.
I provide the day-to-day frameworks and leadership advice to establish ways of working that enable complex technology decisions to be made whilst keeping the entire business moving in the same direction. Strategic alignment matters more.
With collaborative working in place, it’s common to see greater confidence and commitment across engineering, research and customer facing roles. The ability to consistently delight customers builds successful teams where where everyone wants to contribute. Active collaboration matters most.
Handle the Unexpected Quickly
Key to effective delivery and collaborative working is the ability to ensure unexpected events have minimal effect on the rate of delivery of value. Sustained delivery matters.
I provide and tailor the business specific frameworks needed to enable fast visibility of issues, the confidence to make decisions and the accountability to keep those decisions moving forward when challenges arise. The Pace of decisions matters more.
When issues are handled effectively, stakeholders develop a greater level of openness in their conversations, as meetings become more focused on where the business is going rather than on what has gone wrong. Forward focus matters most.
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