Diagnose
Assess friction. Identify broken ownership, weak standards, and missing paths. Clarify constraints.
Platform work stalls when ownership is unclear, standards are inconsistent, and delivery depends on heroics. I help enterprise teams build the operating model, golden paths, and platform structure that turn friction into a path engineers can actually use.
Releases are slow, manual, or inconsistent
No golden paths, weak standards, hand-built workflows
Hidden key-person risk and fragile delivery
Teams wait on each other and platform work drifts
No operating model, unclear boundaries, weak service contracts
Rework, delays, alignment theatre
Governance, security, and environment setup block progress
Controls were bolted on manually instead of designed into the path
Slow shipping, inconsistent risk posture, engineer frustration
Assess friction. Identify broken ownership, weak standards, and missing paths. Clarify constraints.
Define the delivery operating model, golden paths, and platform standards that make delivery repeatable.
Produce artefacts engineers can execute and sponsors can trust. No ambiguity left behind.
Optional implementation phase. Embed, build golden paths, or support the team through execution.
Internal tooling and automation for platform engineering workflows
Reduced manual platform operations
Reference operating model for a cloud platform team
Clear ownership boundaries and service contracts
Azure landing zone with opinionated golden paths
Consistent, repeatable environment provisioning
I'm Ryan — a cloud platform engineer and architect who's spent years helping enterprise teams untangle delivery friction. I work at the intersection of architecture, operating models, and the actual engineering that makes platforms usable. Azure-first in implementation, principles-first in thinking.