Work With Me

Leverage my deep expertise in technology product development with a human touch to propel your organization forward.

Elevate Your Leadership, Sharpen Your Strategy

Great leaders aren’t born—they’re built. My coaching is designed to help founders and executives navigate growth, uncertainty, and complex decision-making with clarity and confidence.

What We Focus On:

Strategic Clarity: Define your vision, make better decisions, and drive alignment.
Leadership Growth: Develop the skills and mindset to lead effectively.
Accountability & Execution: Translate insights into action and results.

Who It’s For:

Founders, CEOs, and senior leaders who need a trusted thought partner to challenge, refine, and accelerate their leadership.

Coaching for Founders & Executives

Fractional Leadership for Growing Companies

When You Need More Than Advice, You Need Leadership in Action

Sometimes, a company needs more than coaching—it needs execution. I can step in as a Fractional COO or strategic advisor, helping businesses navigate scaling, operational challenges, and leadership gaps.

How I Help:

Scaling Operations & Strategy Execution → Align teams, streamline decision-making, and drive results.
Leadership & Team Development → Build high-performing teams and bridge leadership gaps.
Crisis & Turnaround Consulting → Helping startups stabilize and regain momentum.

Who It’s For:

Founders & leadership teams that need hands-on execution but aren’t ready for a full-time hire.

What my clients say…

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“As a former CEO of a San Francisco-based technology company, I’ve shuffled multiple priorities between product development, investor milestones, customer success requirements, and of course all of the human dynamics involved in each. I value Sam’s combination of tech savvy + human heart. He realizes how important it is to get clear and “measure twice; cut once” to make software and technology solutions hit the mark. He’s also read all the books and put in all the work in figuring out exactly what each tech leader he talks to needs to do in order to achieve the results they want both in their organization and with their own leadership growth and development. Everyone should want Sam as their ‘software whisperer’.”

— Andrea Kates, Managing Director, Futureproofing

"Sam and Brian are excellent in many capacities: as coaches, trainers, and advisors. They were able to distill lean to a large, enterprise customer like Microsoft in a way that's engaging and fun. I wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone looking to implement lean, at big companies and small alike."

Sean Knox, Senior Engineering Manager, Microsoft Azure

"Sam did a two day workshop for our development group which has been doing XP for many years. Sam’s experience and knowledge allowed him to speak both our current language around XP best practices as well as help us learn a new vocabulary of Lean Startup that has changed the conversations we are able to have as a team. He was giving us tastings of fine resources from which I now want to go back and drink deeply."