Before you book a call, here's how I operate, what working together feels like, and how to tell whether I'm the right fit. Straight answers, so neither of us wastes your time.
I grew up in outback Australia and skipped university. I worked my way up from running technology at Star City Casino in Sydney, reporting straight to the CEO, to McKinsey in New York. Along the way I've delivered across the US, Europe and Asia Pacific, and become the person companies call when a program has turned into a train smash.
You get the tenacity and experience of a proven finisher. Seven full Ironman races and twenty-one 70.3s on four continents taught me that talent gets you to the start line. What gets you to the finish is a plan you trust, composure when the day goes sideways, and refusing to stop.
That's the guy you're hiring. The McKinsey and Ironman pedigree is real, but at heart I'm a get-it-done operator. My experience runs from the data center and the operations floor to vendor contracts, M&A integration and the CEO's office, and all of it points one way: value delivered, not activity reported. I don't quit, I don't panic, and I don't force-fit a playbook. I keep the long view on where you're going and the short view on this week's work, and I own getting you across the finish line.
Once the path is clear, we commit and correct in motion. Reopening settled decisions burns money, so I'll name it when it happens.
You hear the problem in week two, not month nine. I'll tell you what your team and vendors may not, with the fix attached.
One 30-minute weekly sync and a live log of risks and decisions. No 40-slide status decks, no meetings about meetings.
Every milestone is revenue unlocked, hard dollars saved, or risk removed. Work that moves none of the three gets cut.
No software to sell, no bench to staff. Vendors, contractors, and your people sit on one plan with one owner.
Direct doesn't mean bulldozing. I bring your people with me and leave them owning the result, so it holds after I'm gone.
Whether it's a two-week A2X™ Diagnostic, a 90-day A2X™ Sprint or an ongoing A2X™ Fractional CIO role, the rhythm is the same.
I talk to you, your leaders and your vendors, and run the A2X™ Stress Test across people, process, technology and value.
You get a ranked list of what's costing you money and a plan with the dollar and time impact of each item.
A 30-minute CEO sync. Decisions made and logged. Progress you can see without asking for it.
It's live, or you know exactly what's in the way, what it costs, and what happens next.
My job is assurance of outcome.Peter van der Reyden · CEO Tech Wingman