AI & defence strategy
What artificial intelligence changes for your missions, in concrete terms: which processes it reaches, which it does not, what the deployment really costs, and in what order to proceed.
Consulting
Strategic Advisory
Thirty years of naval and NATO operations, a doctorate in international law and hands-on AI engineering, applied to the decisions your organisation has to take now.
Areas of work
Where an outside view pays for itself
Four recurring questions, each answered with the same method: understand the operational reality first, then decide what technology is actually worth deploying.
Due diligence on defence tech
An operator’s reading of a technology and of the team behind it: does the product answer a real operational need, does the claimed performance survive contact with the field, and what would it take to adopt it.
EU and NATO programme advisory
Navigating multinational defence programmes: how decisions are actually taken, who has to be convinced, how to position a capability and how to write for the people who will read it.
AI transformation roadmap
From the first use case to a working system: what to build, what to buy, what to leave alone, and how to keep the humans in the loop where the stakes require it.
Method
How an engagement runs
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1
Discovery call
Thirty free minutes to state the problem and check that I am the right person for it. If I am not, I will say so.
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Framing note
A short written proposal: the question as I understand it, what I would deliver, how long it takes and what it costs. Nothing starts before you have agreed to it.
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Work and checkpoints
Interviews, document review, technical assessment, with regular checkpoints rather than a single reveal at the end.
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Decision material
A written assessment with explicit recommendations and the arguments against them, plus a briefing to the people who have to decide.
Background
Why this advice is worth listening to
30+ Years Navy
Captain (Navy), with operational command at sea and NATO SHAPE staff experience
PhD International Law
Doctoral research on maritime security and international law frameworks
AI/ML Expertise
Python, TensorFlow, agentic AI systems, practical defence applications
International Reach
EU NAVFOR ATALANTA, NATO, multilateral defence cooperation experience
Have a decision to take?
Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute discovery call. Bring the problem; we will see whether it is one I can help with.