Strategy, governance, operations, and leadership from theory to practice. (With receipts.)
Advisory, fractional consulting, publications, and talks from a senior operator.
Unencrypted by Default (And Other Dirty Secrets)
Vercel stored customer environment variables unencrypted unless developers manually toggled a sensitivity flag. When an attacker pivoted through a compromised OAuth token and enumerated those variables, the blast radius wasn't Vercel's data. It was every downstream service those credentials could unlock.
Ordovera Advisory
AI governance and enablement advisory for mid-market organizations that need risk frameworks and adoption programs running in parallel, not sequentially. Assessments, workshops, and cohort programs built on the Counterpoint Model.
MADE, Inc.
Fractional technology consulting for product leaders, engineering directors, and founders who need broad IT guidance and direct engagement. Strategy, architecture, and delivery leadership from a senior operator with deep, full-spectrum experience.
The Oversight
Candid conversations on technology risk and governance.
Long-form guest conversations with people charged with oversight of risk in all its forms, what actually works, and where it fails.
Products & Companies
Specific products and companies as a way to explore broader patterns.
Scripted, research-heavy solo analysis of products and companies, and what their decisions say about the wider technology market.
“My talks clarify thinking, focusing on the friction between emerging technology and established realities.”~ Brian Fending
Keynotes, workshops, and board sessions on IT strategy, AI governance, enablement, technology leadership, and navigating operational realities.
Brian Fending on IT Strategy
A newsletter published on Substack and LinkedIn. One or two deep-dives a month, no filler.