TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL
The answer your vendor won't give you.
Your vendor has a quota. Your consultant bills by the hour. ChatGPT has never sat in your industry.
Heartwood runs your question through an AI advisory panel grounded in how former CIOs and CTOs think about it, and returns a board-ready Decision Brief in minutes.
Vendor-Neutral
No vendor relationships
Industry-matched
A specialist on every brief
Right-sized
Advice that fits your company
Structured
A decision brief you can act on
Your panel
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M. Reyes
Enterprise CIO
Ran IT through four acquisitions and two PE transitions. He's sat across the table from every major vendor and knows how they negotiate. His advice is about what ships, not what looks good in a deck.
Former CIO, $400M manufacturer · Board advisor, two PE portcos
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S. Laurent
SaaS & Growth CTO
Spent 15 years helping companies outgrow their early tech decisions without setting fire to everything. Knows when cloud migration is worth it and when it's just a shiny distraction. Call her when your stack is holding the business back.
Former CTO, Series B fintech · 3x cloud migrations
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A. Kim
Technology Risk Director
Built security programs where a breach would have ended the company. Evaluates MSPs and security vendors without the referral kickbacks most consultants take. Talks in business outcomes, not framework acronyms.
Former CISO, regional healthcare system · SOC 2 Type II certified
Industry Advisor
We pull in a sector specialist when you set up your brief. Healthcare, manufacturing, legal, and 8 more.
Each panel member is a synthetic advisor profile, modeled on the decision-making frameworks of real mid-market CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs. The reasoning patterns are real. The names are stand-ins for a methodology. More in the FAQ.
How it works
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Set up your brief
Tell us your industry, revenue, company size, and what you're running today. We pull in the right sector specialist before you start.
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Describe your situation
ERP selection, vendor negotiations, security posture, cloud migration, MSP contracts. Whatever's on your desk. Give us the stakes and the timeline.
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Get a decision brief
You walk away with the bottom line, cost exposure, options with pricing, a clear recommendation, a risk register, and a 30/60/90 action plan with owners.
Bring us the decision your vendor won't help you make. Your first brief is free.