We join your team. We don't just advise it.
lateralworks consultants become active members of client development efforts — not analysts delivering reports. We engage by VP/SVP-level engineering and manufacturing leadership and typically report to CEO or COO levels.
Front-end and back-end of the product development system.
The back-end is execution — causing projects to finish on time, or faster. But the effectiveness of the front-end (deciding what projects to do, aligning them with strategy and resources) directly determines whether the back-end can succeed.
lateralworks helps clients align Strategy with Execution: the right products, at the right time, delivered on schedule.
How a typical engagement works.
Assessment
We begin every engagement with a structured assessment. Anonymous surveys, 1:1 interviews at both individual contributor and executive levels. We identify the gap between actual and desired outcomes, root causes, and solution paths.
Structure
We define the program structure around the assessment findings. Macro plan development, team organization, decision-making frameworks, resource alignment. We establish the foundation that makes acceleration possible.
Accelerate
The core engagement phase. We join the team — actively participating, not just advising. Refresh Planning cadences, Wigglechart trending, Challenge Workshops, pull-in facilitation. This is where months come out of schedules.
Transfer
Every engagement includes skills transfer. We train the internal team to maintain and improve the FTTM System independently. The goal is that when we leave, the system continues — and improves.
FTTM Seminar Series
Training alone cannot transfer the FTTM System. The Seminar Series combines learning and doing — using live projects during the seminar itself. Each participant receives a perpetual fastWorks software license.
FTTM Seminar 1
FTTM Seminar 2
Specialized professionals assembled around client needs.
30+ years in technology new product development. Specializes in NPD portfolio management, executive coaching, and best practice research into high-performance teams. Co-founded a technology start-up with successful exit. 200+ FTTM projects worldwide.
Physics Ph.D. Directed multiple 100+ person technology projects achieving world-class cycle time performance. 20+ years in advanced technology development at Philips Research, Philips Semiconductor, National Semiconductor/Texas Instruments, and as management consultant on 50+ projects.
Former marketing executive with Intel. Venture Capital investor with 11 years and 40+ portfolio companies. Expertise in Product Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, and VC/Board-level experience.
Venture Capital investor, VC-backed startup CEO, and IBM executive. Provides a platform for engaging with and improving paths for early-stage private companies.
Works with executives to develop skills and insights while providing an external sounding board for strategy. Active speaker, writer, and lead researcher on the second best practice study. Early HP employee and Seagate founder.
Commander, U.S. Navy (Retired). Independent management consultant specializing in strategy and executive coaching.
Stanford University School of Business. Specializes in Executive Coaching, FTTM, Fast Operating Strategy.
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Whether you have a late strategic product, a new program starting up, or a need to deploy FTTM across a portfolio — let's talk.
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