Hurst AdvisorsLLC

Start with the outcome, then build the structure.

Hurst Advisors works alongside your leadership team, not around it. The aim is a structure your people can run on their own.

Focused assessment Advisory retainer Transition support
The proof

25+ years leading technology organizations.

  • Product Operating Model
  • PDLC and SDLC with AI
  • Quarterly and annual planning
  • SLOs and incident management
  • OCC exams
  • FCRA
  • GLBA
  • GDPR
  • Cloud migration
  • Data governance
  • Vendor consolidation
  • Generative AI
  • Product Operating Model
  • PDLC and SDLC with AI
  • Quarterly and annual planning
  • SLOs and incident management
  • OCC exams
  • FCRA
  • GLBA
  • GDPR
  • Cloud migration
  • Data governance
  • Vendor consolidation
  • Generative AI
3B+ Inquiriesannual volume for the fraud and identity products owned as Certos CTO
20× TPVpayment growth at Boku, $500M to $10B, while VP of Data and Security
200+ Stafftechnology org guided through two major transformations to establish product ownership
99.9%availability reached across a dozen products, tracked against SLOs
The process

Three steps, whatever the engagement.

  1. Listen and diagnose

    Understand your business goals and customers, then map how people, process, technology and data work today and where they get in each other's way.

  2. Shape the plan

    Agree on a target operating model and a prioritized roadmap tied to measures you already care about: delivery speed, reliability, cost and customer outcomes.

  3. Work alongside you

    Stay with your leaders through execution with a regular cadence, adjusting the plan as you learn and building the habits that keep it going.

For a clear starting point

Focused assessment

A defined engagement that gives you an outside view of where your technology organization stands and what to do first.

  • Diagnosis

    A map of how your people, process, technology and data work today, and where they get in each other's way.

  • Target operating model

    A recommended structure for product focused teams that fits your strategy and your enterprise processes.

  • Prioritized roadmap

    The first moves, including where AI fits, tied to delivery speed, reliability, cost and customer outcomes.

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For ongoing leadership support

Advisory retainer

A standing relationship with you and your leaders: a sounding board, a second set of eyes on decisions, and a steady hand through execution.

  • Regular cadence

    Recurring working sessions with the CTO and technology leaders, adjusting the plan as you learn.

  • Leadership coaching

    Support for engineering leaders as they take on product ownership and adopt AI.

  • Stakeholder support

    Help preparing for product, finance, executive and board conversations.

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For a moment of change

Transition support

Hands-on support through a transition, when the organization can't afford to lose momentum.

  • Reorganization

    Plan and run the move to product focused teams, with clear roles and communication throughout.

  • Platform change

    Modernize or migrate without stopping delivery, with vendor and spend decisions made deliberately.

  • Full-time CTO search

    Lead the technology organization in the interim, define the role and help assess candidates.

Talk about your transition

Tell me about the outcome you're after.

Whether it's a team that has slowed down, an AI plan that needs direction or a board asking hard questions, it starts with a conversation.

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