Build the compliance infrastructure your business has earned.
Rigorous enough to hold up. Human enough to actually be used.
You've outgrown informal. Maybe you're heading into an acquisition, landing enterprise customers, or just honest enough to admit the business has grown past a handshake culture. I build ethics and compliance infrastructure that works the way your operations do — rigorous enough to hold up, human enough to actually be used.
Two services.
One through-line.
Most organizations need two things: the infrastructure itself, and someone to help them run it well after it's built. This page covers both—a Compliance Program Build for companies that are starting from scratch, and Fractional Compliance Advisory for organizations that have an internal owner but need experienced outside perspective.
They're distinct engagements. They're also designed to work together.
You probably already know it’s time.
The moment is usually one of these.
Enterprise customer or acquisition conversation
Due diligence just got real. The buyer or customer is asking questions your current documentation can't answer.
A culture incident that surfaced something structural
Something happened. Now you're aware the informal norms that worked at 30 people don't hold at 150.
The honest recognition
No incident. No external pressure. Just the quiet acknowledgment that the business has outgrown how it's been operating.
Compliance Program Build
This is for the company that's been saying "we'll deal with compliance later"—and later has arrived. The goal is a program that fits how your business actually operates, built by someone who thinks like an operator, not a regulator.
That means it will be used. Not just documented.
Typical engagement: 3–6 months · Minimum 3-month commitment
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Identify where the real exposure lives in your specific business.
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Built for humans, not auditors. Code of Conduct scoped separately.
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Communications, reporting mechanism, hotline, rollout plan.
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Role-relevant training that connects policy to how people actually work.
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Manager enablement, measurement framework, fractional support.
Right-sized for your organization
Program Foundation
Risk assessment + core policies + basic training framework. Sized for organizations at the earliest stage of formalization.
Full Program Build
Complete build including comms plan, reporting mechanism, and hotline setup. Scoped to your organization's size, complexity, and existing infrastructure.
Build + Embed
Full build plus 3 months of fractional support during rollout. The highest-confidence path to a program that actually takes hold—and typically costs less than a single compliance misstep.
All program builds are flat-fee engagements. Investment is scoped to your organization's size, risk profile, and complexity — and confirmed following an initial discovery conversation.
Code of Conduct development is always scoped separately. Learn more about Codes →
Fractional Compliance Advisory
This is not a fractional CCO role. It's senior advisory — a strategic thinking partner and compliance subject matter expert for the internal leader who owns the program day-to-day.
The right fit is an organization that has someone internally accountable for compliance, but needs experienced outside perspective on strategy, program design, or navigating specific challenges.
This is:
✅ Monthly or bi-weekly strategy sessions
✅ Review and input on policies, training, comms
✅ Thought partnership on complex questions
✅ Support for ethics campaigns, culture assessments
✅ Content development and internal communications
This is not:
❌ A substitute for an internal compliance owner
❌ Legal counsel or legal advice
❌ A reactive help desk
Right-sized for your organization
Advisory
4–6 hrs/month. Strategic guidance, monthly session, async input. Best for organizations in a steady-state program—a fraction of the cost of a full-time compliance hire.
Embedded Advisory
10–15 hrs/month. Regular sessions, hands-on review of materials, active project support. Scoped for organizations navigating growth or program evolution.
Senior Advisory
20+ hrs/month. Acting as a senior compliance thought partner across multiple workstreams. Typically follows a Program Build—and costs considerably less than hiring at this level.
Monthly retainer. Minimum 3-month commitment. Tier and hours confirmed at engagement start—sized to where your program actually is, not where you hope it will be.
Most compliance programs are built by attorneys. Their job is to produce language that holds up in court—documentation that satisfies an audit and changes nothing.
This practice brings something different: graduate-level training in applied ethics, professional compliance certification (CCEP), and 15+ years building programs inside organizations that actually have to use them.
Compliance designed for humans.
Not auditors or lawyers.
What a compliance attorney builds
💼 Legally defensible language
💼 Protection against regulatory exposure
💼 Documentation that satisfies auditors
💼 Billed at $650+/hour
What this practice builds
✨ Policies people actually understand and follow
✨ Programs embedded in how the business operates
✨ Culture that reflects the organization's real values
✨ Flat-fee pricing. No hourly surprises.
An attorney asks: will this hold up?
I ask: will this work?
Both matter. Only one of them actually changes behavior.
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The business has grown. The handshake culture hasn't kept up. You want infrastructure before you need it.
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COO, GC, or HR lead who owns compliance by default and needs a real program—not more improvisation.
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You've been hired to build something. You need a thought partner who's done it before and works fast.
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You have the program. You need outside perspective, strategic input, and someone to think with.
You probably already know if you need this.
If you're responsible for what your organization stands for—and whether it actually holds—this work is for you.
Ready to build something
that actually holds?
Most engagements start with a conversation about where things stand right now—and what actually needs to change.