Senior technology leadership, without the full-time hire.
W Consulting Services helps growing companies get the hard parts right: identity and access, the organizational change that makes new tools stick, the move to agentic AI, and the security program underneath it all. Fixed-scope engagements, priced up front, from Stephen Washington, a practitioner who has run these programs.
Two ways to work with us
Engagements are fixed scope and priced up front. Most begin with a short diagnostic, then continue as a defined project or a monthly retainer. Pick the lane that fits and we will size it together.
Identity Advisory
Identity and access management is where this practice started and where it goes deepest. From a second opinion on your Okta or Entra renewal to a multi-year Zero Trust program, you get a practitioner who has run these programs and the cost models to prove what they are worth.
- IAM strategy, assessments, and fractional IAM leadership
- Vendor-neutral platform selection and cost optimization
- Zero Trust and passwordless roadmaps, privileged access
- Governance for AI agents and non-human identities
Technology Advisory
Senior technology leadership for companies that are not ready for a full-time executive. Stephen steps in as your fractional CTO, CIO, or CISO: he owns the roadmap, makes the platform and vendor calls, and leads the organizational change that makes new technology stick.
- Technology strategy, platform selection, and vendor negotiations
- Organizational change management for rollouts that have to land
- Agentic AI: forward deployed engineering and agentic posture management
- Security program leadership, compliance readiness, and board reporting
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Stephen Washington
Stephen has spent a career running the programs most companies struggle with: identity and access management, the organizational change behind large technology rollouts, security programs that satisfy auditors and boards, and now shipping and governing the AI agents acting inside the business. He builds the cost models that decide what these programs are actually worth.
Honest scope. Real numbers. No vendor agenda.
Technology and security decisions are expensive to get wrong and slow to unwind. Our job is to make sure you make them once, with the right information, at the right time.
We lead with a diagnostic, not a proposal. We recommend platforms we do not resell. We put a price on every engagement before it starts.
When the right answer is "you do not need us for this," we say so.
The house rule, since day one
Working cost-modeling software
Before this practice existed, we built a toolkit that models identity spend by headcount and volume across six cost categories. Our second opinion comes with a model attached.
Operating experience, not just advisory experience
We have run these programs, hired for these teams, and sat through these renewals. The advice reflects what works in practice.
Vendor-neutral, always
No reseller margins, no referral fees from the platforms we evaluate. When we score Okta against Entra, the only weight on the scale is your requirements.
No-BS November: 30 candid minutes with Stephen Washington
Pick a slot below. Enough time to tell whether an engagement makes sense, and which one. No pitch, no obligation, no follow-up sequence.
What happens next
- Pick a slot in the calendar, or open the booking page in a new tab.
- On the call we work out whether, and which, engagement fits.
- If it does, you get a written scope and fixed fee before any work starts.
Engagements are delivered remotely across the United States, with on-site work by arrangement.
Scheduling opens soon
Until then, email contact@wconsulting.io with a few times that work for you and we will confirm one.
Email to find a timeOr send a note
Tell us what is going on at your company: identity, a rollout that is not landing, AI agents, or security. A few sentences is plenty.
Prefer to talk?
Find a time that works for you.
Location
United States. Remote-first.