// Adam Surak. Infrastructure, scale, engineering leadership.
I work with a small number of companies and engineering leaders on high-leverage infrastructure and organization problems. My time is limited, so I am selective about fit and focus on situations where my experience can meaningfully change the outcome.
About me
> Cloud and non-cloud infrastructure review
> Cost architecture, capacity planning, vendor strategy, and operational efficiency
> Experience from environments spending millions of dollars a month
> Willing to work on a commission basis for engagements with a clear path to cost
savings
> CDN design, build-vs-buy decisions, traffic engineering, and reliability tradeoffs
> Multi-region infrastructure, observability, automation, and incident readiness
> Experience with multi-Tbit/s setups
> Team structure, ownership boundaries, operating rhythms, and leadership systems
> Platform, infrastructure, security, IT, and product engineering interfaces
> Helping leaders turn technical complexity into clear engineering execution
> Coaching for engineers, managers, and engineering leaders
> Technical judgment, influence, org navigation, and growth into broader responsibility
> Practical feedback from building, scaling, and leading teams across infrastructure and
security
> CTOs, VPs of Engineering, founders, and senior engineering leaders
> Companies with material infrastructure cost, scale, reliability, or org-design pressure
> Leaders who want direct, pragmatic advice rather than a broad consulting program
> I do this outside of my day-to-day work and take on only a small number of engagements
> All work is personal and independent, subject to fit, availability, and conflict review
> Pricing, scope, and cadence depend on the problem
> Send a short note with the problem, current scale, what you have tried, and what a useful outcome would look like.
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