GAT Guzman Applied Technologies
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Send the brief.

Tell me what you're trying to ship, who you're shipping it for, and what changed. I'll respond within 24 hours with either a scoping call invite or a written quote, whichever fits the question better.

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§01

First call to engagement kickoff in roughly four weeks, sometimes faster.

The first call is positioning and fit. The scoping window produces a 1-page written scope. Engagements start within 2 to 3 weeks of signed scope.

01.1 · The first 30-minute call

Positioning and fit

  • You tell me what you're trying to ship
  • I tell you which tier of the service ladder fits (Three-Horizon, audit, scoped build, training, fractional)
  • If the fit is there, we agree on a scoping window
  • If the fit isn't there, I tell you who I'd recommend instead, no obligation, no hard sell
01.2 · The scoping window

A 1-page written scope

  • I send a 1-page written scope after the call
  • You either accept, push back, or walk away, no pressure
  • Engagements start within 2 to 3 weeks of signed scope
01.3 · The engagement itself

In your repo, your cloud

  • Shaped by the tier you pick
  • Weekly working sessions plus async Slack
  • Eval suite, playbook, and shared knowledge base contributions live in your repo, your cloud, your accounts
  • 30/60/90 follow-up after engagement close
§02

Clear about the limits up front, so neither of us wastes the call.

I build. The deliverable is production code, a roadmap your CFO can defend, or a trained team. Not slides handed off, not a vendor reseller relationship.

02.1 · What I don't do

No long discovery phases

First call is scoping, not vibes.

02.2 · What I don't do

No advisory-only engagements

I build. If you only need a deck, hire a strategy firm.

02.3 · What I don't do

No vendor reseller arrangements

I'm model-agnostic and tool-agnostic. I make money from your engagement, not from vendor referrals.

02.4 · What I don't do

No NDA-required first conversations

The first call is positioning and fit. NDA gets signed if we move to scoping.

02.5 · What I don't do

No fixed-bid builds without ground truth

First 2 weeks of any scoped build are spent confirming the use case before locking the scope.

§03

How engagements work.

Pacific time zone. Remote-default with on-site kickoff and quarterly reviews when the engagement calls for it.

03.1 · Time zone

Pacific

Async-friendly across US and EU working hours.

03.2 · Format

Remote-default

On-site for kickoff and quarterly reviews when the engagement calls for it.

03.3 · Coverage

US and remote

Engagements run across US time zones and remote-first companies anywhere.