About
The tech mind in your corner.
I'm Cameron O'Brien. I've spent nearly a decade in technology, leading AI and operations for companies where a wrong decision costs real money every single day. I sit on your side of the table and make the technology and AI decisions, so you don't have to become an expert in something you were never meant to run.
Here's what I see in founder-led companies when technology has outgrown the way it is being managed. Software they already pay for and barely use. Developers and vendors working without one clear direction. A roadmap driven by the loudest problem of the week. Or a custom internal tool that has quietly become an internal SaaS product the company now has to build, debug, secure, and maintain. AI-assisted development makes a V1 easier to create, but it can scale complexity much faster than the team's ability to manage it. Add the constant drumbeat of “you need AI” and nobody independent enough to say where it helps and where it is a waste. Get that right and technology stops capping the business and starts carrying it forward.
You keep leading the business. I own the technology decisions, read what the numbers actually say, and make sure the team and vendors move in the same direction.
A Bit About Me
Before technology, I trained in behavioral recognition and pattern reading in high-stakes security work, including detecting threats alongside canine teams at one of North America's busiest airports, Toronto Pearson. The security work taught me that the read comes before the decision. Technology leadership demands the same discipline: study the system, notice what others miss, and stay calm when the stakes are real.
I ask a lot of questions before I tell you what to do. I built this with my wife Kacy, and we're raising our daughter in Alberta, Canada.
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Working With Kacy
Kacy O'Brien is Head of Partnerships at BrassHelm. She spent the last decade coaching more than 100 business owners.
Many founders meet Kacy first. She starts the conversation, listens to what's really going on in the business, and tells you plainly whether this is a fit. When it isn't, she says so. Kacy is a part of every engagement, not only the first call. She stays close enough to every engagement to understand the people behind the decisions.
The partnerships side of a practice like this comes down to people. Who trusts you, who tells you the truth early, who calls you back. Kacy does all of it. She is genuinely interested in the founders she talks to and in the people who work for them, and teams get comfortable with her quickly because of it.
She is the warmest part of this business, and the reason we work so well.
Selected Past Engagements
Mid-Market Health Insurance Company, Voice AI
Their AI reported a 70% success rate. The real number was under 10%. Once they could see what was real, they rebuilt around the channel that actually closed deals and doubled their real rate, ahead of target.
Foundry AI for Contractors, Technology Strategy
They had money pointed at AI in the wrong places. Once they could see where it belonged and where it didn't, they cut the risk and shipped faster.
Polar Grid, Infrastructure Evaluation
They were building to lead in AI edge inference and needed to know their infrastructure could get them there. They walked away knowing what held up, what didn't, and what to build next.
Let's talk.
A straight conversation, and you'll know whether I'm the right person to help.