Strategic Consulting  ·  Est. 1995

Strategy
that moves
things.

Governance, technology policy, and organisational transformation for organisations that need more than advice — they need a firm that has built what they're trying to build.

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01
Strategic Governance
Board development, ethics frameworks, and governance architecture for organisations that earn — and sustain — public trust.
02
Policy & Technology Advocacy
Legislative strategy, coalition-building, and cross-sector alignment at the intersection of technology and public interest.
03
Organisational Transformation
Change leadership and capacity-building that moves organisations from strategic vision to measurable, sustained impact.
04
Executive Facilitation
High-stakes facilitation for leadership retreats, cross-sector convenings, and decisions that need to stick.
05
Leadership & Capacity Development
Building the leadership infrastructure organisations need to operate at the level their mission demands — sustainably.
06
Civic Tech Strategy
AI-informed approaches to public engagement, participatory governance, and community-centred technology development.
02 / Our Approach

Built for
the long game.

Professional Options brings nearly three decades of practitioner experience to every engagement — not frameworks borrowed from somewhere else, but methods forged in the actual work of building coalitions, reforming governance, and navigating the places where policy meets technology.

We work with corporations, nonprofits, and public sector organisations across the full arc: from strategic design to implementation to accountability. We do not hand off deliverables. We help you build capacity.

Professional Options has deep roots in Washington State's civic and technology landscape and a network that spans from local government to global accords.

01
Structural, not cosmetic
We examine how systems actually operate — how power moves, how decisions get made, how resources flow — and design interventions that create durable change rather than optics.
02
Relational before transactional
Trust is the precondition for transformation. We invest in understanding organisations and the communities they serve before prescribing solutions.
03
Applied and accountable
Every engagement connects strategy to your actual work. Consulting that stays conceptual doesn't stick. We build in accountability structures that do.
04
Sector-wide perspective
Thirty years across corporate, nonprofit, government, and civic tech sectors means we bring comparative insight — and a network — that single-sector firms cannot.
30+
Years in Practice
8
County Regional Tech Ecosystem Built
Sectors Served
BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer
First & only in the Pacific Northwest (incl. British Columbia) · 2013–2015
Cybersecurity Tech Accord · Signatory & Strategic Advisor
Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Oracle, Meta, and global technology partners
Ethics Board Chair · City of Bainbridge Island
Municipal governance, public accountability, and ethics policy enforcement
MITx Micromasters · Data, Economics & Development Policy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grameen Foundation · Strategy Reserve Corps
Global financial inclusion and poverty reduction strategy
Microsoft Voices for Innovation · Advisory Task Force
Technology policy advocacy and legislative engagement
Current Venture

Convexus

A civic tech platform co-founded with Merrill Keating that transforms meaningful dialogue into coordinated action. Infrastructure for participatory democracy — built for the moment it's most needed.

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Convexus — Explore. Align. Act.
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Governance

Why ethics frameworks fail — and what makes them stick

Most governance failures are not failures of rules. They are failures of culture, accountability, and the structures that make accountability real.

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Technology Policy

Twenty years too early: the broadband policy work Washington eventually caught up to

A case study in long-game advocacy — and what it means to build infrastructure for a future others can't yet see.

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Civic Tech

What civic technology gets wrong about participation

Engagement is not the same as participation. And participation is not the same as power. The distinction matters for every platform that claims to serve democracy.

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Work with the firm.

Professional Options engages with organisations ready to move from intent to architecture. We work with leadership teams, boards, and coalitions across sectors.

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