Hoso Michi

Federal evaluators score responses across a complex set of factors governed by dense acquisition regulations. My experience as a Contracting Officer Representative and technical subject matter expert on federal IT procurements will shape the technical approach, staffing plan, and past performance narrative to help you stand out.

• Federal IT Acquisition
• Contracting Officer Representative (COR)
• Technical Evaluation
• Technical Approach Development
• Staffing Plans
• Past Performance Narratives
• Acquisition Package Development
• Contract Vehicles
• Federal Procurement Policy

To enter the public sector technology market, a firm needs more than a good product. Civic technology must be accessible, secure, and reliable to meet public expectations, and selling it to the federal government requires security authorization, compliance with federal and agency policy, and the right contract vehicle. My years leading modernization of large public-facing government systems, along with work on Authority to Operate processes and federal acquisitions, give me a clear view of where a product falls short and what it needs before entering the federal market.

• Public-Facing Digital Services
• System Security Plans (SSP)
• Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
• Technical Risk Assessment
• FedRAMP
• Authority to Operate (ATO)
• Security and Compliance in the SDLC
• Federal Acquisition Process
• Contract Vehicles
• Readiness Assessment

For a technology organization to grow, it must plan for new challenges before they occur. The agility that makes a startup successful can conflict with the quality of service expected from an established business. My experience building engineering practices, leading large delivery teams, and scaling technology programs in both government and the private sector has allowed me to guide multiple companies and agencies through these transitions.

• Engineering Workforce & Practices Design
• Distributed Team Leadership
• Governance Frameworks
• Information Security Policy
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk and Performance Management
• Technical M&A Integration

Changing a product's architecture is safest in stages that keep the product running. My experience modernizing legacy systems and designing cloud infrastructure in government and finance is the basis for staged plans that improve scalability, security, and cost without interrupting service.

• Enterprise Architecture
• Legacy System Modernization
• Cloud Migration
• IaaS and PaaS Design
• Cloud Automation
• Data Lakehouse Architecture
• Infrastructure Consolidation
• Technology Cost Optimization
• Secure Software Development Lifecycle
• Legacy System Modernization
• User-Centered Design

Nonprofit organizations face unique challenges, from limited budgets to elevated security risks. My experience leading technology and information security teams in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors has given me practical methods to help each organization manage risk and meet its mission within its budget.

• Security Risk Assessment
• Information Security Policy
• Operational Security (OPSEC)
• Threat Modeling for High-Risk Environments
• Technology-Enabled Abuse Mitigation
• Secure Case Management Systems
• Data Privacy and Protection
• OSINT Investigation Support
• Technology Reliability for Mission Critical Systems
• Cost-Effective Infrastructure and Open Source Tools

Many organizations can launch an AI pilot, but using AI in daily operations requires reliable data, modern systems, and clear rules for how the technology is used. My experience leading AI and data teams, building guardrails for large language model systems, and integrating security and compliance into software delivery helps organizations adopt AI in a way that is useful, scalable, safe, and accountable.

• AI Readiness Assessment
• AI Strategy and Roadmapping
• Use Case Prioritization
• AI Governance and Policy
• LLM Guardrails and Safety Controls
• AI Risk Management
• Security and Privacy for AI Systems
• Data Readiness
• Legacy Modernization for AI

Many startups, growing companies, and nonprofits need senior technology leadership before they can justify a full-time executive. My more than 20 years as a CTO and senior technology executive in government, financial services, and the nonprofit sector allow me to lead product technology, internal IT, security, and team growth on a part-time basis, at the level each organization needs.

• Technology Strategy
• Architecture Oversight
• Workforce Planning
• Delivery Process
• Engineering Standards
• Security and Compliance Leadership
• Technology Budget and Vendor Management
• Executive and Board Communication
• M&A Integration
• Full-Time CTO Search and Transition

• Most organizations have more data than they can use, spread across systems that were never designed to share it. My experience designing large-scale data platforms and lakehouse architectures, building data pipelines, and setting data governance helps organizations organize their data so it can reliably support reporting, analytics, and AI.
• Data Strategy and Roadmapping
• Data Lakehouse Architecture
• Data Pipeline Design
• Cross-System Data Integration
• Data Governance and Quality
• Data Standards and Interoperability
• Data Security and Privacy
• Analytics and Reporting Enablement
• Data Readiness for AI