About Slate36
A technical advisory practice for the AI era — built on classical infrastructure discipline.
Slate36 was founded to bring engineering depth and infrastructure craft into the same room. Most consultancies pick a side. We don’t.
Will is a full-stack engineer and technical leader with more than a decade of experience shipping products and scaling teams — from MasterClass to stealth startups. Along the way he has owned features and platforms that have driven over $300M in revenue impact.
His current focus is at the intersection of AI and automation: designing AI agent workforces for GTM, content, and product engineering teams, and shipping the durable software that lets those agents actually do work.
Through Slate36, that same engineering discipline extends into IT infrastructure. Through partnerships with leading technology services distributors, Slate36 can source and orchestrate voice, network, cloud, and security solutions from hundreds of vetted providers — and stand behind the build.
How we work
Opinionated, transparent, and biased toward shipping.
Identify before we sell
Every engagement starts with a focused discovery. We tell you what we’d do first — and what you don’t need to buy.
Advisor in the room
You work directly with the principal. No bait-and-switch to junior staff once the contract is signed.
Boring fundamentals
Observability, runbooks, tests, and documentation come standard. Production isn’t where reliability begins.
Vendor-neutral
We earn our keep on outcomes, not on the markup. The right provider is whoever fits your environment best.
AI as a tool, not a hammer
Sometimes the answer is an agent. Sometimes it’s a 30-line script. We’ll tell you which.
Make ourselves replaceable
The end of an engagement should leave your team stronger — with documentation, hiring guidance, and clean handoff.
Want to talk through a project?
Send a short note about what you’re trying to do. We respond within one business day.