Consulting

Work with us on your product or platform.

You might need a second opinion on an architecture, a technical review before an acquisition, or help getting software delivered. West Forge can take on a defined piece of work or work alongside your team over a longer period.

Discuss the work What we can help with

Ways to engage

A short review or a longer engagement.

The right arrangement depends on the question, the team and how much work is needed. These are common starting points.

A review or second opinion

We examine a system, a plan or a delivery problem and explain what we find. You get the risks, the options and recommended next steps.

Examples: architecture review, technical due diligence or a review of how a team uses AI.

Product & system design

Work through what the product needs to do and how to build it. We help compare technical options and plan changes to existing systems.

Examples: feasibility assessment, system design or a platform migration plan.

Help with implementation

Work with your engineers on the software itself and the decisions holding up delivery. This can include reviewing code, resolving dependencies and improving the release process.

Examples: delivery recovery, data platform changes or coordination with suppliers.

Ongoing support

Stay involved as technical questions arise. We work with founders and engineering teams on architecture decisions, product plans and team development.

The scope can change as the product and team develop.

Working together

How an engagement starts.

Talk through the problem

Tell us what you need to decide or deliver, what you have tried and what is getting in the way.

Agree the work

Set the scope, responsibilities and expected result. Agree how we will judge whether the work has helped.

Review as we go

Check progress together. If we find something that changes the plan, discuss it before taking the work further.

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Experience

Previous work.

West Forge consulting work and Francis West's previous roles.

B2B iGaming

BeyondPlay

Architecture and engineering support for BeyondPlay's multiplayer casino and jackpot software.

Architecture, engineering delivery, product/game design and compliance support.
Technical input into M&A activity during the period leading to acquisition by FanDuel.

iGaming

Push Gaming

Engineering and platform work at Push Gaming as it entered new regulated markets.

Led a 65-person international technology organisation across engineering, data, DevOps, architecture, QA and delivery.
Delivered ISO27001 technology governance and regional gambling-compliance support.

iGaming / Regulated Technology

Gamesys

Data and platform architecture at Gamesys, including migration from DB2 to BigQuery.

Moved an 80TB DB2 data platform to GCP BigQuery.
Improved business reporting from previous-day data to hourly insight.

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A brief outline of the work and any deadlines is enough to start.

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