Services
Senior counsel for executives, boards, and investors connecting commercial technology with national security needs. Surnia brings an enterprise perspective to decisions about strategy, market growth, and portfolio priorities.
Strategic & Board Advisory
For leaders weighing consequential choices about growth, technology, resources, and organizational direction.
Work directly with Trey to challenge assumptions, assess tradeoffs, and align priorities with the capabilities needed to deliver. Advice can support executive decisions, board discussions, and longer-term strategic planning.
Leadership working sessions and review of strategic plans.
Assessment of priorities, resource choices, and delivery dependencies.
Concise decision briefs and practical recommendations.
Commercial Technology & Market Growth
For technology companies entering or expanding within national security markets.
Connect commercial solutions to mission needs across the Intelligence Community and defense enterprise. Examine market opportunity, acquisition pathways, and the organizational conditions for adoption, then translate that perspective into strategic and operational go-to-market priorities.
Market and mission-fit assessments.
Acquisition-pathway and adoption-readiness analysis.
Prioritized growth plans, positioning review, and scoped execution support.
Investment & Portfolio Advisory
For investors and portfolio leaders assessing government-facing businesses and their next stage of growth.
Bring a government and industry operating perspective to diligence questions, strategic fit, and portfolio priorities. Examine mission-market assumptions, resource dependencies, technology adoption, and delivery risk; support leadership as those findings become decisions and action.
Focused diligence assessments and management discussion preparation.
Risk, opportunity, and strategic-fit briefs.
Portfolio growth priorities and continuing leadership counsel.
A continuing advisory relationship
Ongoing strategic advisory is the core of the practice, typically structured as a monthly retainer. Scope, cadence, capacity, and outputs are agreed at the outset. Focused projects, executive briefings, and selective board or executive relationships are tailored to the situation.