Daniel Shayesteh Advisory
I help SaaS, AI, media tech, and enterprise software teams turn unclear requirements, POCs, workflow decisions, and implementation risk into buyer-ready architecture, validation plans, and executable next steps.
Best for teams selling, validating, or implementing complex technical products where buyer trust, architecture clarity, and execution risk matter.
Decision framework
Messy deal or workflow
Requirements, buyer questions, and execution risk are moving in different directions.
Decision framework
Clarify tradeoffs, assumptions, validation criteria, and ownership.
Buyer alignment
Turn unclear requirements into architecture and validation decisions the room can act on.
Execution plan
Leave with artifacts, next steps, and implementation framing.
Output: architecture narrative, validation path, decision memo, risk map, and implementation-ready next steps.
Why Daniel
Daniel has worked across enterprise consulting, media technology, SaaS, and solution architecture roles - including Deloitte, CGI, and Dalet - helping teams move from vague requirements to validated technical plans.
His experience spans discovery, presales strategy, POC design, hybrid cloud and on-prem workflows, API integrations, metadata models, implementation planning, SOW and proposal support, and executive-facing technical storytelling.
Experience across Deloitte and CGI, including IT strategy, transformation planning, stakeholder alignment, and structured delivery thinking.
Years in media asset management, workflow orchestration, metadata, cloud/on-prem architecture, and enterprise software delivery.
Translates buyer needs into solution narratives, validation plans, implementation scope, delivery assumptions, and technical next steps.
Experience with MAM, metadata, ingest, transcode, editing integrations, AI tagging, archive workflows, APIs, and hybrid infrastructure.
Experience supporting projects and initiatives involving enterprise SaaS, media technology, cloud platforms, and workflow modernization through roles at Deloitte, CGI, and Dalet.
View Daniel on LinkedInFrom ambiguity to execution
Convert unclear technical decisions into requirements, plans, and artifacts teams can use.
From unclear to actionable
Turn a fuzzy evaluation into a clear, structured POC with success criteria, risks, and a validation plan buyers can trust.
Before: Chaos & uncertainty
Vague requirements
Ad-hoc demos
Unclear success
Stalled deal
After: Structured & aligned
Discovery & stakeholder alignment
Success criteria & scope
Solution architecture & risks
POC plan & validation approach
Executive readout & go/no-go
Where I Help
The buyer needs confidence, the team needs structure, and the solution needs to survive implementation.
For teams with a promising deal or initiative where the POC is vague, overloaded, or at risk of becoming a demo instead of a decision process.
Typical problems
Daniel can provide
Turns "Can you prove this works?" into a structured validation path with clear outputs and decision points.
For teams dealing with complex workflows across systems, users, metadata, cloud storage, APIs, automation, and operational handoffs.
Typical problems
Daniel can provide
Turns scattered requirements into an implementation-ready architecture and workflow plan.
For sales, solutions, or delivery teams that need to turn messy requirements into a credible technical response, implementation scope, or buyer-facing proposal.
Typical problems
Daniel can provide
Turns messy requirements into a credible technical response that buyers and delivery teams can evaluate.
For teams exploring AI, automation, metadata enrichment, RAG, or agentic workflows but needing a practical roadmap instead of hype.
Typical problems
Daniel can provide
Turns AI/automation ideas into a practical roadmap instead of AI theater.
Proof Snapshot
A preview of the working outputs. The full artifact set lives on the Proof Artifacts page.
Downloadable redacted example
Executive recommendation
Current-state workflow
Architecture risks
Next-step plan
Downloadable redacted example
POC objective
Success criteria
Validation steps
Go / no-go decision
Preview artifact
Current-state flow
Manual handoffs
Integration points
Automation opportunities
Selected Work
A quick teaser. The full set stays on the Selected Work page.
Mini case study
Media organization balancing existing infrastructure, cloud access, remote editing, metadata, archive workflows, and third-party integrations.
Output: Hybrid architecture narrative, workflow assumptions, integration notes, implementation phase structure, and risk/dependency summary.
Mini case study
Growth-stage SaaS team under pressure to support an important enterprise opportunity.
Output: POC plan, prioritized requirements, validation matrix, stakeholder alignment notes, and recommended next steps.
Next step
Request a strategy call and I will help identify whether this needs a sprint, advisory support, or no engagement at all.