Interim CTO & VP Engineering Advisory
Hands-on leadership for engineering and product organizations during critical inflection points: high-velocity scaling, post-acquisition integration, structural turnaround, or leadership transitions.
Strategic Technology Leadership & Systems Architecture
High-stakes advisory, architecture modernization, and engineering execution for growth-stage and enterprise organizations navigating complex technical transitions.
Focus Areas
Architecture Modernization & Technical Debt
Untangling legacy dependencies and brittle infrastructure to build resilient, cloud-native systems. Moving beyond superficial lift-and-shift into maintainable, event-driven architectures built for Day 2 operations.
Engineering Governance & Delivery Discipline
Establishing high-integrity development lifecycles and CI/CD automation that balance developer velocity with enterprise-grade reliability. Bridging distributed teams with clear architectural standards and telemetry.
AI Architecture & Intent Verification
Practical implementation of generative models and agentic workflows. Designing systems, schemas, and review boundaries—like the Assumptions & Constraints Manifest (ACM)—that eliminate invisible technical debt before production.
Led by Rob Larsen
Palatino Consulting is led by Rob Larsen, an enterprise technology executive, open-source maintainer, and author with over two decades of experience designing software and leading global engineering practices. Rob works directly with founders, executive boards, and engineering leadership to translate ambitious business goals into durable, high-throughput systems.
Ecosystem & Artifacts
Enterprise Platform Architecture
Advising modern platforms, high-throughput financial systems, and data pipelines on scale, compliance, and resilience.
Open-Source Stewardship
Decades spent codifying web standards and maintaining foundational developer tooling, from standard-setting boilerplates to modern developer interview frameworks.
Authoritative Standards & Research
Authoring RFC specifications, data models, and architectural patterns designed to preserve provenance and reduce cognitive review debt.
Let’s Build Something Durable.
Whether you are navigating a complex platform migration, untangling legacy technical debt, or need experienced fractional leadership to steady an engineering organization, let's talk.