Independent research, analysis, and practical problem-solving
Bring a hard question. We’ll work it through.
You’ll work directly with Jack: curious, candid, and comfortable getting into messy data, unfamiliar systems, or an idea that still needs shape. Expect useful challenge, clear thinking, and work that fits how your team actually operates.
Context, files, constraints, and a candid account of what is not working.
Research, analysis, software judgment, and an independent point of view.
01 / Good reasons to call
Some problems are easier with another brain in the room.
Maybe you have too much information, a choice nobody loves, or a promising idea that needs pressure-testing. We can start there.
Too much material. Not enough signal.
I’ll help sort what matters from what merely arrived first.
Numbers that refuse to line up.
We’ll trace the mismatch before building a story around it.
A choice that deserves a second look.
I’ll challenge the case, name the tradeoffs, and help you make a clean call.
02 / Working it through
We make the problem easier to see.
First we get oriented. Then we test the story, follow useful leads, and decide what deserves action.
Context, constraints, useful files.
Assumptions, gaps, competing views.
Clear recommendation, owner, next check.
03 / Working together
Serious work. Easy to work together.
You get direct access, candid questions, visible progress, and no disappearing act between kickoff and delivery.
- 01Start with a conversation
Context, goals, pressure points.
- 02Get into the material
Data, documents, people closest to the work.
- 03Share thinking early
Working views, useful challenge, course corrections.
- 04Leave something useful
Answer, tools, notes, next move.
04 / Built for real work
Useful beats impressive.
I like work that survives contact with busy teams, imperfect systems, and decisions that cannot wait for a pristine setup.
Make a messy operating record useful.
Turned scattered customer and field-work data into something a busy team could navigate and act on.
Ship carefully when rules and uptime matter.
Led delivery around sensitive data, complex workflows, client review, and a live launch.
Build deeptech close to field reality.
Software, research, building physics, and practical constraints all have to agree before an idea earns its next step.
Explore the venture05 / A concrete engagement
Turn messy program data into a decision-ready evidence system.
In two to three weeks, GlacialRift turns representative source data and a live program question into a maintainable evidence foundation and one useful working result.
- Source and stakeholder inventory
- Maintainable initial data model
- QA, provenance, and gap register
- One decision-useful analysis, workflow, or reporting output
- Implementation roadmap and technical handoff
- Price
- $12,500–$20,000 plus applicable tax
- Duration
- Two to three weeks
- Delivery
- Principal-led by Jack Colvin
Prefer email? Write to jack@glacialrift.ca.
06 / Start wherever you are
Send an ugly spreadsheet. Or just a question.
Tell me what you’re working on, what feels stuck, or where a thoughtful second set of eyes would help. No polished brief required.