About Brian Galura

Build it with the people who will run it.

I've worked on both sides of the problem: running a business and building the systems behind it. Today, I help teams improve recurring work with practical changes, starting with the tools they already use.

Understand the business before changing the systems.

My experience spans running a business, building infrastructure, and connecting the systems teams use every day.

I start by understanding what the business needs. Then I work through the systems, the handoffs, and the exceptions, with the people who will use what we build.

Zero Conjecture

Zero Conjecture is my consulting practice. I work directly with you to choose a process, build the workflow, and check whether it improves the work. We use real cases and an agreed starting point to keep that assessment concrete.

AI is one part of that work. The first question is whether the current system can do the job. The rules, approvals, and responsibilities matter just as much if your team is going to use the result every day.

Learn the business. Build on what works.

The first process gives us a working understanding of your business. That should help with the next one, but I prefer to assess what we can reuse before promising a pace of delivery.

My writing archive includes earlier articles and talks on cloud and infrastructure engineering. It gives you a sense of the technical work behind my approach.

How I work