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What Clients Say

Feedback from founders, engineers, and organizations working at critical technical and business inflection points.

“Colleen is not just a great writer — she is a very good engineer. This combination made her extremely effective in a very short period of time.”

— Daniel Betts

PhD, MBA, CEO, Blue Frontier, Inc.

Daniel Betts, PhD, MBA

CEO, Blue Frontier

“Colleen is not just a great writer but also has an excellent understanding of fuel cell systems. She is also a very good engineer… enabling her to be effective in a very short period of time.”

Jeremy Steinshnider

Chief Technologist, FuelCellsEtc

“Colleen provided fuel cell modeling… I was very satisfied with the quality and attention to detail.”

Justin Borski

Advanced Packaging SME, Draper Laboratory

“Excellent in observational science, data analysis, and test planning… brings strong mentorship and a get-it-done attitude.”

Eric Gilbert

Professional Service Solutions

“Super smart scientist… helped us with a very tricky set of technical challenges.”

Engineering & Technical Advisory

Ryan Gillis

Thiozen

“Excellent advice that greatly improved our federal grant application!”

Rachel Elsinga

Equilo

“Her knowledge in AI/ML helped strengthen our proposal significantly.”

Charles Yeomans

Atombeam Technologies

“She knows how reviewers think — critical to success.”

Xwing, Inc.

Professional Service Solutions

“Insightful ideas and clear improvements… very helpful for submission.”

SBIR/STTR & Funding Readiness

Focused on engineering, commercialization, and technical readiness — not proposal writing alone.

Client Experience

Jeff Friesen

Radiant Labs

“Proactive and easy to work with.”

Alex Stolyarik

EcosystemOne

“Insightful and goes beyond expectations.”

Steven Kadiev

NeoH2

“Professional and a terrific experience.”

Ricardo Mong

Arc Angel Capital

“Delivered strong results under tight deadlines.”

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