For — CEOs and executive teams who want a standing sounding board.
Executive Advisory · Automation · Innovation
Executive Advisory · Automation · Innovation
Trusted counsel for leaders putting technology to work.
FM3G is the executive advisory practice of Frank White. I help CEOs and senior leaders use automation, innovation, and emerging technology — including AI — to improve business performance, with the judgment of 25+ years turning technology investment into operational and financial results.
Confidential. No pitch, no deck — a working discussion of your situation.
25+ years building automation, innovation, and customer-success platforms inside:
The mandate
Technology only matters when the business
performs better.
Most leaders aren’t short on technology ideas — automation initiatives, innovation programs, and now AI proposals arrive from every direction. What’s scarce is trusted judgment about which ones deserve capital, how to make them stick, and what to say to the board when asked what the investment returned.
That’s the gap I fill. I sit on your side of the table: no software to sell, no implementation army to keep busy. Just experienced counsel on turning automation, innovation, and emerging technology into measurable operational and financial results.
25+ yrs
Operating experience
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Advisor ->you work directly with me
0
Products to sell you
When your advisor has nothing to sell you, the advice is the product.
The FM3G Standard
Advisory services
Three ways leaders engage me.
Every engagement is scoped to your situation, not pulled from a catalog — and I do the work personally.
Counsel
i.
Executive Technology Advisory
An ongoing advisory relationship with your leadership team. I help you decide where automation, AI, and emerging technology belong in your strategy, pressure-test vendor claims and internal proposals, and prepare you for board-level conversations about technology investment.
Roadmap
ii.
Automation & Operations Assessment
A focused engagement that maps where automation and intelligent technology will actually improve your operations, customer experience, and margins — and in what order. You get a prioritized roadmap tied to business outcomes, not a technology wish list.
For — Leaders deciding where to place their next serious technology bet.
Execution
iii.
Innovation-to-Results Guidance
Hands-on advisory through the messy middle: adoption, operational change, and customer growth. I work alongside your team as an initiative moves from promising idea to measurable results — keeping it honest against the numbers.
For — Organizations mid-initiative that need experienced eyes on execution.
How an engagement works
Straightforward, from the first call.
First —
A working conversation
We start with a confidential discussion of your situation: where the business needs to perform better, and what role technology is playing — or failing to play. If I'm not the right fit, I'll say so and point you somewhere useful.
Then —
A clear, scoped mandate
You get a plainly written proposal: the question I'm answering, the work involved, and what you'll hold in your hands at the end. The person you meet on the first call is the person who does the work.
Throughout —
Counsel measured in results
Every recommendation is tied to an operational or financial outcome you can track. I stay accountable to those numbers — that's what makes the advice trustworthy.
Who you'll work with
Frank White
Founder & Principal Advisor
A one-person practice. On purpose. The person you meet on the first call is the person who does the work — and stands behind every recommendation.
Frank has spent 25+ years inside global technology organizations designing automation platforms, innovation programs, customer success frameworks, and AI initiatives that produced measurable operational and financial results. He advises executives with a practical, numbers first view of what technology can and can't do for a business.
For engagements that need specialist depth, Frank brings in trusted collaborators from a long career of working relationships — always under his direction, never as a handoff.
Today, that judgment is engaged. Frank currently serves as fractional CTO for True Blue Financials, leading technology strategy and modernization in financial services, and for The BMS Company, where he has architected and delivered multiple platform and integration projects.
Career
Ericsson ◆ Nortel Networks ◆ Oracle ◆ Sierra Wireless ◆ MultiTech
Approach
Independent counsel — no software to sell, no team to keep billable
Focus
Automation · Innovation · Customer growth · Technology & AI strategy
Speaking & briefings
Executive keynotes and board briefings on technology and the future of business.
Frank speaks to leadership teams, boards, and industry audiences about how automation, innovation, and emerging technologies like AI translate into business performance — practical talks grounded in operating experience, not hype.
- Automation and the operating model of the next decade
- Leading an organization through technology change
- From pilot to P&L: making innovation stick
- Cutting through the AI hype: what it's actually worth to your business
Keynotes, leadership offsites, and private board sessions. Tailored to your industry and audience.
Begin
Start with a conversation, not a contract.
Tell me where your business needs to perform better. I'll bring an honest, experienced view of whether — and how — automation, innovation, and technology can get you there.