Architecture & Scalability
Whether the system can support the growth case, where constraints are likely to emerge, and what investment will be required.
Technical Due Diligence
Independent technical judgment for consequential acquisitions and investments.
A senior operator’s view of the technology, team, process, security posture, data, and execution risk behind the deal narrative.
Experience
Because of the confidential nature of technical due diligence, specific clients and acquisition targets cannot be named. The work has included some of the largest corporations in the world and acquisitions valued in the billions of dollars.
Kevin has completed more than two dozen diligence engagements as an independent third party. He has also participated in dozens more as a member of management teams—on both sides of the table, as an acquirer and as a target.
That combination matters. It brings the independence of an outside review together with an operator’s understanding of how architectures, teams, roadmaps, and technical debt actually behave after a transaction closes.
25+independent third-party engagements
Dozens moreas an acquiring or target management team member
Billionsin acquisition value represented among engagements
Industry Range
Diligence experience spans businesses where software, data, security, reliability, regulation, and physical products create very different risk profiles.
- Financial services
- Aerospace
- Medical devices
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Gaming
What Gets Tested
Engineering Organization
Leadership depth, team capabilities, development practices, delivery predictability, and key-person dependencies.
Security, Privacy & Reliability
Controls, operational practices, incident readiness, data handling, and risks that could materially affect the transaction.
Product & Roadmap
The relationship between the product promise, current implementation, roadmap, technical debt, and integration thesis.
Data & AI
Data provenance and quality, pipelines, model dependencies, evaluation practices, and the defensibility of AI claims.
Integration & Investment
A practical post-close view: immediate risks, likely costs, organizational implications, and the first priorities after close.
Engagement Model
Most reviews can be led directly by one senior advisor, keeping the work fast, candid, and close to the deal team. For complex transactions that require broader specialist coverage or parallel work on a compressed timeline, Fink Lyman Strategy Works partners with TechDNA to scale the team without sacrificing senior-level judgment.
The result is a clear assessment of material risks, their business significance, and the practical work required to mitigate them—not simply a catalog of findings.
Planning an acquisition or investment where the technology case needs an experienced, independent review?
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