The 214ID Direct Advisory Model

Only Senior Advisors. No Staffing Pyramid. Confidential by Default

When you engage 214ID, you work directly with Matthew Sanfilippo or our senior team. Every engagement is led by the person hired. This is not a firm that sells senior attention at proposal stage and delivers junior work in execution.

Work with 214ID is confidential by default. Client relationships, engagement scope, and findings are not discussed externally or used as marketing case studies without written client permission. This is the expectation a CEO, Dean, or ownership group should have from a senior advisor, and it is how 214ID operates.

Is 214ID the Right Fit?

214ID is typically the right partner for organizations where:

• The problem is serious enough to require direct senior attention, not a staffed consulting team.

• The decision is one the leader does not want to delegate, either because of confidentiality or because the judgment involved is not transferable.

• The organization benefits from advisory experience across multiple sectors (industry, academia, government, and venture) rather than a single-domain specialist.

• The desired outcome is a clearer path forward and a better decision, not a hundred-page report.

If the fit is not right, that will be said directly, along with a recommendation for who can help.

Engagement Pathways

Advisory Retainer Confidential, ongoing advisory for CEOs, boards, Deans, and senior leadership. A defined monthly commitment that provides access for real-time consultation, document review, meeting participation, and sustained strategic support across the full scope of a client's priorities.

Defined Project Engagement Targeted engagements for specific strategic milestones: board restructuring, governance design, partnership framework development, investor readiness preparation, proposal strategy, or university IP negotiation. Scoped with clear deliverables and a defined timeline.

Diagnostic Assessment An objective, third-party review of an organization's governance structure, research partnership model, BD and proposal capability, or startup formation decisions, delivered as a written findings document with prioritized recommendations.

Proposal and Program Subcontract 214ID participates as a named subcontractor on Federal proposals and active programs where strategic advisory, cross-sector teaming, or university engagement expertise strengthens the pursuit or the execution.

Fractional Embedded Executive A senior 214ID executive embeds directly with a client organization on a defined schedule, providing sustained strategic and operational leadership without the commitment of a permanent hire. Structured with clear milestones and a defined transition plan.