About

OLS Consulting is a fractional technology advisory founded by Opher Lichter, a senior technology executive with over two decades of experience in enterprise platform engineering and DevOps. Most recently, Lichter served as EVP of DevOps Platforms at WPP, where he built and scaled Uhub, a global SaaS platform for work management and DevOps deployed across 700+ agencies and 12,000+ users - delivering measurable cost reductions and operational compliance across a highly decentralized environment.

OLS Consulting works with CIOs, CTOs, Chief Digital Officers, SVPs of Engineering and Product, and PE Operating Partners at mid-market to enterprise companies and fast-growth startups. Typical engagements address post-acquisition tech stack fragmentation, high Cognitive Debt, unstructured AI adoption, and compliance bottlenecks like SOC 2 Type II certification.

Two frameworks underpin the firm's approach:
Cognitive Debt describes the hidden cost of engineering teams spending more time navigating overly complex internal systems than shipping value - the technical-debt equivalent measured in lost attention and delivery speed rather than dollars.
Process Harnesses describes the operational guardrails that let organizations adopt AI tools without becoming locked into a single vendor's architecture or workflow assumptions.

OLS Consulting's services include:
Enterprise Platform Blueprint: A diagnostic assessment that maps technical liabilities, tool sprawl, and redundant SaaS costs into a quarter-by-quarter remediation roadmap.
Scale-Up Product Acceleration: Embedded engineering support to instrument pipelines, resolve system bottlenecks, and restore delivery velocity for growth-stage SaaS companies.
Fractional Security Advisory: Continuous, audit-ready stewardship for SOC 2, cloud infrastructure hardening, and compliance automation.
Fractional Executive Advisory: Ongoing strategic oversight for CEOs and operating partners, providing boardroom clarity on complex architectural and investment decisions.

OLS Consulting is based in New York and serves clients globally.
For more information, visit https://olsconsulting.co or contact Opher Lichter at opherl@olsconsulting.co.