# HALDEMAN

> HALDEMAN builds Forward Deployed Systems — the operating model for AI-Native platforms. It is one operator (Cory Haldeman) who has worked all three sides of how technology companies serve their clients: the client, the technologist, and the consultant. A Forward Deployed System turns every deployment into two results — signal that improves the product, and reusable capability that makes the next engagement start ahead — so an FDE/Applied AI program scales without relying on heroics.

The buyer is a leader running a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) or Applied AI program at a platform provider, an AI-Native company, or an enterprise's applied-AI division — a program that has outgrown hiring as the way to scale. Every public claim the firm makes is sourced and dated; the proof posture is categorical (no named clients).

## Offerings

- [Forward Deployed Systems](https://haldeman.co/forward-deployed-systems/): The keystone offering. Installs in three tiers — FDS Maturity Map (a seven-section diagnostic that reads the program across three altitudes), FDS Design & Pilot (the system designed around the program and proven in one pod through Demo Day), and FDS Scale (the program compounds across pods on an annual cadence). Three pillars hold the system: Pods (People), the compounding engine (Process), and FD/IO — Forward Deployed Inputs/Outputs (Technology).
- [Advisory](https://haldeman.co/advisory/): A standing relationship for the leader of an FDE or Applied AI program — an operator in the room for the decisions that set the trajectory. Cadence: monthly leadership session, quarterly program health view, on-demand decision sparring, annual methodology refresh.

## Evidence

- [Evidence](https://haldeman.co/evidence/): The market POV — everyone is hiring forward deployed engineers; no one is building the system. The observable pattern across platforms and consultancies, and the public benchmark: Palantir grew revenue 311% on 82% more headcount (computed from the 2020 and 2025 10-Ks).

## Writing

- [Writing](https://haldeman.co/writing/): Cory Haldeman's essays and field notes on Forward Deployed Engineering, the FDE boom, and the system underneath it. Flagship essay: "The System Every FDE-Obsessed Company Is Missing."

## Firm

- [About](https://haldeman.co/about/): Cory Haldeman — Executive Advisor for AI-Native transformation. One operator, three sides: the client (Verizon), the technologist (Adobe), the consultant (Code & Theory).

## Contact

- Email: cory@haldeman.co