Field Notes from the Ad Astra Bench

Insights & analysis.

Short, direct writing on IT optimization, AI adoption, sustainable operations, and the vendor-funded advisory model. Written by the people doing the work — not a marketing team.

Vendor-funded advisory: what it is and what it isn't.

"How do you get paid?" is the first question every federal-contractor CFO and PE LP asks. Here's the full mechanics — commission structure, disclosure protocol, and where the incentives actually line up.