Decisions that hold up when it matters.
Strategy, risk, and AI governance advisory for leaders in aviation, healthcare, infrastructure, and other regulated industries, from a consultant who spent 17 years inside the FAA.
Most organizations in high-consequence industries do not lack expertise. They lack a decision process that survives contact with a regulator, a board, or a bad day. Vector exists to build that process with you, then get out of the way.
How I help
Strategic Risk Management
Risk assessment and mitigation built on evidence rather than templates, for operations where the failure modes are real. Includes go-to-market strategy for firms entering regulated markets.
DetailsAI Governance Advisory
Should AI make this decision? I apply the SCAR Framework to live deployments: what to assess, what to document, and when to say no. For organizations that will have to defend the answer later.
DetailsExecutive Coaching and Training
Workshops and one-on-one coaching for leaders operating under scrutiny, plus project and program management training for graduate students and corporate teams.
DetailsProject Leadership
Structured execution using methods proven in aviation and federal infrastructure programs, for projects that cannot afford surprises.
DetailsTwo ways to start
A focused advisory day
About ten hours of my analysis before we meet, a full day on site or remote, and a takeaway packet. Flat rate. For a specific strategic question that needs an outside answer fast.
A working engagement
Four one-hour sessions plus asynchronous support over four months, scheduled at your pace. For a decision or transition that unfolds over time.
Not sure which fits? The discovery call is free and usually settles it.
2 books
The SCAR Framework and No Lies, No Surprises, from Sentient Boundary Press.
60+
Media appearances on aviation safety, reaching more than 35 million people.
17 years
At the FAA, after a decade in uniform, and graduate faculty at two universities.
About Philip
I'm Dr. Philip D. Mann. I have spent nearly 30 years in and around aviation: Navy, Army, National Guard, then the FAA from field technician to national program leadership. I focus on context as much as expertise, which means I care what a fact means in the room where the decision gets made.
Vector is a solo practice by design. When you hire Vector, you get me.