Strategy, technology, and organizational development.

I'm Frederick Chapleau, a strategic technology leader with 25+ years of experience across software R&D and infrastructure. I build high-quality products that turn technology into business value, and I help organizations grow.

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Design for High Availability

A study on abstracting hardware to model and improve the availability of distributed software solutions.

Triadic Sociogram

Mapping personality, power and interests to understand organizational dynamics.

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The Wedding Planner

Planning a project is like planning a wedding: simple on the surface, a marathon in the details. And in tech, who plays the wedding planner?

Battle of the Submarine

Subway or Quiznos? Behind the choice of a sub lies a real business question: who is the expert — you or your client?

Management of Crisis Management

When a crisis hits, the real problem is often less the crisis itself than how you manage it — from organizations that never improve to those that finally bring the right people together.

Spaghetti Effect

Throwing ideas at the wall to see what sticks — but the size of the spaghetti, and the bowl that holds it, matter more than you think.