Geoff Halstead Co-Founder & CPO, Fractional & Advisory
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FACTION Generation 3 Zero Trust · factionnetworks.com ↗

Your keys for your network, data, OT & IoT and AI

The networks, devices, data and AI systems we rely on now depend on trusting unknowable, unverifiable actors at every layer of a fundamentally insecure cloud. As Co-Founder & CPO, I'm helping build Faction to change that broken paradigm and return control to you — bringing together the major threads of the last 20 years of my career.

Own your trust. Keep your peace of mind.
Your Faction Network
owner: you
NNetwork visibilityInvisible
KEncryption keysOwner-held
DOT & IoT devicesProtected
AIAI agentsControlled
CCentralized cloud control planeNone
Zero-knowledge architecture · created and controlled on your endpoints · keys never leave your devices
Ways to Work Together

Fractional and Advisory Engagements

Experience, execution and leadership for product initiatives, projects and innovation — without the cost of a full-time hire.

Cybersecurity

Generation 3 Zero TrustOwner-Controlled KeysZero-Knowledge ArchitectureOT, IoT & Device SecurityAI Security & Control

Project Management

Agile & Waterfall DeliveryRoadmap & Release PlanningCross-Functional Team LeadershipVendor & Partner ManagementRisk, Budget & Scope Control

Product Development

Agentic AI & Modern ToolingRapid Prototyping to ProductionExecution-First DeliveryUX/UI & Customer ExperienceRadical Speed & Cost Efficiency

About Me

Experience and execution that turn high-stakes product initiatives into shipped results.

Geoff Halstead

I partner with companies to execute specific product initiatives and projects — not just advise on them. Twenty-five years building, launching and scaling SaaS, mobile and web products across enterprise software, cybersecurity, IoT and digital health means I can step into an ambiguous, high-stakes effort, bring clarity, and drive it to a real, shipped outcome.

I pair that experience with agentic AI and modern tooling to deliver at a fraction of the traditional time and cost. You get senior, hands-on leadership and execution exactly where you need it — high leverage, low overhead, and measurable results.

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How I Work

A bias for action, from scope to shipped

A simple, low-risk way to bring in senior execution exactly when you need it — and hand your team something real when we're done.

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Scope & Align

We define the initiative, the success metrics and the constraints, then agree a tight, realistic plan of attack. You get a clear scope, timeline and definition of "done" before any work begins — so there are no surprises and everyone is pulling in the same direction.

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Execute with Leverage

I embed with your team and use agentic AI and modern tooling to move fast — prototyping, building and de-risking as we go, at a fraction of the usual time and cost. When an effort needs more hands, I can bring in additional trusted resources as needed.

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Ship & Hand Off

I deliver a real, measurable outcome — not a slide deck. Your team is left with the working product, the process and the artifacts to keep going, plus the momentum to carry it forward without me.