Shane Gaither

Roles

Infrastructure & Operations Diligence Lead | Execution Risk Across Build & Startup

The work is pre-commitment assessment and document-led diligence: finding execution risk in physical assets during build and startup phases, not running day-to-day operations.

Diligence Lead — Physical Assets & Infrastructure
Pre-commitment assessment of feasibility and execution risk.
  • Pressure-test operating plans and key assumptions against physical constraints and interfaces
  • Create red-flag risk registers (schedule fragility, vendor capacity, throughput constraints, interface risk)
  • Produce memo-ready diligence sections with defensible assumption testing
Build/Startup Execution-Risk Review
Identify startup landmines during construction, commissioning, and early steady-state setup.
  • Review layout, equipment interfaces, material flow, maintainability, staffing and SOP readiness
  • Assess sequencing and throughput reliability; surface demurrage and schedule failure modes
  • Translate operational reality into decision inputs for executives and partners
Supply Chain Feasibility — As an Input to Diligence
Feasibility testing across multimodal and international systems where it changes outcomes.
  • Assess end-to-end feasibility: port/terminal interfaces, vessel availability, scheduling risk
  • Validate vendor capacity and reliability; identify interface and handoff failure points
  • Quantify execution risk exposure (schedule, unit economics, scalability, capital risk)