Ignition Sequence is an AI infrastructure advisory practice founded on the premise that the most consequential technical decisions require someone who has made them before — at scale, under pressure, with real accountability for the outcome.
The practice works with founders, boards, and executive teams navigating high-stakes architecture decisions and advisory engagements, AI infrastructure strategy, and the kind of build-versus-buy inflection points where the wrong call costs years. Engagements are limited and outcome-oriented. There is no retainer pressure, no generic advice, and no junior staff doing the work.
What makes this AI infrastructure advisory practice different is that it is built on the work itself. The principal, Frank Moss, is the founding architect of Lumen’s global edge cloud — the platform that generated $837 million in revenue and produced four issued USPTO patents. He is not a consultant who has advised on cloud infrastructure; he is the engineer who invented the architecture that underpins it.
That distinction matters. A practice grounded in original invention brings a different kind of judgment to the table — one shaped by the experience of being wrong in production, being accountable for billions in revenue, and having to file a patent because no existing solution was good enough.
Ignition Sequence works best with companies where the technical problem is genuinely hard. Primary clients include AI-native infrastructure startups at Series A–C building on edge compute, inference delivery, or composable infrastructure. Additionally, the practice serves defense tech and GovTech companies navigating DoD architecture requirements, CMMC 2.0 compliance, or SLED procurement. Furthermore, enterprise organizations undertaking serious AI or infrastructure modernization and PE and VC portfolio companies that need credible technical oversight at the board level are strong fits.
Advisory board seats, fractional CTO residencies, scoped architecture reviews, and entry-point sprints are all available depending on the nature and urgency of the challenge. All engagements begin with a no-obligation discovery conversation to determine whether the fit is genuine on both sides.
The work starts with a real problem. If you have one, start a conversation.
Advisory board seats, fractional CTO engagements, scoped architecture reviews, and entry-point sprints for companies where the stakes are high and the problems are genuinely hard.