I'm Lex Adams.
I help growing companies make better decisions about their software and cybersecurity, and I stay involved when they want more than advice.
Engagements range from a one-time second opinion to ongoing advisory to leading the work itself.
I've been doing this long enough to know which problems are urgent and which ones are noise. That judgment is most of what people hire me for.
Clarity
Name the problem in plain language before anyone proposes a solution.
Judgment
Recommend what I'd do with my own money, not everything that could be done.
Execution
A decision isn't finished until it ships.
Background
I studied computer science at LSU. Since then, I've spent years building products, advising founders, running teams, and leading cybersecurity work in environments that didn't allow for guessing.
My job is not always to write every line of code, but to stay close enough to the work to understand it, clear enough about the business to make useful calls, and experienced enough to know which tradeoffs matter.
I've led teams when it was needed and stepped back when the right answer was to let good builders build.
How I got here
My first company came out of my LSU capstone.
We built it to forecast crime risk for law enforcement, EMS, and city planners.
The lesson was early and expensive.
The product was technically ambitious. More ambitious than the demand we had tested it against.
The lesson stuck.
Good technology decisions require business insight.
Good business decisions require technical reality.
Most of what I do now is help people avoid expensive surprises.
That's the kind that drains time, money, and trust. I help teams get alignment earlier, choose the right bets, and build things that hold up.
How I think about software and cybersecurity
They're not two separate practices. They're two angles on the same question: is the technology serving the business, or quietly working against it.
A messy codebase and a shaky security posture usually share a root cause. The answer is almost never a product demo or a new vendor.
It's clearer thinking, stronger judgment at the decision points that matter, and execution from people who know what they're doing.
Personal
I live in Louisiana with my wife Tiffany. The state has shaped the way I work: practical, direct, relationship-first, not allergic to doing things the hard way when the hard way is the right way. I work with companies across the country from here.
Start with one call
Bring the situation as it is. The point is to figure out the right move, not to sell you into a predetermined one. If the answer isn't me, you'll know that too.