Our Backstory
We started Leitwolf because we kept watching the same failures happen to good teams.
Not because the people were bad. Because the architecture was wrong — undefined requirements, scope creep, misaligned stakeholders, processes that generated compliance instead of outcomes, and nobody with the standing to say so out loud.
We didn't meet at a networking event. We worked together on a daily basis supporting some of the most operationally demanding technical programs in existence — environments where getting requirements wrong wasn't an inconvenience, it was a mission failure. These concepts aren't buzzwords and jargon to us. They are lessons learned — and that's still how we approach every engagement.
After 25+ years in defense, intelligence community, and commercial programs, we founded Leitwolf to fix this problem for anyone building something complex where the stakes are real.
Meet the Team
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James Betsch
Co-Founder & Government Services Director
Cyber security and counter-proliferation specialist with 20+ years bridging the gap between JSOC operators and the technology programs built to support them. CISSP. Believes the best technical solutions are the ones that survive contact with the people who actually have to use them.
James designs, 3D prints, and flies his own model aircraft — the kind of person who finds relaxation in building something that actually has to work.
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Michael Myers
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
Systems engineer, R&D program lead, and co-inventor of a patent-pending government program management framework. 14+ years supporting defense and federal programs including DARPA, MDA, and USAF — including operational support to some of the most demanding counter-proliferation programs in existence. Currently teaches Automated Industrial Technology at the college level. Believes most project failures are predictable — and preventable.
When he’s not solving program problems, Michael is exploring Arizona’s backcountry — the Chiricahuas are a favorite.
Along the Way, We Built A Thing…
We built a tool.
ProjectAlign started as an internal system we created because we kept seeing the same alignment problems derail teams. It's a lightweight project management framework designed around the principle that the right structure should make good decisions the natural ones — not the effortful ones.
We use it. Other teams can too.
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