# Eitan Schuler — Technical Due Diligence > Senior technology leader in Berlin writing and speaking about technical due diligence, software governance, and investor readiness. 25 years in software and infrastructure; led cloud infrastructure, IT, and security at LiveEO through growth from 25 to 150+ people, establishing IT governance and SOC 2 compliance from the ground up; Executive MBA (ESCP). This site brings together his background, writing, and areas of focus. Key facts: - Writes the Tech Due Diligence Playbook, a newsletter on how technical due diligence works in practice: architecture and scalability, security and compliance readiness, infrastructure and operations, engineering team maturity, roadmap feasibility, governance, and delivery risk - Perspective: operator background (building and running systems in high-growth companies), not audit checklists - Contact: info@eitan-schuler.com — professional exchange on technical diligence, software governance, and investor readiness - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eitanschuler - Location: Berlin, Germany ## Site - [For Investors](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/investors): How he thinks about investor-oriented technical diligence - [For Startups](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/startups): What software startups should address before a diligence process begins - [About](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/about): Background and credentials - [Contact](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/contact): How to get in touch ## Tech Due Diligence Playbook Newsletter on how technical due diligence actually works. Read a few editions to evaluate the quality of thinking directly. - [Edition 27: The Post-Close 100-Day Tech-Value Plan](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/post-close-100-day-tech-value-plan): Turning diligence findings into a sequenced, owned 100-day plan that reduces priced-in risk and builds the value thesis - [Edition 26: People Risk and Succession Planning](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/people-risk-succession-planning): Critical-role mapping, vesting cliffs, succession depth, and executive ownership as people-risk signals in diligence - [Edition 25: Performance Engineering & Load Testing](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/performance-engineering-load-testing): Realistic load testing versus synthetic benchmarks, bottleneck discovery, and capacity modelling as scalability signals - [Edition 24: Observability & Monitoring Excellence](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/observability-monitoring-excellence): Observability stack, monitoring practices, and operational alerting maturity - [Edition 23: Multi-Tenant Architecture Assessment](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/multi-tenant-architecture-assessment): Multi-tenant architecture patterns, tenant isolation strategies, and scalability assessment - [Edition 22: Tech Governance for Hypergrowth](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/tech-governance-hypergrowth): Technology governance frameworks for rapidly scaling organisations - [Edition 21: Infrastructure as Code & GitOps](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-gitops): Infrastructure-as-code practices and GitOps workflows as engineering maturity signals - [Edition 20: Product-Tech Fit](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/product-tech-fit): Alignment between product strategy and technical capability as an investment signal - [Edition 19: Quality Assurance & Testing Maturity](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/quality-assurance-testing-maturity): QA processes, test coverage, and testing maturity as due diligence signals - [Edition 18: Year-End Wrap-up for 2025](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/year-end-wrap-up-2025): 2025 year-end review of the Tech Due Diligence Playbook series - [Edition 17: Database Architecture & Data Strategy](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/database-architecture-data-strategy): Database architecture choices and data strategy for scalable, maintainable platforms - [Edition 16: DevSecOps Maturity & Shift-Left Security](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/devsecops-maturity-shift-left-security): DevSecOps practices, shift-left security integration, and CI/CD pipeline security maturity - [Edition 15: Platform Architecture Assessment](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/platform-architecture-assessment): Platform architecture review: modularity, coupling, extensibility, and scalability - [Edition 14: Cloud Strategy & Deployment Models](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/cloud-strategy-deployment-models): Cloud provider strategy, multi-cloud options, and deployment model evaluation - [Edition 13: Business-Continuity & Resilience Stress-Test](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/business-continuity-resilience-stress-test): Business continuity planning, disaster recovery, and platform resilience under stress - [Edition 12: API Strategy & Integration Readiness](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/api-strategy-integration-readiness): API design quality, integration architecture, and partner ecosystem readiness - [Edition 11: The People Lens](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/the-people-lens): Engineering team quality, leadership capacity, culture, and key-person risk in Technical Due Diligence - [Edition 10: Data Governance & Sovereign-Data Readiness](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/data-governance-sovereign-data-readiness): Data governance frameworks, data sovereignty obligations, and regulatory compliance readiness - [Edition 9: Vendor Due Diligence & Third-Party Risk](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/vendor-due-diligence-third-party-risk): Vendor and third-party dependency assessment and supply chain risk in Technical Due Diligence - [Edition 8: Security & Compliance in the AI Act Era](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/security-compliance-ai-act-era): Security posture and compliance readiness under the EU AI Act and related regulation - [Edition 7: Build vs. Buy: Innovation or Lock-In?](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/build-vs-buy): Evaluating build vs buy decisions: innovation potential versus vendor dependency risk - [Edition 6: Incident Response and the Culture Behind the Numbers](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/incident-response-culture-behind-numbers): Incident response maturity and engineering culture as due diligence signals - [Edition 5: Scaling Without Bleeding Cash](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/scaling-without-bleeding-cash): Cloud cost analysis, FinOps practices, and spend optimisation as due diligence signals - [Edition 4: Debt or Deal-Breaker?](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/debt-or-deal-breaker): Technical debt identification, classification, and its impact on deal valuation - [Edition 3: The Metrics That Matter](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/the-metrics-that-matter): Key deployment, incident, and cost signals that predict platform scalability - [Edition 2: One Size Never Fits All](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/one-size-never-fits-all): Right-sizing Technical Due Diligence scope by transaction type: minority stake, majority buyout, and carve-out - [Edition 1: Deal-Maker, Not Checkbox](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/blog/deal-maker-not-checkbox): The purpose of Technical Due Diligence and using a risk register as a deal-making tool ## Optional - [RSS feed](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/rss.xml): Playbook updates - [Privacy policy](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/privacy) - [Imprint](https://www.eitan-schuler.com/imprint)