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Behzad Motaghi

Founder, Accel Comply

Behzad Motaghi, founder of Accel Comply

Behzad Motaghi

Founder, Accel Comply

The short version

Why Accel Comply exists

I started Accel Comply because I kept seeing the same pattern: growing companies hitting IT, security, and AI governance walls they weren't staffed to handle. The available options (big consultancies, premature full-time hires, or just ignoring it) didn't fit. So I built something that does.

15+ years in IT and security leadership across the Nordics and EEA. IT, security, and AI mandates spanning growing companies through enterprise scale. Includes interim CIDO/CIO work at a 1,800-staff PE-backed group, AI diligence across 9 portfolio companies, and PCI/NIS2/ISO programmes at multi-site enterprises. Led a Nordic cloud engineering team of 15 at Innofactor. Grew a cloud and security consulting portfolio from 1M to 3M EUR at Crayon. Built a Microsoft cloud practice from the ground up at Sentia.

Today I work directly with founders and CTOs who need senior ownership of IT, security, and AI governance, and someone who will do the actual work, not just advise on it. When something isn't worth doing, I'll tell you.

Azure Solutions Architect Expert | PRINCE2 Practitioner
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Approach

How engagements actually work.

Every engagement has an agreed scope and a fixed fee before it starts. The structure is the same: understand the real problem, agree on what done looks like, then do the work.

Behzad working at his desk with a laptop and notes.

Scoping

Fixed-fee baseline first

Every engagement starts with a fixed-scope, fixed-fee assessment. You get a clear picture of where you stand before committing to anything ongoing. No open-ended discovery phases.

Execution

Built around how you actually work

I don't drop in templates and call it done. Policies, processes, and evidence packages are built around how your company actually works, not how a generic framework says it should.

Strategy

Risk-first prioritization

Not everything needs fixing at once. I sequence the work so the highest-impact gaps get addressed first, matched to your timeline and budget.

Transfer

Built to last after I leave

Capability, not dependency. Everything I build is designed for your team to maintain after the engagement ends.

Principles

What you can expect.

01

One person, start to finish

I scope it, plan it, execute it. No junior handoffs, no revolving door of consultants. You build a relationship with one person who knows your business.

02

No vague discoveries

Every engagement starts with a baseline at a known fee and a defined scope. You see exactly what you're getting before committing. If it doesn't make sense to continue, we stop.

03

Work that sticks after I leave

I build processes and documentation your team can maintain. The goal is capability, not dependency. You should need me less over time, not more.

Operating notes

How this practice runs.

Continuity if I'm unavailable

All client artefacts (policies, risk registers, runbooks, decision logs) live in your tenancy from day one, so your team can run without me if they need to. Engagements are scoped around realistic principal availability: retainers don't commit to 24/7 coverage, and the SOW sets response-time windows and escalation paths for anything urgent. For planned absences of 1-2 weeks I respond async.

Nordic reach

Based in Vejle, Denmark. Remote-first; on-site across Denmark when it matters. Billing available in DKK, SEK, NOK, or EUR. Working language English or Danish.

Next step

Let's work out what you actually need.

30-minute scoping call. Free and non-binding. If it's not a fit I'll tell you, and point you somewhere that is.

Typically responds within 24 hours