My thoughts..this guy appears to be connected and very knowledgeable in all of the areas that would be the most beneficial to our product offering and targeted customer(s). If his input helps us to move to the next level I am all for it..and it could be (hopefully) money well spent. IMO

There are many ways to criticize how money was spent in the past, hopefully this will not be one of them to add to the list. Further, it is my hope that it will be perceived, in hindsight, as a very smart move on someone's part (I'm thinking RG).