The speaker says his role in the meetings includes deciding how much risk to accept in a decision, including whether to proceed toward production despite the risk.

“It's already too late. So a lot of what I end up doing in those meetings is I, I decide how much risk we're gonna take on a, on a certain decision or not take on a certain decision, and you need to say, "Look, do we go now?”

“Do we start risking production?" Because you're risking, you know, the bottom line. You're risking revenue.”