Difference between Functional/Technical consultant

I agree in general with both of the preceding comments but my ego requires that I believe that I actually do a pretty good job for my clients on both the technical and the functional side. It is true that at any point in time you are almost surely leaning one way or the other in your focus. And my ego has no problem admitting that I regularly call on others for assistance in either technical or functional areas, depending on the type and degree of difficulty of the problem at hand.