Systems that are still running.
"To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." — Buckminster Fuller
Fifteen years of custom platforms — architected, shipped, and operated across regulated and complex domains. Here's the pattern behind the work, a few projects we can talk about, and the technology that got the results.
Different industries. Same pattern. A critical operation was running on spreadsheets, manual paperwork, or five tools that don't talk to each other — and we turned it into one system that runs itself, then stayed to operate it. Lately we do it AI-augmented — faster, without giving up the senior judgment that makes a system last.
If you recognize the problem,
we've probably shipped the fix.
A few we can talk about.
Each one started as someone's fragile, manual, or scattered process. Problem → what we built → what it became.
A venture-backed startup needed to ship an ambitious "Patreon, but social" platform — creators earning from their fan networks through video and direct messaging — fast enough to move investors, on a lean budget.
As backend & cloud lead (via 217 Studios), we owned the AWS serverless architecture and DevOps and led the team's key technical decisions — running the whole build on our own AI-augmented development workflow.
A stable MVP that impressed investors and helped the company raise funding.
Income-protection insurance meant slow, manual underwriting and paperwork — a high-stakes, heavily regulated process that kept people from getting covered.
A digital quote-to-approval platform, architected and shipped solo from day zero: a decision-tree questionnaire driving a national carrier's electronic underwriting API, DocuSign embedded signing, and Stripe capture.
Online quote → underwrite → e-sign → approval — compliance-cleared directly with the carrier's own development team.
Traveling crews running overnight construction and fixture resets inside national big-box stores — a nationwide, multi-crew operation being run on spreadsheets.
A custom back-office ERP: schedules, projects, travel assignments, training modules, field data capture, completion-photo workflows, and reporting — shared seamlessly between the home office and crews across regions.
One shared, role-based system replacing the spreadsheets — built and operated for 10+ years and counting.
A consultancy's proprietary execution methodology — scoring, two-week sprints, KPI tracking — lived only in its non-technical founder's head, capped at the hours she could personally deliver.
A project-execution SaaS that turns her framework into working software, built in close partnership with her to keep it intuitive — scoring/prioritization, sprint tracking, and KPIs.
Her IP, productized into a usable, sellable product her clients keep using on their own.
A niche sport's knowledge, content, and coaching were scattered everywhere — with no modern home for fencers and coaches to learn and review.
A digital platform built end-to-end: interactive guides, streaming content, and a tool to upload, track, and review slow-motion bout replays from mobile or desktop.
A live platform and community — recognized via selection to the 2025–26 USA Fencing Leadership Academy.
Businesses lose customers to lobby wait times — but most can't justify a custom build to modernize check-in and pickup.
A white-label "virtual concierge" — mobile and curbside check-in that lets any business manage arrivals and order pick-ups with simple tools, no custom development required.
A reusable, multi-tenant SaaS any business can brand and stand up quickly.
Proven technology, chosen for the result.
Not a buzzword list — these are the tools the projects above were actually built and operated on. One framework, deep AWS, and an AI-augmented delivery method tie them together.
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Whether it's spreadsheets you've outgrown, a regulated process stuck in paperwork, or an idea that needs to ship — tell us what you're dealing with. No pitch decks, just a direct conversation about whether we're the right fit.
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