No open-ended hourly, no slideware. A clear scope, a flat price, and working software at the end. I help owners figure out where AI actually pays off — then build it.
The fastest way to know an engineer can build your thing is to look at what they've already built for themselves. Here's mine.
An opinionated all-in-one ERP for small and mid-sized product companies — "the ERP that does its own accounting." Designed and shipped solo: six modules, channels & settlements, migration importers, bank reconciliation, job costing, and an AI-native architecture. Built to prove that most ERP complexity is optional.
A structured, scored diagnostic that maps where AI and automation actually pay off in your business — workflow inventory, data & tool-stack check, a readiness report card, and a prioritized roadmap with rough ROI. The framework behind my audit engagements, built from real delivery, not a template.
A lab-first IT training platform — the troubleshooting training I wish I'd had 23 years ago: no quizzes, no video walls. A vague ticket lands, you get a real shell into a genuinely broken machine, and a checker that won't pass you until the system actually works. Then the debrief: the root cause, the senior move you missed, and the war story behind it. Built for the solo operator who is the IT department.
Two decades of shipping production systems — enterprise integration, cloud, security, and AI platforms — now packaged into fixed-scope engagements a business can actually buy. The hard 20% that no-code shops punt on is exactly where I live.
Every engagement is fixed-scope and fixed-fee. Most people start small, prove the value, and expand.
A fast, focused paid diagnostic: one working session, a look at your workflows and stack, and a short memo naming your top 3 AI opportunities — with a rough sense of effort and payoff. The easiest way to find out what's worth doing.
The full scored report card + prioritized roadmap across your workflows, data, and tools — a clear plan you own, whether or not I build any of it. Fee credits toward a follow-on build.
One high-value, manual workflow automated end-to-end (intake → CRM, invoice/AP, reporting, alerts) with real error handling — not a brittle no-code toy. Typically ~2 weeks. Remove 5+ hours of manual work a week.
Internal tools, AI features, integrations, "chat with your documents" assistants, and modern sites — scoped, senior-built, and reliable. For the hard cases the commodity shops can't take.
Bring your one- or two-person IT team up to senior speed — scenario-based training and hands-on mentoring from 23 years in the field, so your people handle more without another hire.
A fixed-scope cost pass on a real cloud estate — right-sizing, waste removal, and a prioritized savings plan with dollar figures. Roughly a fifth of cloud spend is typically waste; I've cut a six-figure estate by ~$300K.
Fixed scope, fixed fee, 50% to start. No hourly meters, no surprise invoices. Tell me the problem and I'll send a flat quote and a timeline. Book a call →
A few systems I designed and shipped myself — the kind of senior, full-stack engineering I bring to client work. Not slideware; these run.
Built a stateless, multi-tenant SaaS that watches deadlines and pre-checks filings for regulated care providers — hard tenant isolation, a versioned rules engine, and minimal-PHI by design, verified end to end.
Built an analyzer that scores a business's systems against a defined framework — plus an eval harness that measures its accuracy against ground truth, so the findings are graded, not guessed.
Designed and shipped a two-sided verification SaaS: a live "cleared-to-operate" badge for event vendors and the venues that host them, with a public verify-link and honest, point-in-time verification.
I've spent 23 years in systems, cloud, and AI — including 15 years as a U.S. Navy IT specialist in mission-critical environments. I've taken enterprise systems from zero to production, cut six-figure cloud bills, run security incidents as commander, and built AI platforms end to end. Now I'm independent — building my own AI products and bringing that same senior, ship-it engineering to businesses that need it but can't staff it. When you hire me, you get the person who does the work, not a bench of juniors.
Tell me the problem you're trying to solve. If it's a fit, you'll get a fixed scope, a flat price, and a timeline — usually within a day.