Fractional CTO
Technical leadership for startups and growing teams — architecture decisions, hiring bar, security posture, and roadmap clarity without a full-time hire.
Stepped in as technical lead on a Series A-track product: set the architecture, defined the engineering hiring bar, evaluated three vendor integrations, and got the team to a shippable v1 in 6 weeks.
Cloud Architecture Consulting
AWS account design, multi-account organization setup, infrastructure audits, and greenfield architecture — brought in as a standalone engagement or alongside a full build.
Designed a multi-account AWS organization for a growing startup: VPC segmentation, IAM governance, cost tagging, and a migration roadmap from on-prem to ECS — delivered in under a week. Yes, this includes standing up AWS accounts and billing structures for your team.
Mobile App Development
iOS and Android apps built with React Native — from first wireframe to App Store and Google Play.
Shipped 30+ mobile apps across fitness, travel, fintech, utilities, and media — including React Native apps with offline sync, native Bluetooth, and in-app purchases.
Web & SaaS Development
Full-stack web applications using React, Node.js, TypeScript, and Astro — from marketing sites to complex SaaS platforms.
Built SaaS platforms with auth, subscriptions (Stripe), real-time features, and white-label multi-tenancy. Landing to production in a single engagement.
AI Product Development
End-to-end AI product builds — LLM integration, multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, and voice interfaces.
Built Delphina (worklog AI), MythicQuill (AI publishing platform), and CostLabsHQ (AI estimation tool). Integrates Claude, local inference, and custom orchestration layers.
Product Scoping & Architecture
Turn a rough idea into a clear, estimated plan — data model, infrastructure, AI layer, and security posture locked before a line of code is written.
Scoping sessions produce a buildable spec, phase breakdown, and cost estimate in 1–2 days. Architecture decisions account for scale, cost, and compliance from day one.
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps
AWS account bootstrap, serverless and containerized deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and production monitoring.
Day-zero AWS setup produces budget alerts, least-privilege IAM, structured logging, and CloudFront distribution in under 30 minutes. ECS, Lambda, and S3 patterns applied across 20+ live products.
Multi-Agent AI Orchestration
Routing and coordination across local and cloud AI models for cost-aware task delegation.
Routes deterministic tasks to local models; reserves cloud reasoning for ambiguous architecture and judgment calls. Typical cost reduction: ~70% vs cloud-only.
Code Review & Security Audit
Automated PR-style code review with security and dependency scanning, integrated with CI gates.
Caught a CVE-flagged transitive dependency before merge in a recent sprint; flagged a model-config mismatch a bulk-edit had introduced.
SaaS Strategy & Estimation
Valuation modeling, GTM planning, and engagement-scoped cost estimation.
Produces 5-year DCF, cap-table, and 3-exit waterfall; emits Series A pitch financials with brand-styled PPTX in under an hour.
Penetration Testing & Security Audits
Consent-gated penetration testing, OWASP audits, and SBOM-based supply-chain analysis — scoped as a standalone engagement or pre-launch gate.
Pre-launch security engagement produces CLEAR / CONDITIONAL / BLOCK verdicts with CVSS-scored findings and an SBOM in CycloneDX + SPDX formats. Findings are prioritized by exploitability, not just severity.
Investigative Data Pipelines
Automated OSINT and public-records workflows — source, cross-reference, and compile structured intelligence from government databases, registries, and open sources.
Built InvestiGator: an end-to-end pipeline that queries county assessor, SOS, and public records databases, cross-references identities, and outputs structured investigation briefs — automating work that previously took hours per subject.
Cross-Session AI Memory
Persistent context preservation across long-running AI sessions and engagements.
Per-project memory hydration on session start; cross-session context survives compaction; engagements pick up months later without re-onboarding.
Performance & Observability
Load testing, SLO/p99 tracking, and anomaly detection across deployed services.
k6 + Vegeta SLO gating with 5 profiles (smoke/load/stress/spike/soak); unified dashboard pulls CloudWatch, Prometheus, and load-test results.
Design Audit & Handoff
Figma QA, design-token systems, and competitive design review with developer-ready specs.
Light/dark token systems with FOUC prevention; competitive design review pulls 3–5 competitor references and emits prioritized improvement suggestions.