Turn duct-taped tools into reliable systems.
I help small and mid-sized teams clean up messy data, stabilize the tools you're scared of, connect disconnected applications, and turn AI-built prototypes into software you can actually trust, maintain, and scale.
Four ways your tools stop holding you back.
Most engagements start with one of these and grow from there. No big-bang rewrites — steady, reversible steps.
Clean up messy data
Deduped, validated, and documented — so the numbers everyone argues about finally agree.
Retire buckling spreadsheets
Replace the workbook nobody's allowed to edit with something durable and shareable.
Connect disconnected tools
Stop the copy-paste relay. Your tools sync reliably, with alerts when something breaks.
Make the prototype real
Turn an AI-built or half-finished prototype into maintainable and secure software a team can own.
A calm, four-step path out of the chaos.
Map the mess
I sit with your actual files and tools and trace how work really flows — not how the org chart says it does.
Stabilize
Stop the bleeding first: backups, validation, and guardrails so nothing gets worse while we work.
Systemize
Rebuild the parts no one dares change into documented, tested systems — in small, reversible steps you can follow.
Hand off
You own it. Clear docs, sane defaults, and a maintenance plan so it doesn't rot back into a risk.
I'm not right for every job.
And I'll say so early. Here's the work I'm built for, and the work I'd recommend somewhere better.
- Small or mid-sized team with a specific problem to solve
- Important work stuck in spreadsheets, manual steps, or disconnected tools
- A working prototype that needs a real backend or maintainable structure
- Teams that want practical improvement — not a giant platform migration
- Enterprise transformation programs
- Full-time staff augmentation
- OQ program consulting
- Confidential, proprietary, or competitive systems or data
- “Build me an app” from a vague idea with no real process behind it
No jargon walls. You'll always know what I'm doing and why.
Small steps, full backups, nothing you can't undo.
Everything documented and owned by you — no lock-in.
I'm the person you call before that spreadsheet takes the whole operation down with it.
For over two decades I've worked inside small and mid-sized teams — the ones running on heroic spreadsheets, half-finished automations, and tools that don't talk to each other. I make those systems boring, in the best way: predictable, documented, and quietly reliable.
I'm hands-on and pragmatic. I won't sell you a platform migration you don't need. I'll fix what keeps breaking, connect what's disconnected, and leave you with something your team can rely on — documented, owned by you, with no lock-in.
More about meField notes from the actual work
Short, practical write-ups from the work — no thought-leadership, just what actually helps.
When a spreadsheet quietly becomes a liability
The workbook that runs your business didn't start dangerous. Here's how to spot the moment it crossed the line — and what to do that isn't a full rewrite.
Read note →The duct-tape tax
Held-together tools feel free because the cost is hidden in everyone's time. A simple way to make that cost visible — and worth fixing.
Read note →Making an AI-built prototype real
AI got you a working demo in a weekend. Turning it into software your team can run for years is a different job — and a worthwhile one.
Read note →Running a process you'd rather an auditor didn't see?
We'll start with a short systems review. I'll tell you, honestly, whether I can help and what it would take.