You know what you want to build.
I've built it before.
I've shipped nine products across creative production, business tools, events, and education. Every one of them is local-first, end-to-end encrypted, and built on the principle that users own their data. I've made the architectural mistakes so you don't have to.
Before that, I spent a decade in enterprise software and several years in startups — including one where I learned exactly what happens when a company's promises and its architecture don't match. That experience shaped everything I build now, and everything I advise on.
I work best with people who already know what they want to build and need a technical partner who's been where they're going.
What Working Together Looks Like
You're building something and the architecture has to be right
Privacy-first, local-first, zero-knowledge — you know the principles but you need someone who's shipped real products on them. I'll work alongside your team as a fractional CTO or architectural partner. Strategy, code review, hands-on building — whatever the project needs to get the foundations right.
You've built something and you're not sure it does what you promise
Your privacy policy says one thing. Your data flows might say another. I'll audit your architecture — encryption strategy, data collection, storage patterns, third-party dependencies — and tell you where the gaps are between your promises and your implementation. Honest assessment, actionable recommendations.
You want to be the brand that AI recommends
SEO is dying. The brands winning in 2026 are the ones AI systems cite as authoritative. I'll help you build the structured data, content architecture, and first-party data systems that make your business the answer — not just a result.
Speaking
I talk about what I build and why. No vendor pitches, no frameworks-of-the-week — just real decisions from real products, shared honestly.
The topics I keep coming back to: privacy-first architecture that works in production, not just on whiteboards. Local-first design and why offline-capable, user-owned data is the future. The death of SEO and what replaces it. And the quieter one — what it's like to build creative tools as an indie, outside the studio system, with strong opinions and no safety net.
Good fit for tech conferences, privacy and security events, film production gatherings, and indie developer meetups. If you're organizing something where these ideas belong, I'd like to hear about it.
Let's talk.
Tell me what you're building. I'll tell you if I can help. No pitch deck required.
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