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Technical Cofounder
15+ years of experience helping companies build better tech organizations, launch new products, and grow with confidence.
How I Accelerate Success
Ship Fast, Learn Fast
Focus on delivering the first quantum of value quickly, then iterate based on real user feedback.
- MVP in days, not months
- Data-driven iterations
- Continuous user feedback loops
Supercharge Your Teams
Deliver faster with proven tools and practices that scale across your organization.
- Best-in-class development workflows
- Automated testing and deployment
- Cost-effective scaling solutions
Find Product Market Fit
Transform engineering teams into product teams that own the full lifecycle from idea to customer value.
- Data-driven feature development
- Customer usage insights
- Value-driven prioritization
Companies I've Helped Grow
I've had the privilege of working with innovative companies to help scale their technology and teams.
Protectwise
Acquired by Verizon
"Jake was instrumental in building our cloud-native security platform. His technical leadership helped shape our architecture and team practices."
Food Service Warehouse
"We were deploying c# on vSphere when Jake joined on our first Nodejs backend team. He had been using Docker, we identified Kubernetes as our next step, and Jake hit the ground running. Our node services had the fastest release cycle in the company."
Cloaked
"Jake worked with our team to deploy a system that let us go from releasing every few weeks to releasing multiple times a day."
CyberGRX
Now ProcessUnity
"I watched Jake redo a build and deploy process over the span of 3 days, whip up a presentation, and get every engineer in the org up to speed using it to deploy new services, a moment I'll never forget because our productivity EXPLODED afterwards."
Inception Health
"I also wanted to second (third? Fourth?) Jake's skills here. I don't have anything unique to add as everyone else has already covered it, but this man will help you achieve what you need."
Magic
"Jake worked in the pit with [the operations team] and everyday came in with killer energy. Everyone else told us how to work around problems. Jake built us better tools."
From Zero to Production
Start with the smallest valuable feature set, then evolve based on real user feedback and data.
Development Philosophy
- Focus on core user value first
- Ship early, gather feedback
- Iterate based on usage data
- Scale what works
Technical Foundation
- Production-ready infrastructure
- Automated testing and deployment
- Built-in monitoring and analytics
- Scalable architecture patterns
Development Approach
Quick Starts
From idea to first user value in days
Data-Driven
Every feature backed by usage metrics
Rapid Iteration
Continuous improvement based on feedback
Supercharge Feature Delivery
Stop waiting weeks for features to ship. Eliminate manual tasks. Give your teams the tools and automation they need to go to production with confidence.
Common Pain Points
- Slow, manual deployment processes
- Inconsistent environments causing issues
- Limited visibility into system health
- Security patches falling behind
The Solution
- Automated pipelines for instant feedback
- Infrastructure as code for consistency
- Real-time monitoring and alerts
- Automated security updates
Quick Feedback
- Automated test runs
- Code quality checks
- Security scanning
Continuous Delivery
- One-click deployments
- Automated rollbacks
- Environment promotion
Full Visibility
- Performance metrics
- Error tracking
- User analytics
Impact on Your Team
Faster Deployments
Less Manual Work
24/7 System Monitoring
Confidence in Delivery
Build Product Minded Teams
Transform your engineering teams into data driven teams that understand customer needs and deliver measurable business value.
Common Challenges
- Features built without clear success metrics
- Limited understanding of customer behavior
- Disconnect between technical and business goals
- No feedback loop from production to planning
The Transformation
- Data-driven feature development and iteration
- Real user behavior insights inform decisions
- Clear metrics tied to business outcomes
- Continuous learning from production data
Analytics That Matter
- Feature usage tracking
- User journey mapping
- Performance impact
Experimentation
- A/B testing framework
- Feature flags
- Controlled rollouts
Customer Feedback
- In-app surveys
- Usage analytics
- Support insights
Results in Teams That
Focus on Customer Value
Make Data-Driven Decisions
Innovate Continuously
Ship with Confidence
Modern Cloud-Native Stack
Leveraging industry-leading tools and practices for rapid, reliable delivery
Platform
- AWS cloud infrastructure
- Kubernetes orchestration
- Cloudflare edge networking
- Terraform infrastructure as code
Delivery
- GitOps workflow
- Continuous Integration pipelines
- Automated Continuous Deployment
- Infrastructure automation
Observability
- Product usage analytics
- System Telemetry
- A/B testing
- Error tracking & Crash Reporting
Are We a Good Fit?
I specialize in modern web technologies and cloud infrastructure. Let's make sure we are a good match.
Great Fits
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SaaS Applications
Web applications, APIs, and cloud-native services
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Infrastructure as Code
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern cloud platforms
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Developer Experience
CI/CD pipelines, development workflows, and team productivity
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Software Delivery
Deployment automation, monitoring, and operational excellence
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Technical Leadership
Architecture decisions, team guidance, and technology strategy
Not Great Fits
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Design Work
While I can do a little design work, you dont want me creating your user interfaces.
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Security Penetration Testing
While I implement secure practices, I'm not a dedicated security auditor
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IoT & Firmware Development
I don't work with embedded systems or hardware-level programming
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Complex Algorithms
Deep computer science problems or algorithmic optimization
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Machine Learning
While I can integrate ML services, I don't develop ML models