28+
Years delivering software
Software + AI
Core focus
Hands-on consulting
Work style
Remote + confidential
Engagements
What I help with
Choose the kind of help you need
You can bring me in to solve a specific problem, steady an important initiative, or add senior technical support where your team needs it most.
Modernization
Modernize core systems
Simplify architecture, lower delivery risk, and plan the next stage of change with confidence.
Release Improvement
Improve releases and delivery flow
Help your team ship more often, recover faster, and feel more confident in every release.
AI Work
Turn AI ideas into useful work
Scope the right use case, build the rollout plan, and add the controls that make the work usable in real life.
Leadership
Add senior technical leadership
Bring in experienced technical direction for high-stakes decisions, delivery pressure, and team alignment.
Selected work
Examples of client work and results
See how teams improved releases, modernized systems, and added stronger controls to AI work.
Legacy Modernization Under NDA Constraints
Guided a phased modernization effort for a legacy platform while the business kept moving and sensitive work stayed protected.
- 42% reduction in high-severity incident volume
- 33% faster feature delivery in migrated domains
ML Observability Rollout for Workflow Automation
Helped an enterprise team add clearer monitoring, stronger controls, and better cost visibility to AI-powered workflow automation.
- 29% improvement in task completion quality
- 34% reduction in inference spend per completed workflow
CI/CD Acceleration for a Regulated Product Team
Helped a regulated SaaS team release more reliably and more often while keeping compliance work in place.
- 47% faster lead time from commit to production
- 61% reduction in deployment failure rate
Client feedback
What clients say
Clients bring me in when the work matters, the timeline matters, and the next step needs to be clear.
“Shawn brought structure to a difficult modernization effort and gave our team a plan we could use right away.”
Architecture modernization engagement
Outcome: The team reduced release risk while keeping product work moving.
“We went from inconsistent deploys to reliable weekly releases in under two months.”
DevOps and CI/CD improvement
Outcome: The team shipped more often with stronger release confidence.
“The AI plan was practical, measurable, and ready for real business use from the start.”
AI delivery and implementation
Outcome: The team launched production workflows with clear quality and cost controls.
Articles
Useful reading on software delivery and AI
Short articles to help you make clearer technical, delivery, and AI decisions.
CI/CD Without Drama
How to make releases faster and more reliable with clearer checks, better visibility, and stronger rollback habits.
Read articleShipping AI Safely in Production
How to move AI from a test project to day-to-day business use with clearer quality, cost, and governance checks.
Read articleNext step
Tell me what you need to solve.
If you have a delivery problem, a modernization decision, or an AI project that needs direction, send the details and I will tell you the best next step.