Principal Engineer / Fractional CTO

I design, build, deploy, and operate production software systems for founder-led businesses and technical teams.

My work combines software architecture, infrastructure design, DevOps execution, automation workflows, payment integrations, Discord and hosting systems, and technical leadership. I specialize in turning unclear business requirements into working systems with defined architecture, deployment paths, security boundaries, and operational workflows.

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13Docker services in XCEED delivery

23Public GitHub repositories

15 yearsIT and repair operations background

4+ yearsSoftware systems delivery

CTO Value Proposition

Senior technical ownership from architecture to operations

Translate business requirements into technical architecture and phased delivery plans.
Select infrastructure and deployment models based on scale, maintainability, and operational risk.
Define service boundaries, data flow, access control, and integration patterns.
Build full-stack systems with billing, automation, monitoring, and operational tooling.
Drive hardening, documentation, and handoff paths for ongoing support.

What I Own

Execution scope I take responsibility for

Turning business requirements into technical architecture and delivery plans.
Selecting infrastructure and deployment models with clear tradeoff decisions.
Designing service boundaries, data flow, and access control patterns.
Building full-stack systems from backend APIs to operational dashboards.
Integrating billing, customer workflows, Discord operations, and hosting panels.
Hardening Linux and Docker environments for safer production use.
Creating documentation and handoff paths for maintainability after launch.
Reducing manual support load through automation and operational tooling.

Flagship Case Study

XCEED infrastructure build on UpCloud

CTO-level case study covering business problem framing, architecture decisions, deployment execution, service orchestration, security boundaries, and operational readiness.

Hosting infrastructure, billing automation, cloud deployment

Production client build

Built a unified environment connecting Nginx Proxy Manager, Cloudflare routing, billing workflows, game-hosting integrations, Discord automation, and internal data/cache layers.

Docker Compose Nginx Proxy Manager Cloudflare DNS Paymenter MariaDB Redis

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Leadership and Architecture Skills

What this profile is built to demonstrate

Architecture and Planning

System designService boundariesData flowTechnical roadmaps

Infrastructure and Operations

Cloud deploymentContainer orchestrationReverse proxy and SSLMonitoring

Automation and Integrations

Discord workflowsPayment integrationsWebhook pipelinesOperational automation

Production Systems Built

Primary systems and delivery focus

XCEED / UpCloud stack

Production build

Cloud and hosting system integrating billing, routing, automation, and operations into one environment.

420 and Games Discord systems

Live personal tool

Community automation and operational bot workflows with deployment and support patterns.

Diagnostic and monitoring tooling

Public demo repos

Rule-based diagnostics and infrastructure monitoring workflows for practical support operations.

OpsCommand control plane

Operational governance build

CTO operations layer for service health, incidents, deployment ledger, backup verification, security controls, and workflow observability.

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WorkVault

Shipped product

Local-first contractor platform — contracts, time tracking, invoices, and 36 industry workspaces. Tauri desktop + PWA with optional cloud sync.

Live app GitHub

DeviceMesh

Distributed compute

P2P distributed compute mesh — pair devices with room codes, WebRTC job routing, Tauri desktop and Capacitor mobile agents.

GitHub

Personal Projects and Technical Lab

Full portfolio archive retained as supporting evidence

Experimental builds, prototypes, internal tools, security labs, automation systems, and software concepts used to explore architecture and implementation patterns.

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Evidence Pack

Verification artifacts and operational proof links

This section groups technical proof artifacts so the profile reads like an audit trail, not a claim list.

Architecture Diagram

Case artifact

Infrastructure and governance-layer architecture map for base stack and OpsCommand overlay.

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OpsCommand Dashboard

Operational view

Service health, incident workflow, deployment ledger, backup checks, and security posture views.

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Deployment and Incident Trails

Governance proof

Structured records for changes, rollback readiness, severity handling, and postmortem capture.

Deployment ledger Incident panel

Contact

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