// DECISIONS & PLANS · PROTOTYPE TO PRODUCTION · WEB DEVELOPMENT · TROUBLESHOOTING

Check it before you build it.

I help founders and small business owners lay out their options, check the numbers behind each one, and put a plan on paper. You make the call, with the work in front of you.

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PATENTS_GRANTED ... 3YEARS_IN_FIELD ... 20FOUNDED ......... 2015STATUS ...... AVAILABLE

VAN ALSTYNE, TX · NORTH TEXAS & REMOTE

01 / SERVICES

Where I can help.

Every engagement starts with the same question: what is actually true here? Then we build the plan on that.

S-01

Decisions & business plans

Helping to identify options, costs, and their dependencies
Flag the assumptions nobody has checked yet
Financial models, pricing, and unit economics
A written business plan you own and choose how to use
Weighing whether a patent is worth the cost, or whether keeping it proprietary protects you better
I built the financial model for a commercial vertical farm and had it independently reviewed before committing a dollar

OUTPUT ... OPTIONS + PLAN TYPICAL .. [TBD] ENDS IN .. YOUR DECISION

S-02

Prototype to production

CAD design and working prototypes
Selecting vendors and contract manufacturers
Contract terms, requirements, and statements of work
Change control once the work starts
Production and facility planning
I took my own product through three granted patents and working prototypes, and rebuilt it in-house when the manufacturer walked off mid-upgrade

OUTPUT ... DESIGN + BUILD PLAN TYPICAL .. ONGOING ENDS IN .. READY FOR THE NEXT STEP

S-03

Websites & web applications

Business and brand websites, designed and built
Web applications with accounts, databases, and admin consoles
Uploads, email, and hosting set up and running
Built with AI-assisted development
I've built draftingspirit.com for an author's brand, the BanterBooks video read-aloud platform, and the hsCodex customer portal

OUTPUT ... LIVE SITE OR APP TYPICAL .. [TBD] ENDS IN .. [TBD]

S-04

Troubleshooting & documentation

Tracing problems across mechanical, software, and process
Testing the obvious explanation before money goes into fixing it
Written findings and recommended fixes
Manuals, test plans, specifications, and SOPs written for the person who has to use them
I traced robotic archive faults everyone else blamed on the software, and wrote more than 350 pages of that system's reference and test manuals

OUTPUT ... FINDINGS + DOCUMENTS TYPICAL .. [TBD] ENDS IN .. A PLAIN ANSWER

02 / METHOD

I don't take the problem at face value.

Early in my career I wrote the control software for a robotic archive system. My changes alone took it from days between failures to decades between failures. When other parts of the machine failed, the report still came back as a bug in my code — so I learned to trace each fault to where it actually lived and hand the responsible engineer something specific to fix.

I've done the same with water chemistry, patent claims, and financial models. I don't take a problem at face value. I take the time to understand the system it sits in, because that is where the solutions turn out to be.

// FIELD NOTEASSUMPTION → MEASUREMENT → PLAN.NEVER PLAN → ASSUMPTION.

03 / PAST WORK

Work I've done.

C-01 · MY VENTURE · PROTOTYPE TO PRODUCTION

Starponic Farms

Automated hydroponic system designed from a blank sheet
Three granted U.S. patents, one pending
Prototype rebuilt in-house after the manufacturer walked off mid-upgrade
14 acres, a production facility plan, and a USDA loan guarantee to bank sign-off

PATENTS ..... 3 GRANTED OUTCOME ..... FINISHED IN-HOUSE

C-02 · CLIENT, NOW PART OWNER · PATENTS · PRICING

Honor Systems / hsCodex

Came to me as a client; I'm now a part stakeholder
Connected the founder with patent attorneys and translated between the engineering and the legal language
Software patent granted in the U.S. and at least four other countries
Built the customer website and portal

PATENT ...... U.S. + 4 MORE OUTCOME ..... AWAITING LAUNCH

C-03 · MY VENTURE · VENDORS · WEB APPLICATION

BanterBooks

Selected and contracted the app development team
Built the website and its server in-house when web design dropped out of the vendor's scope
Live in an invite-only beta

SCOPE GAP ... WEB DESIGN OUTCOME ..... BUILT IN-HOUSE

04 / CONTACT

Tell me what you're trying to decide. I'll tell you what I'd want to check first.

Tell me a little about what you're working on. I'll reply and we'll find a time to talk. No pitch: if I'm not the right fit, I'll say so and point you somewhere better.

// FIRST, A MUTUAL NDA. Every first meeting starts with both of us signing a mutual non-disclosure agreement. It protects you and me equally.