Hands-on help with the systems behind the work
Before the products, there was consulting. I still take a few engagements a year in the areas where I have the most mileage.
AP automation
Invoice capture and approval platforms, kept running and connected.
- Tungsten (Kofax) ReadSoft Process Director, Mobile Approval and AP Essentials
- Approval-mailbox setup with Microsoft 365, IMAP and OAuth2
- SSO with SAML and Azure AD, and SAP connectivity troubleshooting
- Duplicate-payment audits with PaidTwice
Manufacturing quality systems
SPC platforms across many plants, and the data they pile up.
- InfinityQS ProFicient installation, silent deployment and upgrades
- SQL Server and ODBC performance across multi-plant estates
- Archiving and consolidating plant databases
- Exports to Parquet and reporting in Power BI
Industrial connectivity
Getting plant data out of PLCs reliably, even on air-gapped networks.
- OPC server deployment and tunnelling
- Node-locked licence migrations between Windows Server versions
- PLC-to-OPC UA connectivity, and early access to Gateway
- Windows service hardening and event logging
Custom SaaS builds
From idea to a paid product, the way the Kriosity products were built.
- React and Next.js front ends with real attention to design
- Supabase and Postgres back ends with row-level security
- Razorpay billing, transactional email and multi-tenant isolation
- Launch work: SEO, analytics and search console
How an engagement runs
- Step 1
A short call
Tell me what's breaking and what it's costing. No charge for this part.
- Step 2
A written scope
A fixed scope and price, or a daily rate when the problem isn't clear yet.
- Step 3
The work
Done remotely, with regular updates and access only to what's needed.
- Step 4
Handover
Documentation and a walkthrough, so your team can own it afterwards.
Describe the problem. I'll tell you if I can help.
Most first conversations take twenty minutes and end with a clear next step, even if that step isn't me.