Case Studies

Selected work, in depth.

Six builds — the Checkmate integrations organization, TargetMobi, and one solo, in-the-open build — what the problem was, the decisions that mattered, and what shipped. Client brands are described, not named; happy to walk through specifics on a call.

5 open-source gems · Square + DoorDash + Uber Direct

First-party restaurant ordering, built in the open: one POS, two courier networks, five published gems

A complete first-party ordering platform built solo and public — every gem, the live deployment, and the bugs, all inspectable, unlike the client work below.

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6,700+ locations · 1,400 launched in a single day

Putting a global burger giant on every leading delivery app

NCR Aloha order injection at enterprise scale, international launches, and a ground-up rebuild that carried the integration across a POS generation change.

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5 brands · 4 POS platforms · 3,000+ location record launch

One architecture, five national brands, 6,000+ locations

The enterprise menu-and-launch pipeline behind one of America’s largest restaurant groups — including the largest launch in company history.

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3,000+ locations · weekly go-lives

From launch events to a launch pipeline: one brand, four POS platforms

A global fried-chicken brand across Oracle Simphony, NCR Aloha, Xenial Omni, and Panasonic BPOS — brought live continuously, not in one risky event.

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100+ locations · 2-engineer team

Automated kitchen printing for delivery orders on Clover POS terminals

An on-device Android agent that closed a silent-failure gap on Clover terminals — then was retired cleanly, in one backend change, when Clover shipped its own print API.

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7 years as CTO · US + Uganda

An SMS-based CRM and survey platform for research, NGOs, and healthcare programs

Regional SMS gateway routing, a dedicated healthcare vertical, and support for a 5-year NIH-funded research initiative with UW Madison — owned end-to-end.

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