Case Studies

Real-world results from strategic technology leadership engagements.

From 18-Month Stall to 25,000 Subscribers in 30 Days
Technology·North American outdoor technology startup

A North American outdoor technology startup had a product stalled for 18 months. As Interim CTO, I restructured the team, rebuilt delivery capability, and shipped — over 100,000 users and tens of thousands of paying subscribers in the first month.

3 monthsTime to First Release
120,000Users in First 30 Days
25,000Paying Subscribers
5 minutesDeployment Time
Developer Self-Service in a Regulated Environment
Financial Services·Global financial services company

A global financial services company needed to accelerate developer velocity without compromising regulatory controls. Environment deployment went from 30 days to 2 minutes — with full SOC1/SOC2 compliance maintained.

2 minutesEnvironment Deployment
20 minutesRegulatory Approval
$20M+Daily Transaction Volume
1.5BServerless Invocations
Competitive Platform Selection Through Hands-On Proof
Hospitality·Global hospitality company

Evaluated 4 competing Kubernetes platforms by building and testing each in parallel — not relying on vendor demos — to select the foundation for a global hospitality company's modernization strategy.

4Platforms Evaluated
1TBDaily Log Volume
MicroservicesArchitecture
EnabledQA in Production
100% Uptime During Healthcare Reporting Season
Healthcare·US healthcare technology company

A US healthcare technology company needed 100% uptime during its most critical annual reporting season — after four consecutive years of failures. I stabilized operations and re-architected the platform in under four weeks.

100%Reporting Season Uptime
30%AWS Spend Reduction
2 hoursSOC2 Evidence Gathering
2 hoursDeployment Time
Atomic Edge Strategy: Hundreds of Edge Locations Modernized in Under Six Months
Fortune 500 Enterprise·Fortune 500 Enterprise

A Fortune 500 Enterprise needed hundreds of edge locations governable from a single control plane. We delivered self-healing, GitOps-managed Kubernetes clusters in under six months. Deployments that took months became a Git commit.

HundredsLocations Standardized
Under 6 monthsRollout Timeline
MinutesDeployment Speed
Fully PatchedSecurity Posture
Zero Revenue Lost During a Major Ransomware Attack
Enterprise·Fortune 500 company

A Fortune 500 company was hit by a major ransomware attack. As Incident Commander, I led containment in hours — not days — while hundreds of locations kept running. Zero revenue lost. $0 ransom paid. Tens of thousands of identities rebuilt with enforced MFA.

ZeroRevenue Impact
$0Ransom Paid
HoursContainment
Tens of thousandsIdentities Re-enrolled
Escaping the Licensing Trap: A 9-Month Migration from PCF to AKS
Enterprise·Fortune 500 Enterprise

A Fortune 500 Enterprise was nine months from absorbing an 8-figure annual cost increase. The engagement that followed produced $20M+ in savings over two years, completed in nine months with zero downtime during peak holiday operations.

$20M+Savings Over Two Years
9 monthsMigration Timeline
ZeroPeak Season Downtime
20 minutesPer-App Migration Time