Consulting
Product definition, technical discovery, software architecture reviews, feasibility, modernization plans, and calm guidance when a system is stuck.
Founder · Software systems architect · Builder
Systems are the product.
I help teams turn consequential ideas into clear, scalable software—from first whiteboard to production.
Practice20+ years building
RangeStrategy to deployment
FocusSaaS, AI & automation
ModelSenior, hands-on partner
What I do
One partner across the hard parts.
I work where product decisions and technical decisions meet. That means less handoff loss, stronger systems, and a clearer path from opportunity to reliable software.
Product design
Workflows, information architecture, prototypes, and interfaces shaped around the people who actually have to use them.
Software systems
Secure, observable software architectures for SaaS products, integrations, data flows, AI capabilities, and demanding operational environments.
Engineering
Hands-on full-stack development, APIs, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, AI automation, and the practical work required to ship.
Featured work · SeriousPixel & SeriousPlay GamesBuilt to be used.
Built to be used.
Made to be played.
I build software, platforms, and games through SeriousPixel. My work connects product thinking, design, and hands-on development.
Through SeriousPlay Games, a division of SeriousPixel, LLC, I create games where curiosity, experimentation, and useful skills grow through play. Open For Business and Kludgeworks are available now.
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Concept artReleased · Free to play
SeriousPlay Games
Open For Business
Creator · Game design & development
Run the business and learn from every decision. Set prices, buy inventory, hire a crew, and follow cash flow across 22 different businesses, with lessons unlocked by the choices you make.
Concept artReleased · Free to play
SeriousPlay Games
Kludgeworks
Creator · Game design & development
Finish half-built contraptions with gears, pulleys, ramps, and counterweights. Build a solution, pull the lever, and let real physics reveal what works—with a notebook that explains the ideas you discover.
Early access
SeriousPixel
Tasked With
Founder · Software architect · Designer · Primary developer
A calm, flexible home base for homeschool lessons, family routines, and the lovely unpredictability in between—with intelligent curriculum import, adaptive scheduling, and connected records.
Coming soon
SeriousPixel
Daily Dollar Budget
Founder · Software architect · Designer · Primary developer
A zero-based budgeting and cash-flow forecasting platform that shows the running balance for any future day, supports what-if decisions, and keeps bank credentials out of the product.
Experimental
SeriousPixel
Nucleus IQ
Founder · Software architect · Designer · Primary developer
An experimental, local-first personal intelligence you teach and shape—with inspectable memory, permissioned skills, governed research, and owner-controlled growth.
Coming soon
SeriousPixel
Simply Made Meals
Founder · Software architect · Designer · Primary developer
An ingredient-first meal planning platform that turns what is already in the kitchen into balanced meals with calculated nutrition, adjustable portions, clear directions, and a smart shopping list.
Website design
SeriousPixel
BrickViews.tv
Co-creator · Website design
A website designed to give a brick-review channel and its thirteen themed diorama worlds a distinct home, making the sets, stories, and growing collection easy to explore.
Live production
SeriousPixel
Live Shift Pro
Founder · Software architect · Designer · Primary developer
A professional virtual lighting and video-wall console for programming digital gobos, lasers, video, scenes, cues, live busking, and complete shows synchronized to audio.
In development
SeriousPixel
Curiosity Tree
Founder · Software architect · Designer · Primary developer
A planned adaptive learning platform that connects K–12 lessons, electives, higher study, and Biblical Studies through learning paths that help strengthen missing foundations and move students forward.
The way I work
Principal judgment. Founder’s ownership. Builder’s hands.
The strongest software architecture comes from staying close to the product, the people, and the code.
I’ve spent my career designing and delivering software across logistics, insurance, travel, financial services, and new product ventures. I’m comfortable setting the direction, building the first durable version, strengthening an existing platform, or helping a team find its footing.
PythonDjangoFastAPITypeScriptReactVueNode.jsAWSDockerPostgreSQLGenerative AIMCP
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Jeff is someone that I could always rely on to get things done in a quick and well designed manner.Jacob Boomgaarden · Engineering Manager, BriteCore
Field notes
Thinking in public.
Notes from hands-on experiments with engineering systems, AI workflows, and the changing shape of product development.
Creative practice
Books, songs, stories & useful ideas.
I’m an entrepreneur and creative problem solver beyond software, too. These are quieter parts of the portfolio, but they come from the same instinct: make a complex idea clear, memorable, and useful.
Have a serious software problem?
Bring me the messy version. We’ll find the system inside it.
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