More to Say

Strategic Software Development & Technical Leadership for Growing Startups

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About Our Founder

As the founder of More to Say, I bring over two decades of software development experience to help startups build scalable, robust solutions. From my early days at Fortune 500 tech companies to leading teams at major e-commerce platforms, cloud providers, and fintech companies, I've consistently delivered software that scales from startup to enterprise.

I specialize in being the technical leader your startup needs – someone who can architect solutions, mentor your team, and write code alongside you. Whether you're building your first MVP or scaling to millions of users, I provide the expertise and guidance to get you there.

My approach combines deep technical knowledge with practical business sense, ensuring your technology decisions support your growth goals.

20+ Years Experience
50+ Projects Delivered
100+ Teams Mentored
10+ Industries Served

Services

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Technical Leadership & Architecture

Strategic technical direction, system architecture design, and technology roadmap planning to ensure your startup builds on solid foundations.

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Full-Stack Development

End-to-end development using modern technologies. From React frontends to Node.js backends, I build complete solutions that scale.

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Cloud Infrastructure & Scalability

AWS-based cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and scalable infrastructure that grows with your business needs.

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Team Building & Mentoring

Technical mentoring, code reviews, and best practices implementation to level up your development team.

Featured Projects

Cloud Infrastructure Platform

Enterprise Server Management Portal

Led the technical development of a customer portal for managing cloud-based dynamic server deployments. Modernized the codebase with functional programming patterns and integrated modern authentication systems.

React Redux Jest Cypress OAuth

E-commerce Platform

Scalable Commerce Solutions

Built multiple web applications including activity tracking, messaging, and user profile systems. Created analytics and marketing APIs supporting a major e-commerce platform with serverless architecture.

React Node.js AWS Lambda DynamoDB Elasticsearch

Cloud SDK Development

Developer Tools & Infrastructure

Enhanced Python SDK tools for cloud services. Implemented optimization tools for reducing deployment sizes and built comprehensive testing infrastructure for next-generation endpoints.

Python CLI Tools SDK Development PyPi Cloud Storage

Fintech Solutions

Bond Origination Platform

Developed React SPA for financial services company to manage bond origination in backend operations for major US banks. Mentored developers and built supporting backend services.

React Next.js TypeScript PostgreSQL AWS

Work in Practice

These are live, production systems built to demonstrate the engineering depth we bring to client projects. The focus here isn't the features — it's the architecture, the infrastructure decisions, and the patterns that transfer directly to your work.

Financial Analytics

CryptoQuantLabs

cryptoquantlabs.com

What We Built

A production financial data platform running on Kubernetes — handling real-time market data, technical analysis signal detection, user authentication, and rules-based email alerting. The system uses a GraphQL API with multi-tier caching, background scheduled jobs for signal processing, and a full AWS cloud stack deployed across multiple availability zones with auto-scaling.

The goal was to build something that behaves like enterprise software from day one: reproducible infrastructure, layered security, and an architecture that separates concerns cleanly enough to extend without friction.

Capabilities for Your Project

  • Kubernetes Orchestration Production EKS cluster with horizontal pod autoscaling, multi-AZ distribution, health checks, and rolling deployments — the full container lifecycle managed at scale.
  • GraphQL API Design Layered backend with dual authentication (API key + JWT via Cognito), tiered rate limiting, service abstraction, and resolver patterns that keep business logic separate from data access.
  • Rules-Based Notification Systems Background job processing with state-aware signal detection, cooldown logic, and email delivery via AWS SES — the pattern behind any alert, workflow, or event-driven feature.
  • Infrastructure as Code Fully reproducible AWS environment with OpenTofu (Terraform-compatible) covering VPC, EKS, Cognito, Route53, and ACM — with documented cost optimization from $300/month HA to $100/month lean.
AI Integration

Multi-Provider Translation Platform

translate.moretosay.org

What We Built

A production translation platform integrating four distinct AI providers behind a unified interface — handling text, images, and documents across 44 languages without exposing credentials to clients or browsers. The architecture is built to evolve: providers can be swapped or added without touching application logic.

The system runs on ECS Fargate with ALB path-based routing, runtime secret injection via AWS Secrets Manager, and CI/CD deployed through GitHub Actions OIDC — meaning no long-lived credentials exist anywhere in the pipeline. This is how AI-powered products should be built when security and maintainability matter.

Capabilities for Your Project

  • Multi-Vendor AI Integration Provider abstraction that encapsulates multiple AI models behind a consistent interface — enabling model selection, graceful fallback, and future additions without architectural changes.
  • Secure AI Infrastructure API keys never reach the browser. AWS Secrets Manager injects credentials at container startup; CORS enforcement and strict environment boundaries maintain the security model at every layer.
  • Serverless Container Deployment ECS Fargate with ALB path-based routing, multi-stage Docker builds optimized for production image size, and GitHub Actions OIDC for keyless CI/CD with commit-SHA rollback capability.
  • Monorepo Architecture with Shared Types Shared TypeScript package as a single source of truth — preventing API drift between frontend and backend and enforcing the discipline that keeps large codebases from developing hidden inconsistencies.

Technology Expertise

Frontend Technologies

  • React & Next.js
  • TypeScript & JavaScript
  • Redux & State Management
  • Styled Components & SASS
  • Responsive Design

Backend & APIs

  • Node.js & Express
  • REST & GraphQL APIs
  • Python Development
  • Serverless Architecture
  • Microservices

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS (Lambda, S3, EC2)
  • CloudFormation & Infrastructure as Code
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Docker & Containerization
  • Monitoring & Analytics

Databases

  • PostgreSQL & MySQL
  • DynamoDB & NoSQL
  • Elasticsearch
  • Redis & Caching
  • Database Design

Let's Build Something Great

Ready to scale your startup with proven technical leadership? Let's discuss how I can help accelerate your development and guide your technical strategy.

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hello@moretosay.org
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Pacific Northwest
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