What I actually do
I don’t sell a subscription. Each engagement is quoted at a fixed price, delivered, and maintained afterwards if you want it. These are the shapes the work usually takes.
- 01
A system built for how you work
The main engagement. A working system for a part of the business that currently runs on spreadsheets, paper or one person’s memory.
- Written scope and a fixed price before anything starts
- First usable version in weeks, not quarters
- Built around your process rather than forcing a new one
- You own the code and the data
- 02
AI added to what you already run
You don’t have to replace a working system to get the benefit. AI can sit on top of the data you already have.
- An assistant that answers questions about your own numbers
- Drafting: marketing, quotes, follow-ups, summaries
- Pulling structured data out of PDFs, orders and emails
- Costed and capped, so the bill cannot surprise you
- 03
Making your systems talk to each other
Most wasted hours are re-typing. Point of sale, accounting, suppliers and labs can exchange data directly.
- Orders that arrive without an email thread
- Invoices that stop being entered twice
- Supplier and lab connections
- One-time data migration and clean-up
- 04
Figuring out what is worth building
A short paid engagement when you are not sure yet. Sometimes the honest answer is that software is not the problem. You will get that answer too.
- A few days looking at how the work actually flows
- A written recommendation with rough costs
- What to build, what to buy, what to leave alone
- Yours to keep, whether or not you hire me to build it
- 05
Keeping it running afterwards
Software that people use every day needs small changes forever. Monthly support covers them without a new quote each time.
- Fixes, small changes and questions answered
- You talk to the person who wrote the code
- Month to month, no long-term contract
- Cancel whenever it stops being worth it
How we work
We start with a free 30-minute call. If it makes sense, I send a written proposal: what is included, what is not, the price and the delivery date.
A 50% deposit starts the project and the balance is due on delivery. You see a usable version well before the end, and we adjust it while your team uses it.
After that, optional monthly support covers fixes and small changes. No long-term contract. You stop whenever you want.
No rate card and no minimum engagement: each project is priced on the work to be done, and the price in the proposal is the price you pay.
Common questions
- How much does a project cost?
- Every engagement is quoted at a fixed price after a free 30-minute call. You get a written proposal with the price, the delivery date and exactly what is in and out of scope before work starts. There is no subscription. This is not rented software.
- How long until I have something usable?
- A first usable version in weeks rather than quarters. It gets adjusted while your team is already using it.
- How does payment work?
- A 50% deposit starts the project and the balance is due on delivery. Monthly support afterwards is billed separately, with no long-term contract.
- Do I own the code?
- Yes. You own the code and the data. You are not renting your own system.
- Do you work outside the optical industry?
- Yes. Optical is the industry I know best (multi-location retail, distribution and labs), but the same structures serve dental and veterinary groups, clinic networks and wholesale distribution.
- Do you work with clients in the United States?
- Yes. I work remotely with clients across Canada and the United States, in English and French.
No commitment. We look at your situation, that’s it.