CIO & Technology Operator

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CIO & Technology Operator
Available for select work — 2026

PAULSAPIO®

I make the build-vs-buy call — then I ship the build myself.

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Thesis

Strategy&Execution

Mostoperatorsstopatthedecision.Iowntheoutcomeendtoend—sizingtheproblem,killingthebloatedSaaScontract,thenwritingthecodethatreplacesit.Executivejudgmentwithanengineer'shands.

$0K+Eliminated SaaS & staffing cost
0+Products & platforms shipped
0K+Production responses processed
0+Years operating & building
Build vs. BuyCost EliminationFractional CTOFull-StackCybersecurityAI IntegrationZero-Downtime MigrationsMulti-Tenant SaaSProduct StrategyShip ItBuild vs. BuyCost EliminationFractional CTOFull-StackCybersecurityAI IntegrationZero-Downtime MigrationsMulti-Tenant SaaSProduct StrategyShip ItBuild vs. BuyCost EliminationFractional CTOFull-StackCybersecurityAI IntegrationZero-Downtime MigrationsMulti-Tenant SaaSProduct StrategyShip ItBuild vs. BuyCost EliminationFractional CTOFull-StackCybersecurityAI IntegrationZero-Downtime MigrationsMulti-Tenant SaaSProduct StrategyShip It

(02) — Selected Work

Decisions made tangible.

Read the case studies →
012026
NCLEX AI

NCLEX AI

Product · Mobile

AI-native NCLEX prep, rebuilt from a web app into native iOS & Android. Adaptive question engine grounded in the official NCSBN test plan, with subscription billing baked in.

ExpoSupabaseRevenueCatClaude
022026
Chonky.TXT

Chonky.TXT

Product · Desktop

A Sublime-fast smart-notes app with an AI companion built into the margin. Local-first Markdown for free; a managed hosted tier for sync and AI. macOS today, iOS next.

TauriReactCodeMirrorSupabase
032026
ChatDrive

ChatDrive

Product · SaaS

An embeddable live-chat widget SaaS migrated off a no-code platform with zero customer re-installs and no billing interruption — the kind of move where a single dropped event costs revenue.

Next.jsVercelSupabaseResend
042026
Grapevine Group

Grapevine Group

Grapevine · Brand & Site

The flagship site for Grapevine — an operations and technology consultancy for complex institutions. Editorial, anti-hype art direction with cinematic smooth-scroll and motion, designed and built end to end.

Next.js 16LenisGSAPFramer Motion
052026
Desert Endoscopy Center

Desert Endoscopy Center

Client · Healthcare

A ground-up rebuild of an Arizona GI & endoscopy practice's site — every page re-created, faster and mobile-first, with full SEO and structured data. Static, secure, and hosted end to end.

Next.js 16Tailwind v4StaticVercel
062026
Canyon State Institute

Canyon State Institute

Client · Education

A veteran-owned career school, built end to end — animated outcome stats, a guided enrollment pathway, and a dedicated high-school diploma track, wrapped in desert-canyon art direction where every image was generated, not stocked.

Next.js 16Tailwind v4Framer MotionVercel
072026
Avery — Financial Aid
Private build

Avery — Financial Aid

Client · Fintech SaaS

A $50K SaaS whose AI counselor produces 2026–27 federal aid estimates from a deterministic engine — no LLM doing the math, no SSN ever collected. Compliance-first by construction.

Next.js 16SupabaseResendDeterministic engine
082026
Olezka Global

Olezka Global

Client · Security Ops

Internal IT asset-management for a managed security provider, plus a cinematic pitch experience built to close an enterprise bank. Where the cybersecurity background shows up directly.

Next.jsPWABarcode / QRCanvas
092026
Henderson Women's Care

Henderson Women's Care

Client · Healthcare

A one-to-one rebuild of a Henderson OB/GYN and aesthetics practice's WordPress site on a modern stack — 100+ pages carried over with every URL, title, and redirect intact, so years of search ranking moved with it. Faster, mobile-first, and hosted end to end.

Next.js 16Tailwind v4ResendVercel
102026
Mikhail Education

Mikhail Education

Education · 7 live sites

All six career-school websites in the Mikhail Education network — plus its medical clinic — moved off a no-code builder onto one owned platform, each school's inquiry forms on its own backend feeding the admissions CRM.

React + TSSupabaseCloudflareHubSpot

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The rare combination

01

Strategy & Operations

Build-vs-buy calls, vendor consolidation, and fractional CTO leadership. I size the problem against the org's real constraints and make the call that survives a budget review — then I'm accountable for what ships.

Build-vs-buyFractional CTOCost eliminationRoadmapping
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Full-Stack Engineering

Zero to production across web, mobile, and desktop. Next.js, React Native, Supabase/Postgres, and AI woven in where it earns its place. The strategy doc and the pull request come from the same person.

Next.jsReact Native / ExpoSupabase / PostgresClaude / AI
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Security & Infrastructure

A cybersecurity operator's instincts on every build — multi-tenant RLS, least-privilege data design, no-PII architectures, and zero-downtime migrations on billing-critical systems.

Multi-tenant RLSCompliance-awareZero-downtimeMSSP background

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Most leaders who can make the call can't make the thing. I do both.

I operate at the intersection most companies have to hire two people for: the executive who sets technology strategy, and the engineer who ships it. I size a problem against real budget and risk, decide whether to build or buy, and then write the code that delivers it.

That loop has eliminated more than $900K in redundant SaaS and staffing — not on a slide, but by replacing bloated vendor contracts with software I built and now maintain. Every system ships with a security operator’s instincts baked in: least privilege, tenant isolation, and data designs that never collect what they don’t need.

  • RoleCIO · Fractional CTO
  • DisciplineStrategy → Execution
  • EdgeCybersecurity background
  • OutputWeb · Mobile · Desktop