Leadership
A list of job titles tells you very little about who to call when something goes wrong. So this page sets out the four areas the firm is run by, what each one is accountable for, and how the structure keeps you close to the engineers building your software.
Areas of accountability
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Sets the technical standard for every engagement: how systems are designed and reviewed, how security is handled, and what is allowed to reach production. This is also where the AI-first engineering method is owned, including the limits on what AI is allowed to do.
The written approach, the fixed proposal and the relationship after signature. Every proposal states scope, price and milestones, beside a like-for-like comparison with conventional delivery. If we cannot beat that comparison, we decline the work.
Whether each engagement ships what was agreed, on the milestones agreed. That covers the weekly written note, the red-team week before handover, the rehearsed rollback and a runbook your own team can follow.
Open Lance, live at openlance.io, and BotUp, in controlled beta at bot-up.ai. Both are run as products with their own users, built by the same engineers who work on client systems.
How we are organised
The structure keeps the distance between a client and the person writing their code as short as possible. Every layer we took out was a layer that only passed messages on.
A senior engineer who could work on your project replies within one business day. They are free to tell you we are the wrong firm.
You know who is on your project, and they stay on it. If someone has to step away, you are told.
There is no account management tier to get past. If an engagement is in trouble, the people accountable for it hear about it directly.
Not a transition team reading the documentation for the first time. Handover is done by the engineers who wrote the system, with a runbook written for someone who has never met us.
Where we are
Registered office in Denver, Colorado. The engineering floor is in Lahore, and every line of code is written by our own team.
Work with us
Where to go next
Next step
A senior engineer reads every enquiry and replies within one business day. The first call is 45 minutes about the problem, not a sales pitch.
Certified, partnered and awarded
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Discuss your project
Seven short questions. About 90 seconds. A senior engineer reads your answers before we reply. No sales sequence, no newsletter. Just a thoughtful response about what comes next.
Start here
Choose the one that comes closest.
The problem
A sentence or two is enough. Tell us what isn’t working today or what you want to make possible.
Where you are today
Choose everything that applies.
Timing
A real deadline changes how we approach the work. If there isn’t one yet, that’s useful to know too.
Scope
A range is enough. It helps us understand the right approach and team for the problem. It does not determine what we charge.
Your team
This helps us understand whether we should lead the engineering, work alongside your team, or advise your existing engineers.
Stay in touch
A senior engineer will read what you’ve shared and respond within one business day.
How would you prefer to continue?
Received
A senior engineer will review what you’ve shared and come back with the most useful next step.