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.

(01)

Thesis

Strategy&Execution

Mostoperatorsstopatthedecision.Iowntheoutcomeendtoendsizingtheproblem,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
Mikhail Network Dashboard

Mikhail Network Dashboard

Internal · Analytics

A unified 'living' dashboard across four career-school sites — pulling GitHub activity, web-form leads, web traffic, and the full marketing funnel from four separate backends into one view. Every panel badges whether its data is live, and the chart layer stays legible for color-blind readers.

Next.js 16RechartsSupabaseHubSpot API

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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
02

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
03

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

(04)

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