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Production platforms I owned or led — B2B catalogs, CRM/ops backends, lead pipelines, commerce systems, and practical AI tools. Each case study covers architecture, engineering scope, and measured outcomes.

Live in productionFull-stack ownershipBackend + AI proof
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Forzabuilt Platform

Led ForzaBuilt's platform transition — WordPress to Astro/React on Vercel with serverless proxies to a Heroku Express/PostgreSQL API for products, blogs, contact, newsletter, and admin ops. Built lead pipeline with validation, honeypot, rate limiting, Postgres persistence, and Salesforce OAuth sync. Owned layered redirects, 200+ SKU catalog architecture, Vercel Blob media, and SEO recovery to 99% health. 28 qualified inbound submissions in four months.

Full-stack platform · 28 MQLs

AstroExpressPostgreSQLSalesforceVercel
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Nexrena Platform

Built and operate the full-stack platform behind Nexrena — Next.js UI, Express APIs, PostgreSQL/Prisma for CRM, project management, invoicing, multi-site form submission, AI chat intake, sales assistant, and ops copilot. Single owned system replacing multiple SaaS tools with grounded AI, guardrails, and production analytics.

CRM · AI · multi-site APIs

Next.jsExpressPostgreSQLGeminiOpenAI
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Furniture Packages USA

Led buyer-type procurement UX and SEO program for Florida furnishings — structured quote paths, redirect-safe migration, and analytics on high-intent actions. Integrated site into Nexrena multi-site form API, chat intake, client portal, and migrated legacy Heroku Postgres leads into unified CRM. Organic traffic up 210%; quote requests nearly doubled.

+210% organic · CRM integration

AstroPostgreSQLForms APIB2B
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VITO Fryfilter

Sole US technical hire for VITO Fryfilter — owned shop.vitofryfilter.com on Shopify with custom Liquid, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript. Shipped product calculator and quiz flows, smart cart validation, SEO product pages, and automated testimonial pipeline (reviews 8→40+, still running). Store traffic up 285% YoY with 2.8% conversion.

+285% traffic · automation

ShopifyJavaScriptAutomationSEO
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Rugged Red

Launched Rugged Red as a separate brand experience on Vercel (React SPA) while reusing Forza's PMST Heroku/PostgreSQL product API and Contentful blog/news content. Multi-brand architecture without duplicate product databases or parallel CMS stacks.

Multi-brand · shared API

ReactVercelPostgreSQLContentful
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