Anonymised project summaries from infrastructure migrations, custom software builds, production launches, and automation engagements.
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Events business — custom operations CRM
Growing events company, 25 staff
A fast-growing events company was losing enquiries between intake and delivery. Staff maintained shadow spreadsheets because their off-the-shelf CRM didn't match how they sold packages, scheduled crews, or billed clients.
Lead capture: Single pipeline — no more shadow spreadsheets
Admin time: Estimated 8–12 hrs/week saved on status chasing
Adoption: Team live on day one — built around their process
Service business — custom CRM from enquiry to invoice
Multi-site service operator, 40 staff
A service-based business had outgrown HubSpot and spreadsheets. Technicians, schedulers, and finance each used different tools — jobs fell through the cracks and invoicing ran weeks late.
Handoffs: Enquiry to invoice in one system
Re-keying: Eliminated duplicate data entry into finance
VMware to Azure Local — hybrid infrastructure modernisation
Professional services firm, 60 staff
A firm facing VMware renewal pressure needed to modernise without a six-figure consultancy quote. On-prem workloads, remote access requirements, and strict uptime expectations during migration.
Citrix to Azure Virtual Desktop — remote workforce rebuild
Multi-office business, 80 staff
Remote staff struggled with Citrix performance and VPN instability. Citrix renewal quote forced a decision — migrate to AVD or pay premium prices for another three years of pain.
AI-built prototype to production — launch in three weeks
SaaS founder, pre-revenue
A founder had a working prototype built in Cursor — demo-ready but nowhere near production. Exposed API keys in repo, no CI/CD, Supabase RLS untested, and a launch date already promised to early customers.
Time to live: Production in 3 weeks from audit start
Security: Critical RLS and auth issues closed pre-launch
Cloud cost optimisation — 35% reduction without downtime
E-commerce operations, 30 staff
Azure bill had doubled in 12 months with no clear owner. Over-provisioned VMs, orphaned resources, and no tagging strategy — leadership wanted savings without risking production stability.
Workflow automation — 15 hours/week back for ops team
Agency, 18 staff
An agency ops team spent half their week on manual data entry — copying client briefs between Slack, Google Sheets, project tools, and Xero. Zapier workflows broke silently every few weeks.
Time saved: ~15 hours/week across ops team
Reliability: Documented workflows with error handling
Reporting: Friday report automated — 4 hrs → 20 min
A growing logistics operator needed new datacentre and network infrastructure — core switching, firewall architecture, server room design, and hybrid cloud connectivity. No internal network engineering capacity.
Uptime: Redundant core — no single switch failure point
Security: Segmented zones with logged firewall policy
Hybrid: Azure workloads connected with documented path