1Create
The panel factory
Families waited two weeks for a quote on a new home. Now they pick a floor plan online and see a real price and a delivery month.
The sales team spends its days with families on their land.
An illustration, not a client
Fieldbook 01 · Midcoast Maine
Your wishlist, built.
Software and AI for the projects you thought were out of reach.
I’m Evan. I provide deep engineering and leadership experience to help businesses in Maine and beyond.
A hand-painted map of a Midcoast Maine town about ten years from now. A working harbor with lobster boats and a boat yard, a Main Street, new homes going up, farms inland and islands offshore. Small flags mark places you can open.
Field notes
2Create
The machine shop
Quoting a part meant a week of emails back and forth. Now a customer uploads a drawing and has a price and lead time the same afternoon.
The machinists stay at their machines.
An illustration, not a client
3Create
The solar installer
A solar proposal took a site visit, a ladder and a week of spreadsheets. Now a homeowner gets one in a day, from a satellite photo and their electric bill.
The ladder only comes out on install day.
An illustration, not a client
4Automate
The boat yard
Forty winter refits lived on a whiteboard, and the office phone rang all day with owners asking how theirs was coming. Now every job is on one shared board, and owners get photo updates without calling.
The crew spends the afternoon on the boats.
An illustration, not a client
5Automate
The farmer
Orders came in by text, by email, through the CSA spreadsheet and on notes left at the farm stand, and Sunday night went to sorting them out. Now they land in one list, and Saturday’s pick sheet and the restaurant invoices fill themselves out before sunrise.
Mornings go to the fields.
An illustration, not a client
6Automate
The deconstruction crew
Most of what came off an old house never got listed, so good doors and beams sat in the yard for years. Now each piece is photographed as it comes off, and the listing is written before the truck is back.
The crew’s day goes to careful work, not paperwork, and a good door finds a new home.
An illustration, not a client
7Accelerate
The town office
The current rule was buried in years of amended PDFs. Now staff ask in plain words and get the answer, section cited, in seconds instead of an afternoon, on a system the town owns.
The person at the counter gets the resident’s full attention.
An illustration, not a client
8Accelerate
The restaurant
Every service got interrupted by the same questions: is the chowder gluten-free, what’s in tonight’s special, did we order enough greens? Now an assistant that knows the restaurant’s own recipes and invoices answers the staff and drafts the weekly produce order, and the chef signs off.
The chef stays on the line, not on the phone.
An illustration, not a client
9Accelerate
The childcare center
Tour requests piled up while the director was with the kids, and the waitlist went cold. Now an assistant answers inquiries, books tours and works the waitlist, and she approves its drafts at nap time.
She stays in the classroom.
An illustration, not a client
10Accelerate
The oyster farm
A closure notice once went unseen until the crew was already out at the lease. Now an assistant watches for notices, texts the crew before they leave, and drafts the messages to buyers for approval.
No more wasted trips. The morning goes to the lines that are open.
An illustration, not a client
11Around town
Vinal St Labs
That lit window is me: Evan, an engineer who helps businesses like these build their part.
It’s a symbol, not an office. I come to you, or we talk on a call.
12Around town
Pin a note on the board
Every town has one. What’s the process that eats your week, or something you’d like to see built here?
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Your note
01 · What I do
Three kinds of work I can ship today.
Each one starts small, solves one real problem, and leaves you with something you own.
Create
Make your ideas real.
Hero features and entirely new experiences, built quickly within your budget.
Case study · A product configurator for a Shopify store
Automate
Streamline the processes eating your day.
Paperwork that fills itself out, disparate data aggregated, and answers in an hour instead of a week.
Concept · A salvage inventory for a deconstruction crew
Accelerate
Move from wary to ready.
AI solutions that work for you, on your terms.
Concept · A knowledge assistant for a town office
Concept · A worked-out idea, not a finished client project.
02 · How I work
Solutions, tailored to you.
- Face-to-face. You talk directly to the person delivering the work.
- Lead with empathy. We build a shared understanding up front: where you are, what you truly need, and what’s next.
- Built for the long haul. Designed with maintenance, security and reliability up front, so that the work is truly an asset, not a liability.
- Only what you need, not what you don’t. Custom work only where off-the-shelf solutions fall short; integrations that strengthen existing systems instead of competing with them.
The shape of a project
- 3–12 weeks
A fixed-price pilot
One real problem, solved and in use by the people it’s for.
- Monthly
A small running cost
Hosting and services, stated before you commit.
- Only if it’s ongoing
A maintenance retainer
For things that need looking after, like an agent.
I don’t publish prices, because every pilot is different. You get a fixed price in writing before any work starts. It all begins with a free 30-minute conversation.
03 · Work
First case study: launching this fall.
Create
A custom product configurator for a Shopify store, going live in October 2026. The full story goes here once the client has signed off.
More than 20 years in engineering · led engineering teams at Stripe and Shutterstock · ThoughtWorks · Partners In HealthEverything on the map is an illustration. Real client work lives here, and only here.
04 · About
I’m Evan. I take on a few projects at a time.
05 · Contact
Let’s build the future together.
Start with the part that’s in the way. I read every note myself and reply shortly.