Founder & Solutions Architect — Modern Software Delivery
I help businesses turn ideas into working software — faster and leaner, delivering the output of a full team on my own with a modern toolset.
Elizabeth, CO · kbennett2000@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/kbennett2000 · github.com/kbennett2000
For 25 years I've helped organizations turn complex problems into software that actually ships — from Fortune 500s and government agencies to fast-moving startups. Today I do it solo, using a modern toolset to deliver in weeks what used to take a full team months. I've architected enterprise systems at IBM and CGI, and co-founded and sold a company that trained 150,000+ professionals worldwide. If you have an idea, a problem, or an aging system holding you back, I take it from "what if" to working — without the overhead, delays, and hand-offs of a traditional build.
25+ years turning ideas into shipped software · 150K+ professionals trained worldwide · Weeks from idea to launched — not months
- Idea → working MVP — Real, working software in weeks — not a slide deck or a six-month quote.
- Full product builds — Customer-facing web and mobile apps, from first sketch to launch.
- Automation & efficiency — Modern tools and automation that cut busywork and put your own data to work for you.
- Fractional tech lead — One accountable senior partner — strategy to launch, no hand-offs.
Under the hood: React · Next.js · Node · Python · AI / LLM tooling · cloud & self-hosted infrastructure · web, mobile & IoT.
Elizabeth, CO · Mar 2026 – Present
- Take businesses from idea to launched product — strategy, build, and delivery handled by one accountable partner instead of a patchwork team.
- Deliver in weeks what agencies quote in months, using a modern toolset to do the heavy lifting — so clients spend less and find out what works sooner.
- Build the things that earn or save money: customer-facing web and mobile apps, internal tools that erase busywork, and automation that works reliably with a company's own data.
- Available for a single build, a quick MVP to test an idea, or an ongoing fractional technical lead role.
Longmont, CO · Feb 2025 – Mar 2026
- Was the trusted technical voice for a global research organization's most ambitious project — the person who made complex technology make sense to everyone else.
- Turned cutting-edge research into clear, hands-on material that developers around the world could actually pick up and use.
Remote · Aug 2023 – Aug 2024
- Built the onboarding, curriculum, and mentor network that brought a worldwide community of builders onto a brand-new platform.
Remote · Feb 2018 – Apr 2023 · Founded · Sold
- Co-founded a company, grew it into the category's go-to name — training and certifying 150,000+ professionals worldwide — and sold it.
- Partnered directly with major organizations, including Deloitte, Air France, and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, to build their internal programs.
Denver, CO · Jun 2016 – Apr 2018
- Led modernization programs for Fortune 500 and government clients — replacing aging systems with ones that run faster, cost less, and are ready to grow.
Denver, CO · May 2013 – May 2016
- Owned the technical direction on large enterprise projects, making sure complex builds delivered on time and held up under real-world demand.
Denver, CO · Sep 2011 – May 2013
- Set technology strategy and roadmaps for complex organizations — and led the teams that turned them into working systems.
- Principal Architect · Qortex — 2011
- Principal Solutions Architect · Aspenware — 2010
- Technical Solutions Manager · Concentrix (ProKarma) — 2009–2010
- Executive Solutions Manager · Qortex — 2007–2009
- Lead Solutions Architect · Nelnet (5280 Solutions) — 2005–2007
- Lead Developer & Custom Solutions Architect · Media Audits International — 2004–2005
- Data Conversion Specialist · Ceyoniq Technology (Treev) — 2000–2004
B.S. in Information Systems · Colorado State University — Fort Collins, CO · May 2000