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ScoplyAI that flags scope creep in client calls. Protect your velocity and margins.
AI that flags scope creep in client calls.
open-source
RepoDriftZero-config CLI, Git repository health analyzer
Zero-config Git health analyzer
I partner with select founders to architect AI products
that users love and investors understand.
Principal AI & Full-Stack engineer focused on production-ready architectures, efficient LLM and RAG systems, and delightful user flows. I engineer resilient, multi-tenant AI systems, agentic workflow architectures, and deep data pipelines. Partnering as an elite technical asset for select venture-backed startups and premium engineering teams, I clear critical roadmap blocks, audit infrastructure, and scale ideas into production-ready digital capital.
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How I work with founders
🚀 MVP Planning & Hands-On Development
Turn ideas into scoped, buildable MVPs. Partnering exclusively as an elite technical extension for venture-backed startups and premium enterprises. I handle architecture, stack selection, and hands-on delivery to get to market fast.
🧠 AI Architecture & Product Roadmap
Transitioning complex technical concepts from zero to a robust production roadmap. I drive system design, decouple data access layers, eliminate performance bottlenecks, and establish highly optimized, cloud-native boilerplate foundations that scale linearly
🏗️ Production-Grade AI Orchestration
Moving pipelines past basic stateless wrappers into production-ready system. Designing deterministic RAG pipelines, semantic indexing schemas, persistent multi-tenant context memory tracking, and isolated multi-step agentic workflows that never compromise synchronous application runtime.
🛠️ Fractional technical leadership
Act as a senior tech lead or interim VP: roadmap decisions, code reviews, system design, and early hiring guidance.
💰 Fundraising & investor readiness
Build products investors understand. I have supported pitch decks, technical narratives, and early fundraising conversations.
Engineering Retrospectives
Technical deep-dives, architectural decisions, and lessons learned from production systems.
Selected work
Products I’ve built or led end-to-end — from early concept through production systems and real users.
Scoply
Agentic scope creep defense for agencies, freelancers & SaaS teams
Scoply scans client comms, flags unbilled work & writes the email that gets you paid for it. All in 8 seconds.
YourLume
An AI research and study suite designed to streamline data ingestion and provide intelligent insights.
Users can upload documents, which are processed through AI pipelines to generate summaries, insights, and visualizations
Flippable AI
A full-stack AI application acting as a digital project partner for homeowners and small-scale property developers.
Guides users through feasibility, planning, risk management, and project tracking with structured AI outputs.
SoulSource
Mobile AppAn AI-driven mobile experience for spiritual self-reflection and guided introspection.
Multi-step audio sessions with real-time transcription, LLM reasoning, and structured reflection outputs.
Footura
Mobile AppFlagship move-to-earn mobile app combining gamified rewards with personal AI coaching.
Production Android & iOS app with real users and ongoing feature development.
Trusted by founders and operators
Verified technical partnership feedback from clients who needed senior product and architecture leadership under pressure.
“Consistently demonstrated strong competency, thoughtful problem-solving, and a deep sense of ownership... He doesn’t operate like a transactional contractor. He thinks like a builder. He asks all the right questions, anticipates challenges, and considers long-term sustainability...”
Lou
Founder, SoulSource
Verified via Upwork
“Shaun conducted a thorough evaluation of our product and clearly communicated areas that required improvement. He worked closely with us every step of the way... His professionalism, technical expertise, and outstanding attitude set him apart.”
Kamdi
Founder, Kedai
Verified via Upwork
Plan Your Startup Before You Spend $20k Building It
Stop guessing what to build first. Learn how to turn your idea into a roadmap developers can build, investors understand, and you can confidently budget for—without hiring a full-time CTO.
Here's what you'll be able to do
- ✓Know exactly what to build firstTurn scattered ideas into a roadmap that reduces wasted development time, prevents expensive rebuilds, and gives developers a clear plan from day 1.
- ✓Explain your product like a CTO Professional architecture diagrams you can confidently share with developers, investors, and co-founders—even if you aren't technical.
- ✓Avoid overpriced developer quotesLearn how experienced CTOs scope projects, estimate realistic budgets, and structure milestones so you don't overpay or lose control of your MVP.
See What a Real CTO Roadmap Looks Like
Download the actual roadmap used with an AI agency.
Download Free Sample →Everything you need to define your MVP before thinking about distribution / dev work.
Everything you'd normally work through with a fractional CTO before spending $$$ on development.
Secure checkout via Gumroad · Most startups waste thousands building the wrong MVP first. This toolkit helps you avoid becoming one of them.
Experience
VP Engineering & AI Tech Lead — Footura AI
Mar 2024 — Present
Architected and scaled AI coaching platform for both web and mobile using React Native, Swift/Kotlin, Next.js, NestJS, and LLMs. Reduced latency by 30% and increased engagement by 40%.
Founder & ML Engineer — AkShaun Inc.
Aug 2023 — Present
Built a real-time xG/xA sports performance system and LLM RAG stack with LangChain and Pinecone.
Full Stack Engineer — DeskNow
Jan 2022 — Dec 2023
Led rewrite to DeskNow 2.0 using React/Next.js and NestJS, resulting in a 50% speed increase.
Co-Founder and Lead Engineer - Yooni
Mar 2017 — August 2019
Wrote full code for University Visits/Yooni platform on Django/TS/Python - 1000+ users, incubated and raised pre-seed funding.
Education
Johns Hopkins University
M.S. in Computer Science
Machine Learning, Algorithms, & Entrepreneurship
West Bengal University of Technology
B.Tech in Computer Science
Research focused on Telecom and IEEE publications
Who It's For
Good fit if you’re:
- • A founder building or validating an AI MVP
- • An agency or dev shop battling scope creep and unbilled hours
- • A startup needing senior technical judgement and architecture audits
- • A team applying AI beyond simple chatbots — LLM, RAG, agentic workflows, or GenAI infrastructure
- • Frustrated by tool fragmentation and manual operational drag
Probably not a fit if:
- • Looking for the cheapest development resource
- • Already have a large, established in-house engineering team
- • Not experiencing pain from scope creep or technical debt
- • Building simple brochureware or static sites