Four Decades of Shipped Products
From kernel drivers to agentic AI—and everything in between.
This isn't a portfolio of client projects—Acumen Studios is new. This is the portfolio that matters more: forty years of products I've personally architected and built. Products acquired by Microsoft. Products protecting major financial institutions. Products I launched this year.
Shipping Right Now
date-night.ai Live
An AI-powered relationship and date-planning platform. Deep partner profiling meets AI-matched local events. Users describe their relationship and preferences; the platform recommends experiences they'll actually enjoy together.
The build: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, Azure Cosmos DB, multi-source ETL pipelines pulling event data from dozens of sources, OpenAI integration for intelligent matching. Designed, built, and launched single-handedly—the same way I'd build yours.
Visit date-night.ai →Agentic AI Security Architecture at Circle
Current CTO-level work at Circle Security (2021–present). Designing and building AI-driven security systems using agentic architecture. The technology that will define the next decade of enterprise security.
U.S. Patent No. 12,231,564 2025
"Credential-Free Authentication Systems and Methods"—a decentralized cryptographic architecture that eliminates credential-driven breaches. Issued January 2025. Proof that after forty years, I'm still inventing.
View on Google Patents →Coming Soon: AI-Powered Media Product
A new AI-powered platform launches later this year. Can't say more yet. If you want to know when it drops, book a conversation.
Products Acquired by Giants
Operations Manager $275M Acquisition
At Mission Critical Software (later NetIQ), I was the architect behind Operations Manager—the enterprise systems-monitoring product that Microsoft acquired for $275 million.
The product I architected became Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), the ancestor of System Center Operations Manager. It's still running in data centers around the world.
The problem: Enterprises needed to monitor thousands of Windows servers at scale. The existing tools couldn't handle it.
The approach: Built a distributed monitoring architecture that could scale to massive deployments while remaining manageable.
The outcome: Microsoft paid $275 million to own it. That's validation.
Products I Own (ByStorm Software, 2003–Present)
FileSure
Patented, kernel-level Windows file security and data loss prevention. U.S. Patent No. 8,161,014. Deployed at major financial institutions, critical infrastructure facilities, regional hospitals, county governments, law firms, universities, and manufacturers on six continents.
200+ organizations. 20+ years. Still shipping and supported today.
Software I built two decades ago still protects files at major financial institutions today. That's what building it right the first time looks like.
View Patent on Google Patents →One Technology, Three Products
I don't just build the software—I package it for the market that's going to buy it. Same engine, three products, three pricing models, three buyer types:
FileSure Defend: The full enterprise product. Centrally managed, IT-controlled, built for organizations with security teams.
FileSure Cloud: SaaS for small businesses with no IT staff. Proof that I build modern cloud products, not just on-premises software.
FileSure for MSPs: A channel product integrated with ConnectWise, NinjaOne, Kaseya, and Datto. Priced per-rule for MSP margins.
Products Architected and Built for Others
Circle Security / Circle Protocol
The problem: Credential-driven breaches are the root cause of most security incidents. Passwords, tokens, certificates—anything that can be stolen will be.
The approach: I designed and personally built Circle's entire product line, including its patented cryptographic architecture. Endpoint-based security that eliminates credential-driven breaches entirely.
The outcome: A fundamental rethinking of authentication and access control, now protected by U.S. patent.
PPI Technology — QA Reporter Offline Client
The problem: Field workers needed to use the cloud-based QA Reporter system in locations without internet connectivity.
The approach: Designed and built an offline client that syncs seamlessly when connectivity returns—no data loss, no conflicts, no complexity for the user.
The outcome: Field workers could do their jobs without worrying about signal strength. The data got where it needed to go.
SolArc — Data Visualization System
The problem: Energy trading data from Right Angle needed to be visualized in ways the existing tools couldn't handle.
The approach: Built a custom data visualization system integrated with Right Angle's commodity trading and risk management platform.
The outcome: Traders could see the data they needed, the way they needed to see it.
Client engagements under NDA are not listed. References available in conversation.
Your Product Could Be Next
Forty years of building. Still shipping. Ready when you are.
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