CHRIS.

Builder.

Engineer.

Operator.

I help entrepreneurs and established businesses bring products to life. From early concept through manufacturing, software infrastructure, and distribution, I own the full stack of execution across any industry.

Available for select engagements
10+
Products Shipped
5
Disciplines
0
Outsourced excuses
E2E
Ownership model
// 01 — Disciplines

What I Build

Deep expertise across four domains, applied independently or simultaneously depending on what the problem demands.

01

Consumer
Products

Full-stack product development for the physical world. Formulation, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, packaging, and DTC distribution, executed with operational rigor and built to scale. I don't hand off at the hard parts.

supplements beverages DTC CPG
02

Software
Tools

Production-grade software across the full spectrum: SaaS platforms, internal operations tooling, automation pipelines, and developer utilities. I architect systems that eliminate manual bottlenecks and compound in value over time.

SaaS automation internal tools APIs
03

Hardware &
Tinkering

Embedded systems, microcontrollers, custom electronics, and retrofitted hardware, designed, prototyped, and iterated in-house. Hands-on capability across the full hardware development cycle, from schematic to working unit.

microcontrollers embedded sensors prototypes
04

Experimental
Engineering

Exploratory engineering work at the edges of what's practical. These projects exist because a problem was worth solving, not because there was a defined market for it. Unconventional constraints produce unconventional capability.

experiments weird apps side projects fun
// 02 — Selected Work

Selected Projects

A cross-section of shipped work spanning consumer products, software, and operational infrastructure.

Consumer Product — 01
AIMBOT
Energy & Focus

A nootropic energy gummy brand built entirely from scratch: formulation development, contract manufacturing, brand identity, DTC e-commerce, and fulfillment infrastructure. Every component owned and operated in-house.

supplements nootropics DTC ecommerce
aimbotenergy.com
Beverage — 02
KRUSH
Don't just face it. KRUSH it.

A premium kratom beverage developed from the ground up: proprietary formulation, full brand development, regulatory navigation, and DTC launch. Brought a novel product category to market with precision on every detail.

beverage kratom CPG DTC
drinkkrush.com
Developer Tools — 03
yakshaver.tools
Precision utilities for developers and operators.

A suite of focused web utilities engineered to solve specific operational and development problems. Each tool is purpose-built, production-ready, and deployed. Not a demo or a prototype.

dev tools utilities web apps
yakshaver.tools
Software — 04
batcha
Batch tracking for physical product ops

A manufacturing operations platform purpose-built for physical product companies. Production run tracking, QA checkpoints, ingredient lot management, and inventory control, architected to replace the spreadsheet infrastructure that breaks at scale.

manufacturing SaaS operations QA
batcha.app
+

A significant portion of the work is proprietary: inventory management systems, production dashboards, fulfillment backends, and logistics infrastructure built for specific operations. The most impactful systems rarely have a public URL.

// 03 — Approach

Operating
Principles

01

Execution over speculation.

Real understanding comes from building, not from planning to build. A working prototype, however imperfect, generates more actionable insight than any amount of analysis. I move fast, test against reality, and refine from there.

02

Ship, then improve.

Velocity is a competitive advantage. Getting something real into production and iterating under actual conditions consistently outperforms extended development cycles. The market is the best QA environment available.

03

Systems scale. Manual processes don't.

Every recurring manual process is a liability. I design for automation from the start, building systems that compound in value rather than operations that demand constant overhead. If it can be systematized, it will be.

04

Output is the credential.

The work speaks for itself. I operate across disciplines where the bar is whether something functions, ships, and performs, not where it was studied. Demonstrated capability is the only metric that matters.

05

Domain fluency is acquirable.

Electronics, formulation chemistry, supply chain logistics, firmware development: each was an unfamiliar domain that became a functional competency through deliberate application. Breadth is a skill, not an accident.

// 04 — Work Together

Let's Build
Something.

I work with entrepreneurs and established businesses to develop products, build systems, and solve hard operational problems across any industry.

Whether you're launching a first product, scaling an existing operation, or need someone who can own the technical and operational complexity end-to-end, that's where I'm most effective. The sector doesn't matter. The problem does.

Currently: Available for select engagements