CTO at goLance • Making software simple • Startup Mentor

80% of companies quit on AI before it helps.

Why? 
• One doubtful engineer
• Scary tool costs
• Or no clear plan

I make those problems disappear.

Who I Am
• 20+ years in code and leadership – from hands-on developer to CTO.
• Scaled SaaS platforms used by millions of customers.
• Trained global teams of 10 – 200 engineers to work faster and smarter.
• Guided “boring-industry” firms like healthcare and banks through tough tech shifts.

What I Bring
• Plain-language coaching – Your leaders and engineers get the “why” and the “how” without buzzwords.
• Tool fit & cost control – Pick the right AI tools, keep data safe, and stop surprise credit charges.
• Team habits that stick – I show devs how to fold AI into daily tasks—code reviews, tests, docs—until it feels natural.
• Measurable gains – Expect quicker releases, fewer bugs, and happier engineers in weeks, not years.
• Outcome pricing – You pay for real results, not for my hours on a clock.

The Bottom Line
If you lead a steady, no-flash company and keep hearing, “AI sounds cool, but…,” let’s talk. I turn that “but” into better software, lower costs, and a team that loves its work.

Brian Childress

Ninety.io

Entrepreneurial Operating Systems
Business Operating Systems

Software that smooths and facilitates HR & business processes in small companies.

Software Engineer

Route

On a team bringing Route's apps into a post-purchase online experience. Using mainly React & NodeJS.

Software Engineer II

Intermountain Healthcare

Helped in a large ongoing project to continuously improve Intermountain Healthcare's online experience, and participated in multiple individual website projects under Intermountain. Worked mostly with Angular personally, but existed within a department with multuple services and technologies, most notably: C# & Sitecore.

Senior Software Engineer

Kforce Inc

Helped in a large project intended to unify Intermountain Healthcare's online experience. Worked mostly with Angular personally, but existed within a very large department that used a multitude of services and technologies, including: Node/Nest, C#, Sitecore, and React Native on mobile.

Senior/Consultant Software Engineer at Intermountain Healthcare

Health Catalyst

Health Catalyst develops and provides data warehousing solutions, tools, and services for health organizations across the nation. Worked with TypeScript/JavaScript, C#, Angular, KnockoutJS, SQL, and WPF to help engineer and develop various tools that take part in Health Catalyst's data warehousing system.

TEKsystems

Used C# (VS2012) and Java (Intelli-J) to write test harnesses with Selenium WebDriver for software projects in the Finance & Legal Portfolio of the LDS Church. Was given full creative license to design frameworks and scripts as I saw fit, working alongside approximately 5 developers to get multiple projects tested.

QA Engineer 3 at LDS Church

Galileo Processing

Used Python, PHP (Vim & Netbeans), PL/SQL (Oracle), Selenium RC, and XPath to write test automation frameworks, utilities, and suites on Linux/Apache/CLI for testing web services and websites in the financial industry (prepaid cards). Mainly specialized in the development of the UI Automation Utilities in the Galileo Test Framework, but contributed on many different levels. Galileo's test framework is completely custom-built and does not use third-party tools like QTP.

Software Engineer in Test

Adobe

Participated in building a C# SDK for Marketing Cloud Web Services for Adobe through the University of Utah's Master of Science in Information Systems program.

Marketing Cloud Engineer - Intern

Henry Schein Pactice Solutions

Used VBScript (QTP), C# (VS2010), and TSQL to write software test suites and function libraries for various aspects of Dentrix Dental Systems on Windows desktop environments. All UI automation was done in VBScript (QTP). All database stored procedure testing was done in C# (VS2010) with TSQL (ADO.NET) in Unit Test projects.

QA Software Automation Engineer

Primarily responsible for manually testing the specific capabilities of software for production (mainly via the UI) to make sure it meets both the requirements of the customers and the specifications laid out by the Product Analysis Team. Responsible for writing and following through with Test Cases and various “Incident Reports” to both control the quality of the software products and to meet deadlines mandated by upper management. My high interest in programming drove me to start creating utilities to help in the testing effort and to automate my work. I gave trainings on script writing and was eventually promoted to QA Software Automation Engineer.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

iWorlds Simulations

Used Java (NetBeans) and MySQL to help program the business logic layer and parts of the graphical user interface of the controls for group learning simulations. Gained valuable experience working with a team of artists and software engineers to meet a common goal and deadlines.

The professional recommendations included in this profile do a great job of summing up my personality. Please feel free to read them! 

I have BS and MS degrees in Information Systems, and nearly a decade of Software Development experience in total. My interests and talents have always been centered in Software Development, and my schooling and work experiences have shown me unique perspectives. I use these varying perspectives to my advantage as I ensure that software in development is usable, secure, that it meets the needs of customers and stakeholders, and that it is released in a timely manner.

Top Coding Skills:
- RxJS, Angular, React, Express, TypeScript/JavaScript

Prevalent Backend Exposures:
- C#, NodeJS, Python, PHP

Primary Current Expertise:
- Web Applications & HTTP

Relevant Past Expertise:
- Software Testing & Automation

If I don't already know it, I can learn it. FAST!

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