SBA-certified SDVOSB & VOSB · Serving clients nationwide
Helping founders and businesses build digital solutions that work. Web development, mobile apps, integrations, and AI.
I'm Steven Hagene, founder, product and technology lead, and Marine Corps veteran. I lead every engagement directly and bring in trusted specialists when the project calls for them, giving you clear accountability and the right expertise for the work.
No account managers or layers between you and the work. I stay directly accountable and bring in trusted specialists when a project calls for them.
My stack: Next.js, React,Node.js, Flutter,Firebase, and AI/LLM integration. I've shipped legal-tech platforms, healthcare product suites, e-commerce systems, and my own apps on Google Play.
Whether you're a founder building an MVP, a business modernizing operations, or a government buyer needing reliable software, I deliver solutions that actually ship.
Read the founder storyWhether you're validating an MVP, modernizing operations, or making a critical system easier to use, the work stays connected from strategy through delivery.
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Custom web applications, mobile products, APIs, and AI-enabled systems built for real operations.
Clear, accessible interfaces and reusable design systems that make complex products feel considered.
Practical campaigns and content systems that connect your offer with the people already looking for it.
Technical and local search foundations that help customers find, understand, and trust your business.
Storefronts, admin tools, and connected workflows designed around the way your business actually sells.
Straightforward technical guidance for architecture, systems, security, performance, and next-step decisions.
From helping launch a verification-led learning platform and rescuing and rebuilding legal tech to delivering client products and internal automation, every engagement pairs product and business judgment with technical execution.
See the complete workMusterhall is a course marketplace where every instructor completes a real identity check before publishing. Semper is helping build the business from the ground up while leading product strategy, architecture, and delivery across web, mobile, live video, and backend systems.
TEO is an AI-powered property management platform. Semper leads product engineering, works directly with the CEO on the roadmap, and manages the development team delivering payments infrastructure, QuickBooks-integrated accounting, and the platform's design system end to end.
Semper designs, builds, and operates AI-powered legal technology. For CrimCaseAI, we rescued and commercialized the original SaaS platform and built the ground-up replacement now live at crimcaseai.com. We also build evidence intelligence products for defense firms, including a managed single-tenant SaaS and Aegis, a local-first platform that keeps confidential material on hardware the firm controls.
Autonomous agent system powering daily business operations. It handles lead generation, email triage and response, scheduled research, content, website updates, and job-market analysis through cron-scheduled workflows.
A complete cross-platform medical-education product: Next.js marketing site, Firebase admin panel, and Flutter apps for iOS, Android, and web, with interactive learning, voice guidance, and registry-style quizzes.
An Android app born from a real household need. It locks device volume with Fixed or Max Limit modes, layered monitoring, persistent protection, and startup-on-boot behavior.
A web app for musicians to visualize and organize gear racks, with real-time data sync, virtual layouts, equipment tracking, and setup planning.
Practical notes on product development, web technology, search, marketing, and the systems behind growing businesses.
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Bring the problem, the constraints, and the outcome you need. You'll work directly with the person designing and building the solution.
