Custom software, automation, and technology advisory for businesses that would rather have a partner who knows their systems than a vendor who knows their invoice number.
Most engagements start with a business owner asking one of these out loud.
Purpose-built tools for the parts of your business that off-the-shelf software never quite fit.
Removing the repetitive work that quietly eats a day a week.
Building for firms where access, audit trails, and data handling aren't afterthoughts — without needing the rules explained first.
Getting a young business on solid footing before bad habits set in.
The first conversation is free, and we'll tell you if you don't need us.
Client names are withheld until they're ready to be named. Ask, and we'll walk you through any of these in detail.
A mid-sized firm serving regulated clients had three web applications its founder built in-house: a risk-assessment platform, a client-management portal, and a commissions tool. We picked them up mid-stream — set up the development environment, established a review-and-deploy workflow with their IT lead, ran discovery with the people who use the tools every day, and now build against a prioritized backlog.
The risk platform runs NIST CSF assessments and drafts control narratives with AI; the work there is turning it from a working prototype into something the firm can put in front of clients.
Working in-house for a multi-site healthcare group, we built two agents for the operations managers responsible for each location. The first takes and processes inbound phone calls, so managers can see what customers are actually calling about and fix the engagement problems behind the calls instead of guessing at them. The second reads across the group's scheduling data and reports on it — turning a pile of logistics into something a manager can act on before the week starts.
The lesson that carried into Cleios: the agent is the easy part. Making it trustworthy enough that a busy manager stops double-checking it is the actual work.
Account managers were checking each client's orders and deadlines by hand every morning. We're building a read-only dashboard that pulls what's due and what's moving from their warehouse management platform's API and runs on a machine in their office — no new logins, no new subscription, nothing to babysit.
The product side of the same name: an iOS app we've designed and built end to end — product decisions, data model, interface, and release. Shipping a proprietary product is the fastest way we know to stay honest about what "simple" actually costs, and it keeps the advice we give clients grounded in the build.
References available on request from current clients.
Three ways to work together. Which one fits depends on the shape of the work, not the size of your budget.
A fixed scope and a fixed deliverable — a website, an assessment, one build. Fixed or capped fee, agreed up front.
A set block of hours each month for continuing work and support. Predictable cost for you, predictable capacity for us.
For advisory and troubleshooting that's hard to scope in advance. Always billed against a not-to-exceed cap.
Trades, services, and shops where the owner is still the IT department and would rather not be.
Companies past the spreadsheet stage that need real systems before the seams start showing.
Compliance, security, and healthcare practices that need someone who can build inside their rules, not have them explained.
Tell us what's not working. If we can help, we'll put the scope and price in writing. If we can't, we'll tell you that too — and usually point you somewhere better. Based in Nashville; most work happens remotely, and we'll come to you when it matters.
axl@cleios.coA sentence or two on what's frustrating you and roughly how big your team is gets us started. No prep needed.