Contracting with Distilled Brilliance

Our legions of cybernetically enhanced robo-monkeys are available for hire as freelance contractors on a variety of projects and tasks, large and small. Interested? Contact us for more details here.

Services offered

We offer a number of technology services.

• Web application and software consulting. We know what good code looks like and feels like, because we write it every day. If you need a hand with your existing project or want to make sure you do a new project right, we're only too happy to help. Our primary languages are C#, Java, Groovy, Ruby, ASP.NET/MVC, and Haskell.
• Application and organizational security auditing. We have conducted numerous extensive organizational, application, and code security audits for firms of many sizes. We're particularly good at evaluating the security of web applications.
• Technical writing. We enjoy writing business plans, comprehensive technical documentation and specifications, and white papers.
• Agile development and mentoring for software projects. We've got a collective fifteen-year track record of mentoring and training people to use agile project practices that yield stunning results. We can help your software project become streamlined and see improvements immediately.

Recent clients

Past clients and employers have included some great people to work with. You can see more of my past and current work in the Projects section.

• Law firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions; completed December 2008; New York, NY. Made numerous enhancements and performed large redesign effort of company's internal CMS. Converted to use all free, open-source technologies including Drupal and associated modules, resulting in savings of approximately $90,000 per year in licensing fees and overhead costs for the firm.

• Major prestigious research university; completed August 2008; east-coast United States. Conducted three-month security and organizational audit of student records and security processes, in conjunction with two other subcontractors. Discovered and cataloged forty different vulnerable points, over 30% of which could be used to eradicate or access sensitive data by malicious attackers. Each vulnerability included demonstrated proofs of concept as part our threat assessment report. (Also demonstrated the effectiveness of social engineering by getting the university's IT director to reveal his password in a public phone conversation, two weeks after the same person gave a lecture about the dangers of social engineering!)