DNC Tech — Software that runs your business, and tells you how it's doing.

The difference

Most shops build what you ask for. We help you figure out the right thing — then build it.

Agencies sell retainers. Contractors sell hours. You get judgment from someone who's built and led enterprise technology at large, mission-critical scale — applied to a business your size.

Every engagement starts with the outcome you're after, the tradeoffs that matter, and a fixed-price plan you approve before a line of code is written. You own everything at the end — the code, the accounts, and the leverage.

We sell you a system you own — and if you want us to keep running it, that's optional, priced, and month-to-month. Cancel anytime; you lose nothing, because the keys are already yours.

Ownership isn't just the code — it's cancelling the monthly SaaS fees you were renting.

Start here

The Baseline Assessment — $750 flat

Not sure what you need? That's the point of this. One flat price: I look at how your business actually runs — the tools you pay for, the spreadsheets holding it together, who really owns your website and data — and hand you a written, scored report: what's leaking time and money, what it costs you per year, and a prioritized roadmap with honest options, including “do nothing” and “buy a $30/month tool” when that's the right answer.

Every dollar credits toward any build you start within 60 days. So if the report leads to a project, the assessment was free. If it doesn't, you own a plan any developer could execute.

Fixed price · fixed process · yours to keep either way Book the assessment →

How we engage

Advisory, delivery, or both.

Most owners start with the $750 Baseline Assessment above. From there, pick the depth that fits. Every engagement is fixed-price and fixed-scope — you know what you're getting before we start.

Advisory

Make the right call

For teams facing a big technology decision. Discovery, evaluation, technical strategy, and a roadmap you can act on — with or without us building it.

Fixed engagement · clear deliverables

Advisory + Delivery

Strategy, then built

The core engagement. We start with the strategy work, then design and build the solution — AI and analytics included where they pay off. You keep the code, the accounts, and the leverage.

Most engagements · fixed price + timeline

Ongoing Care

Support after launch

Optional after handover — we monitor, update, and run what we built for you. Cancel anytime and you lose nothing, because you own the code, the accounts, and the data either way. That's what makes it safe to say yes — or no.

$700–$1,400/mo · month-to-month

Where the software gets smart

AI and analytics, built into the work.

Not AI for its own sake — AI tool integration and business analytics where they change a decision or remove a bottleneck. The software you run also tells you what your data means.

client · in development Gritty Soldier · AI grading

An AI referee that verifies every submission

Members of this virtual-challenge platform submit a photo as proof they finished a workout. Instead of a human reviewing every photo, an AI referee auto-grades each one — pass or needs review — in seconds. Results are server-set, so a member can't fake a finish.

Currently in build for launch — shown here because it's the clearest example of how we use AI: to remove a bottleneck a human was stuck doing by hand.

photo proof→ AI referee→ pass / review→ badge + leaderboard

our product · live FaithFlow · built by DNC

Personalized learning paths, generated by AI

FaithFlow is a product we built and run — a faith & habit app. Instead of one-size-fits-all content, it uses AI to generate a learning path tailored to each user, guiding them to the right next step based on where they are. Proof we build intelligent products end-to-end, not only client work.

member goals→ AI path builder→ next best step→ adaptive progress

For your business, that usually looks like: a dashboard that shows which products actually make money · an AI assistant that drafts replies from your own data · automated data entry and categorization.

Selected work

How we've helped businesses like yours.

Problem, approach, build, outcome — the way a consultant thinks, not a feature list.

SOCA — DNC-built veterans-association platform · visit thesoca.org

Visit thesoca.org ↗ Nonprofit · veterans association · live

SOCA — from rented tools to an owned platform

Challenge: A dated WordPress site — the look felt stuck in the 1980s and did little to invite members in. They paid monthly for GoDaddy, Mailchimp, and other point services with no member sign-in and no ownership of their store. Admins had no consolidated way to see open store purchases or delivery status, and event pages were perpetually out of date.
Approach: A modern, inviting redesign on owned infrastructure — eliminate the recurring fees and give admins one place to run the store, events, and members outright.
Build: Full platform on Cloudflare: a refreshed public site, built-in store, donations, quarterly raffle, member OAuth, self-service event pages, and an admin dashboard with a single view of open orders and delivery status — plus an integrated database and built-in email (Resend).
Outcome: Cancelled the stack of monthly subscriptions — hosting now effectively $0/month. One owned system to run the whole organization, with a single admin view of everything.

Medalio Designs order pipeline — visit medaliodesigns.com

Visit the live store ↗ Small business · custom products · live

Medalio — an order pipeline that scales

Challenge: A custom challenge-coin maker running their entire production pipeline in Excel — bespoke orders, proofs, and production tracked by hand as volume grew.
Approach: Model the real order lifecycle; server-set pricing; an admin that mirrors how the shop actually works.
Build: A full order + variant + proofing pipeline with a storefront, back-office console, and a kanban-style production board that mirrors how the shop actually works.
Outcome: Production moved from Excel to a visual pipeline — bespoke orders flow through without the spreadsheet chaos, owned end-to-end.

Why DNC

Enterprise-scale judgment, applied to your business.

Built it before — at scale

13+ years across DevOps, cloud, Kubernetes, and cloud-native platform engineering in large, mission-critical environments. That perspective informs every recommendation.

Security & compliance from Day 1

A security-first delivery posture baked into every build — not a bolt-on audit at the end.

You work with me directly

No agencies, no junior contractors, no account managers. The person who scopes it is the person who builds it.

Fixed price, real ownership

Defined scope, defined outcome, one number. At handover you own the code, the accounts, and the data.

You see everything as it's built

A live preview link from the first week — feedback at every stage, not a big reveal at the end. Course corrections happen early, when they're cheap.

Who's behind the work

About Lance

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Lance

Founder · DNC Tech Solutions

CISSP CASP+ Security+ 13+ yrs in IT DevOps · Cloud · K8s U.S. Army veteran

I've spent 13+ years in IT — building and leading enterprise technology across large, mission-critical environments. My work centers on DevOps, cloud computing, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architecture: platform engineering, modernization, and delivering the systems teams depend on at scale.

I started DNC Tech because I saw a gap: growing businesses and mission-driven organizations need real technical judgment — not agencies selling retainers or contractors selling hours. They need someone who's built it before, understands the tradeoffs, and delivers clean solutions they actually own.

That's the whole model: enterprise rigor, owner-operated, at a scale that fits you.

How to work with us

From coffee to keys.

Six steps, no mystery. Open communication the whole way, and it's all yours at the end.

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Meet→Shared understanding→ Assessment · $750→SOW + fixed price→ Build in the open→Delivery & handover

01

Meet

A real conversation. Your business, your words. No pitch.

02

Shared understanding

We agree on the problem before anyone talks solutions.

03

Assessment — $750

A written, scored diagnosis with a roadmap. Credits fully toward any build within 60 days.

04

SOW + fixed price

One number, scope at ceiling, signed before a line of code.

05

Build in the open

Live preview from week one. Feedback every week. No big reveal.

06

Delivery & handover

Final payment on delivery — then the handover: domain, passwords, API keys, code, and the runbook. You own it all.

Most owners start with the $750 Baseline Assessment. Builds run $5k–$20k; full platforms $50k–$100k. Ongoing Care is $700–$1,400/mo, optional and month-to-month.

Software that runs your business —
and tells you how it's doing.