Arc theory.est. 2023
Engagements & pricing

Engagements.

A clearer path from the problem in front of you to a system that works.

How we start & what it costs ↓
03 · Engagements

Start with the problem. Define the work together.

I work with your team to understand the operation, define what needs to change, and turn that into a technical plan. I can design the solution, lead implementation, or provide ongoing direction alongside your team.

Three ways in

Where you start decides the shape of the work. The terms below are the same for all three.

01

Modernization

Something's already in production, and it's straining.

What it is

The build worked until it didn't. I take what's there, keep what still earns its place, and rebuild the rest as a system that holds under real load.

Who it's for
  • Citizen-developed apps past what their builder can carry
  • No-code and low-code platforms at their ceiling
  • Performance degrading as volume climbs
  • Manual workarounds holding the process together
02

Build

You have a process or an idea that needs a system.

What it is

End to end: discovery, architecture, and something running in production. Nothing to migrate, so the design starts from how the operation actually needs to run.

Who it's for
  • Greenfield — no existing implementation
  • Process living in spreadsheets, inboxes and memory
  • A new line of business to stand up
  • Architecture, build and rollout in one engagement
03

Advise

You have the team. You need the technical leadership.

What it is

Ongoing technical direction within your team. I help translate business priorities into a roadmap, work through design decisions, and guide implementation as needs change.

Who it's for
  • A capable team with no one setting technical direction
  • No in-house architect or CTO to make the call
  • Decisions stacking up that are expensive to get wrong
  • Builders who need standards to build against

What I actually do

The hardest part of development is still knowing what to build, when, and why.

  1. Spec & Requirements Translation
  2. Workflow Modeling & Re-design
  3. Architecture & Systems Design
  4. Integrations & Data Pipelines
  5. Delivery Governance & Guardrails
  6. Capacity & Roadmap Scoping

Typical outcomes

The same four, whichever way you start — and what I report against.

  • Technical debt reduction

    through schema standardization · payload alignment · architecture cleanup

  • Margin expansion & cost control

    through contract restructuring · tool consolidation · infrastructure efficiency

  • Reduced administrative burden

    through automated rule engines · AI data pipelines · policy triggers

  • Quantifiable delivery ROI

    measured by gross margin expansion · faster cycle times · reduced rework

Getting started

Where you start decides nothing except how quickly we find out if this is worth doing.

01 · Free

Fit Call

15 minutes

A short call to hear what's going on and say plainly whether it's something we should keep talking about.

Book an intro call
02 · Paid

Working Session

$450

An hour together, with my initial recommendations and a plan for applying my frameworks to your situation.

  • One hour, focused on your actual situation
  • Written synthesis delivered after
  • An initial set of recommendations and a plan
03 · Paid

Discovery

$7,500

Where the plan becomes something real — working products and artifacts you can put in front of your team.

  • Working prototypes, not slides
  • Architecture and scope for the build ahead
  • The artifacts a build decision needs
04 · Ongoing

Partnership

From $7,500/month

An ongoing technical partnership with a delivery pace that fits your roadmap. Choose Light, Core, or Accelerated.

01 · Light

$7,500/month

Feature expansion and continuous improvement. Keep your foundation solid while enhancing the functionality your team relies on.

Delivery pace
Steady, focused progress on your existing systems, with room to improve and refine as you go.
02 · Core

$14,500/month

Active scaling. Build new workflows, launch operational modules, and automate core processes as your operation grows.

Delivery pace
Multiple tracks moving at once, with capacity for integrations, middleware, and infrastructure changes alongside ongoing improvements.
03 · Accelerated

$21,500/month

Major operational shifts and rapid scaling. Establish new architecture, connect systems, or carry a complex migration through to launch.

Delivery pace
My highest delivery capacity, with parallel workstreams and concentrated momentum for ambitious, time-sensitive initiatives.
Compare what’s included

Light

Included workshops
1 workshop per month
Roadmap sessions
45 minutes, every other week
Check-ins
15 minutes, every other week
Response time
Same business day
Rollover
None

Core

Included workshops
2 workshops per month
Roadmap sessions
45 minutes, every other week
Check-ins
30 minutes, every other week
Response time
Within 4 business hours
Rollover
Up to one large feature's worth of unused capacity into the next month

Accelerated

Included workshops
4 workshops per month (weekly)
Roadmap sessions
60 minutes, every other week
Check-ins
30 minutes, every other week
Response time
Within 2 business hours
Rollover
Up to two large features' worth of unused capacity into the next month

Included in every tier

  • Roadmap sessions every other week
  • Check-ins every other week
  • Roundtable every other month
  • Weekly system monitoring and insights reports
  • Monthly documentation refresh
  • Ticket triage

Workshops beyond the included allotment: $285 per session.

Included workshops can be used as enablement sessions for training, onboarding, and feature walkthroughs. Unused workshops don't roll over.

Rolled-over capacity carries forward one month, then expires.

Response time means a request is reviewed and scoped, not completed.

Recent results

One engagement, end to end — the system, and the number it moved.

Managed platformFiscal-Sponsorship PlatformConnected Airtable, Ramp, and QuickBooks to reduce manual work and help the team serve nearly twice as many clients each month.Fractional Technical Leadership · Solutions ArchitectureRead the case 1.9×Clients served / month
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Capabilities

What I bring.

Architecture, workflow design, and integration — brought together with the technology and operating systems that make the work run.

How I build
HybridiIn a hybrid build, Airtable serves as a database and/or interface, working alongside a custom-code stack — with portals and advanced logic sitting in the custom layer. Low-code speed where it helps, real engineering where it counts.
Airtable
arc-theory / stack
Front-end
Next.jsReact
Data & backend
SupabasePostgres
AI & LLMs
Anthropic / ClaudeGemini API
APIs & integrations
GraphQLREST APIs
Cloud & deployment
VercelGoogle CloudCloud Run
Languages
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQL

Airtable as a database and/or interface, alongside a custom layer for portals and advanced logic.

How those capabilities become a working system

Janus and Iris are products I’ve built and refined through my engagements. I use their components, or sometimes the whole system, to create an implementation tailored to how your operation works.

Operational design → Janus

Janus

Structure the work.

Projects, meetings, contracts, people, and assets in one operating model. Janus gives the workflows I design a connected place to run.

Explore Janus
Systems integration → Iris

Iris

Connect the tools.

Self-serve connections for the tools your team already uses. Iris turns integration work into reusable connections, with less configuration.

Explore Iris
Let’s talk

Book an intro call.

Tell me what isn’t working, what your team is trying to do, or where you’re stuck. You don’t need to know the technical answer yet. I read every message and reply within one business day with times.

or email directlydanielle@arctheory.io