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Hi! I'm Noel. Software designer and developer.

I help climate nonprofit and startup leaders turn ideas into working software —from concept to launch and beyond.

My expertise combines a design background with 20 years of software engineering experience. I build web apps like maps, knowledge bases, wizards and databases.

Portrait of Noel

Software projects can be risky and overwhelming

  • • Your vision gets watered down as it passes between teams.
  • • Endless coordination meetings needed to align stakeholders and service providers.
  • • Developers use jargon instead of language that's relevant to your domain.
  • • You discover costly technical issues only after design is "done."
  • • Wrong estimates and bugs lead to project delays and cost overruns.

There is a better way

Your whole project handled by a single expert from concept to launch. The results covered by a bug-free guarantee.

  • • Strategic decisions draw on both design insight and technical foresight.
  • • Your vision stays intact, with one person ensuring that every design and implementation detail aligns with it.
  • • You get a thought partner that helps you align goals, stakeholders and priorities.
  • • Conversations happen in a language that is natural to you and your organization. 
  • • You'll know exactly what to expect in terms of quality, cost and time.

You'll never have to explain a runaway cost or product flop to your stakeholders or board.

How is this possible?

Clear requirements, small steps, and solid experience

  • • Thorough discovery and requirements definition. We settle on success criteria only when we have a shared understanding of your goals and how the project helps you move towards them.
  • • We break large projects into manageable milestones. I work on milestones with fixed price and defined with clear success criteria. I keep going until the project meets the criteria —regardless of effort required. To cover unexpected issues, I offer a bug-free guarantee.
  • • You don't pay by the hour; you pay for results. When you pay developers by the hour, there's no incentive to get things done fast and without bugs. With fixed-price milestones, I'm incentivized to deliver efficiently while maintaining quality.
  • • I’ve been doing this for 20 years. That’s why I can bear the risk of offering guarantees —which I have been providing for years.

Let's build things together

Schedule a 30-minute exploratory call to discuss your project and determine if we're a good match.

You'll get clarity on your project's feasibility, potential approaches, and realistic next steps. I'll answer your questions directly based on 20 years of experience.

If working together makes sense, I'll follow up with a proposal.

Schedule now
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We have been working with Noel for over three years. He's communicative, responsive and a great developer.

Noel developed a fit-for-purpose platform that has allowed us to build and maintain our tools relatively independently despite having very little technical expertise. He's helped us expand the platform, think about how to better serve our users, and find ways to improve it.

— Maria Lucien. Program Associate, People Powered

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