I build the systems small teams run on, and I keep them running.
Automations, internal tools, and the website or app your customers see first. Built by me at a fixed price, then looked after on a monthly care plan.
- 25+ years writing software
- 12 years running a managed-IT business
- Louisville, KY
Every engagement starts the same way.
Small, fixed steps. You always know what the next one costs before you take it, and you can stop after any of them.
- Audit Sprint$995one time
I map how the work actually moves today and hand you a written plan with fixed-price options.
Credited in full toward a Build Sprint.
- Build Sprint$3,500 – $7,500fixed price
I build the highest-value fix from the audit, to a written scope, in two to four weeks.
Price agreed before work starts. No hourly meter.
- Care Planfrom $450per month
I keep it running: monitoring, fixes when a vendor changes something, and steady improvements.
Month to month. You own everything either way.
What the audit usually turns up.
Most of what I build falls into one of four kinds of work. The audit tells us which one is worth doing first.
Back-office systems
The work your team does by copy-paste, memory and reminder.
- Client intake and onboarding that collects everything the first time
- Onboarding and offboarding checklists that run themselves
- Quotes and documents drafted from the details you already have
- Renewal, contract and invoice follow-up that never slips
- Weekly reporting pulled together without anyone building a spreadsheet
The website or app your customers see first
A front door that is fast, clear, and wired into the systems behind it.
- Business websites built on infrastructure you own
- Customer portals and booking that feed your back office directly
- Search foundations included: structure, metadata, speed, and analytics
App rescue and store compliance
An app that was working until a store deadline or a stalled developer said otherwise.
- Google Play target API updates
- App Store builds on the current Xcode toolchain
- Rejected or stalled releases, picked up and shipped
Software you own
The part of the software you rent that your team actually uses, built around how you work in weeks, and yours to keep.
- The scheduler, intake form or client portal you pay for per seat
- Proposal, sign-off and social posting tools you use one feature of
- Your data moved over, with a side-by-side run before you cancel
Built for teams that run on inboxes and memory.
Usually five to fifty people, with good tools that don't talk to each other and one person who knows where everything is.
A good fit
- IT service firms and MSPs juggling tickets, onboarding and renewals
- Accounting, insurance and other professional offices with paperwork that repeats
- Teams paying for software they only half use
- Owners who want one person accountable for how it all fits together
Not a fit
- Cold outreach, lead lists or anything that contacts people who didn't ask
- An AI chatbot added for its own sake
- Billing by the hour
- A big platform rollout that needs a team of twenty
Running today.
Systems I've built that are live now, including my own paid iOS app. Each one has its own write-up on the Workbench.
- Field Service PlatformClient system · LiveScheduling, dispatch, and job tracking for teams that work on-site.
- Operations DashboardClient system · LiveA live view into the metrics that actually run the business.
- Customer PortalClient system · LiveA secure, branded home for client accounts, orders, and support.
- FlexLogProMy product · LiveMileage and expense intelligence for gig-economy drivers.
Does ChatGPT name you when customers ask who to hire?
More people now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI for a contractor, an accountant or a local service, and call one of the first few names. Found by GVX is how I get your business into those answers and show you each week whether it is there. It's called AEO, answer engine optimization.
Start with your free Found Score: a score out of 100 next to two local rivals AI names, and the one fix that would close the biggest gap.
Want to start with the basics? The free front door check shows in about ten seconds whether your email takes mail, your contact form goes anywhere and people can book online.
No meetings needed.
Everything happens in writing, on your schedule. You start with a short questionnaire. I send back a plan you approve one item at a time, and you sign it with an e-signature from your phone or desk.
If something needs talking through, you say so in a line and I answer it. A call is there if you want one, and never required.
Why I work this way.
I spent twelve years running a managed-IT business. The pattern never changed: small teams buy good tools, then spend their days moving information between them by hand.
Fixing that rarely needs a big platform. It needs someone who looks at the actual work first, builds the smallest thing that removes it, and stays around to keep it working when a vendor changes something on a Tuesday night.
So that's the whole model. Audit, build, care. Fixed prices at every step, everything in your name, and one person who answers for it.
Gary VanHorn · More about me
Start with the audit. Keep the plan either way.
$995, credited in full toward a build. If we don't build together, the written plan is still yours to use.