Gene Farber

Northeast Ohio Software Consulting & Development

20 Years Building Microsoft Enterprise Software

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Expert Tech Pilot delivers senior-level Microsoft expertise, custom software development, and intelligent system integrations to solve your most challenging technology problems.

Work directly with an experienced Microsoft architect who understands the business behind the technology and takes your solution from concept to production. Based in Northeast Ohio, providing on-site expertise when hands-on collaboration matters and remote services when they make the most sense.

Direct, senior-level expertise without the overhead of a large consulting firm.

Microsoft Certified

  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Three Ways to Work Together

Pick the one that matches where you are. Most engagements start with an assessment so we can understand the system, identify the real problems, and determine the right path forward.

  1. Custom Software Development

    When you already know what needs building.

    • .NET, Azure and API development
    • Legacy modernization and cloud migration
    • Database, ETL and reporting work
    • Integrations with the systems you already run

    Scoped in weeks and delivered by me, not handed to a team you have never met.

  2. Typical first step

    Software Architecture & Modernization

    One to two weeks inside the system.

    • Architecture, source code and infrastructure
    • Database, security and deployment pipeline
    • Technical debt, and what it is costing you
    • AI opportunities worth pursuing

    You get a written roadmap you can act on, with me or without me.

  3. Fractional CTO & Technical Advisory

    Eight to twenty hours a month of senior technical leadership.

    • Architecture and platform decisions
    • Hiring: role definition and technical interviews
    • Cloud, vendor and AI strategy
    • Roadmaps and development process

    Advisory that frequently turns into the development work.

Work with Expert Tech Pilot

Work With a Senior Software Architect

Tell me the problem you're facing and the outcome you're after. A few lines is enough to start.

Based in
Cleveland, Ohio. Working with teams on-site and remotely.

Which engagement are you interested in?

Custom Software Development, Software Architecture & Modernization, or Fractional CTO & Technical Advisory. Pick the closest one — we can change it once we've talked.

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