
John LaportaFounder
Talent and systems that move work forward
We connect great people with great companies. When the hard part is the platform underneath the work, we modernize that too.



First principles. Then solution architecture that survives production
Twenty years modernizing mission-critical estates (government, transportation, financial services, industrial IoT) where failure means legal, financial, or public-service risk. Technology-agnostic by design: SaaS evaluation, vendor analysis, and build-versus-buy from someone who reads the code, not only the roadmap. Builds that way too: agentic AI as a daily tool, run adversarially so competing models audit each other's work and neither gets the last word. The constraint has moved from writing the code to judging which code earns its place in production.





Sourcing, screening, and placement with a longer horizon than the open req. Warm pipelines, honest feedback, and candidates treated as partners, not inventory.
How we approach talent →Legacy modernization, integration, vendor governance, and AI-assisted delivery, from people who have shipped on rails, trades, courts, and cities.
See the consulting practice →Vision
Mission
Five principles we hire against and hold ourselves to, with clients, candidates, and each other.
Principles, words, and actions line up with clients, candidates, and each other.
Collaboration that is more effective than either side working alone.
Notice, include, and use a wide range of people, perspectives, and experience.
Seek improvement over time, for people, processes, and the systems we leave behind.
Look past the obvious. Assess clearly. Offer options that survive contact with reality.
Employers, candidates, and hard technical problems all get a real conversation.