Trimtab

AI automation engineered to nuclear submarine safety standards. 16-year DoD systems engineer. Zero-fault architectures. Fixed prices.

What You Get
10–40
Hrs Saved / Week
3–5x
ROI in 30 Days
413
Automated Tests (My Stack)

Why Trimtab

A trimtab is a tiny rudder that turns a massive ship. That's the whole philosophy.

🛡️ SUBSAFE Software Architecture

I spent 16 years at TRIREFFAC Kings Bay maintaining nuclear submarine power systems under the Navy's SUBSAFE program — the strictest quality assurance culture on Earth. Every component verified. Every joint tested. No exceptions.

I apply the same doctrine to AI. My agents operate under a Triad of Cognition: one agent builds, one verifies, one has veto power. AI outputs require Objective Quality Evidence — traceable citations, confidence scores, deterministic proof. No hallucinations ship. No unverified code executes.

🐴 The Centaur Model

I don't build systems to replace people. I build Digital Centaurs — human + AI working as one unit. You provide strategy and context. The AI handles volume, synthesis, and execution. You keep cryptographic sovereignty over every decision.

This isn't philosophy. It's architecture. Your data stays on your accounts. Your API keys. Your infrastructure. I build the connective tissue. You stay in control.

💰 FinOps: I Cut Token Costs 90%

Most AI freelancers burn through your API budget with naive, repeated full-context calls. My serverless architecture on Cloudflare Workers uses context caching, edge compute, and scale-to-zero containers. I've measured the difference: up to 90% reduction in inference costs versus standard OpenAI wrappers. Your automation doesn't just work — it's cheap to run.

Peek Inside the Machine

The Triad of Cognition — live. Builder creates. Verifier checks. QA has veto power. Nothing ships without Objective Quality Evidence.

● Builder — Idle ● Verifier — Idle ● QA — Idle

Services

Highest Demand

Workflow Automation

$1,500–$4,000setup fee · $500–$1,500/mo retainer

Connect your tools so data flows without manual entry. Forms → CRM → Email → Follow-up. Built with Make, n8n, or Zapier. Fully tested. Fully documented.

  • Lead capture → CRM pipeline
  • Client onboarding sequences
  • Invoice & payment automation
  • Slack / Teams alert routing
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Best Value

AI Chatbot / Knowledge Base

$2,500–$5,000setup fee · $500–$2,000/mo retainer

A chatbot trained on your actual docs that answers customer questions 24/7. Reduces support tickets 40–70%. Branded to look like you. Escalates to a human when it should.

  • Trained on YOUR website & documents
  • Multi-language support
  • Escalation to human when needed
  • Analytics dashboard included
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Quick Win

AI Reporting Dashboard

$1,000–$3,000setup fee · $300–$750/mo retainer

Replace hours of manual spreadsheet work with a live dashboard. Sales, marketing, operations — all in one place. Auto-refreshes. Mobile-friendly.

  • Google Sheets / Airtable → Dashboard
  • Auto-refresh every 15 minutes
  • Mobile-friendly
  • Custom alerts & thresholds
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Recurring Revenue

AI Content Engine

$1,500–$3,500setup fee · $750–$2,000/mo retainer

Turn one piece of content into 10+ social posts, emails, and blog articles. Publish daily instead of weekly. AI drafts + human polish + auto-schedule.

  • Blog → Social → Email pipeline
  • AI drafts, human in the loop
  • SEO-optimized output
  • Schedule & auto-post
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Not sure what you need? Book a free 15-minute audit. I'll tell you exactly where the trimtab goes.

How It Works

From conversation to production in 5 days. Fixed scope. Fixed price. No surprises.

1

Free Audit

You describe the bottleneck. I find the highest-leverage fix.

2

Fixed Proposal

Scope, price, timeline. You approve before I write a line of code.

3

Build

3–5 business days. You get progress updates. Nothing ships untested.

4

Launch

Go live with documentation. First month of support included.

5

Maintain

Optional retainer for monitoring, updates, and expansion.

Who This Is For

🏥 Healthcare & Compliance

HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI-DSS — I build systems where data leakage is legally catastrophic. Local-first architecture. Cryptographic edge identity. Full audit trails. I understand compliance because I lived under SUBSAFE for 16 years.

🏭 Manufacturing & Defense

Legacy documentation → automated digital systems. I speak the language of NAVSEA procedures, ultrasonic testing, and motor-generator rewinding. Zero translation loss between your ops team and my code.

🧬 Medical Device & Biotech

FDA-adjacent documentation, QA workflows, compliance reporting. I've built 510(k)-exempt hardware and managed the documentation pipeline. I can automate the reporting that eats your team's week.

🏛️ Nonprofits & Grant-Funded

Heavy administrative burden. Complex reporting requirements. I built a 501(c)(3) from scratch and automated the compliance pipeline. Let me do the same for you — redirect resources to the mission.

FAQ

What makes you different from every other AI freelancer on Upwork?

16 years maintaining nuclear submarine power systems under the Navy's SUBSAFE program. GS-0802-12. Every AI system I build enforces Objective Quality Evidence — traceable citations, confidence scores, verification agents with veto power. I don't ship broken things. I've never been able to.

What if I don't have technical skills?

You don't need any. I build everything. You just need accounts on tools you already use — Gmail, Google Sheets, your CRM. I handle setup, testing, documentation, and handoff. You get a system that works and the knowledge to run it.

How do you handle my data and security?

Your API keys. Your accounts. Your infrastructure. I never store your credentials. I guide you through OAuth connections and you stay in control. Full documentation at handoff. For compliance-bound work, I implement local-first architecture — your data never touches my servers.

What if something breaks after launch?

First round of revisions within 30 days is included. After that, my maintenance retainer covers monitoring, error handling, and updates. I build with redundancy because I've seen what happens when systems fail without it.

Can you work with tools I already use?

Make, n8n, Zapier, Claude, GPT, Google Workspace, HubSpot, Salesforce, Airtable, Notion, Slack — integrated with all of them. You keep your stack. I connect it.

Why "Trimtab"?

A trimtab is a tiny rudder that turns a massive ship. Buckminster Fuller's concept. Instead of brute-forcing change across your whole organization, I find the exact point of highest leverage and apply precision force there. Small intervention. Big result. That's the whole approach.

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