The technical project manager federal programs actually need.
PMP-certified program leadership from someone who still writes the code, reads the architecture, and ships the product. Twenty years of Army Signal/G6 execution. Seven shipped products and two contracted engagements. One operator who speaks fluently to both contracting officers and engineers.
Tim Carrender
Founder · PMP · Security+ · 20 yrs Army Signal/G6
VetHUB-eligible for Texas state agencies — credentialed, technical, ready to count toward your veteran-business goals.
VetHUB is the new Texas designation that replaces the legacy HUB program for veteran-owned businesses. TK delivers technical PM, AI/ML, and secure software under the new program — direct, cooperative, or partnered.
A technical PM who proves it by shipping.
In 2023, while still on active duty, the principal designed, built, and shipped two production applications adopted by service members — Ask Chief, an iOS conversational AI assistant with 3,000+ soldier adopters during the earliest months of public LLMs, and ComStat, an internal NetOps platform used by Signal soldiers at the battalion level. Neither was a contract deliverable. Both demonstrate the rarest combination in federal program management: someone who can run the program and write the code.
Program leadership that holds up under technical scrutiny — because the principal has done the work.
Technical project & program management
- PMP-led delivery where the PM reads code — not just the schedule
- Acquisition, RMF/ATO, risk understood through a technical lens
Architecture & technical due diligence
- SOWs, proposals, architecture docs reviewed with engineering rigor
- Gaps caught before CARs; pushback before bad design ships
AI / ML program leadership
- Shipped LLM-backed production software — not slideware
- RAG, LangChain, LangGraph: retrieval, agents, data fit with LLMs
- Evaluate models, orchestrate workflows, deliver — don’t demo
Cybersecurity & DevSecOps program management
- Secure SDLC with hands-on SAST, DAST, OWASP; Security+
- DontBeLikeTim.com — public scanner, same discipline as client work
Software development oversight
- Personally shipped full-stack web, mobile, and APIs
- Code reviews and technical risk stay visible and actionable
Federal workforce upskilling
- AI-assisted developer training for federal teams
- CW3-level mentorship and curriculum for Signal soldiers
Proof of work
Active projects and shipped past performance — not slideware.
Ask Chief
iOS conversational AI advisor for service members. Self-funded, launched March 2023 — within months of GPT-3.5's public release. 3,000+ soldier adopters during the earliest months of public LLMs.
ComStat
NetOps platform for training, tracking, and running Signal operations at the battalion level. Built personally on own time, adopted voluntarily by Signal soldiers in an organizational setting.
OpenDoc
AI/ML engineering for an enterprise document platform delivered as contracted work under Holt Data Solutions. Model integration, inference pipelines, and AI-assisted document workflows in production.
GammaBox
Real-time financial signals SaaS with paying subscribers. AI/quant pipeline ingests live market data via Alpaca and TastyTrade APIs, runs signal models on GPU-accelerated bare-metal, and delivers results through a multi-tenant subscription platform. Self-hosted across distributed data centers with Tailscale-secured networking.
Sideline Surgeons
Healthcare case management and provider search platform — DICOM/OHIF medical imaging viewer, RAG-based medical Q&A, NPI provider validation. Personally architected and built end-to-end.
U.S. Army G6 / Signal
20+ years federal IT and cyber program management. CONUS and OEF deployments. Multi-site network and cybersecurity programs, ATO processes, and stakeholder coordination at echelon.
Pipevio CRM
End-to-end mortgage CRM SaaS — Next.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL, AI agent orchestration, voice persona system, NMLS validation. Production deployment with active users.
FlipOps
AI-powered reseller platform with Gemini Vision item recognition, eBay listing automation, Shippo logistics integration, GPS-tagged inventory tracking. Mobile and web. Active beta cohort.
DontBeLikeTim.com
Free public Semgrep and OWASP-based GitHub security scanner. Demonstrates SAST competence and the firm's secure-SDLC philosophy in a tool anyone can audit.
Ask Chief and ComStat are personally-developed applications, not contracted deliverables. Listed as past performance to demonstrate technical capability and mission fluency with a service-member audience.
OpenDoc is contracted commercial work delivered under Holt Data Solutions; listed with client permission to demonstrate AI/ML engineering capability in a production enterprise environment.
Why TK Tech Venture
Looking for a technical PM who can actually do the technical part?
Currently accepting prime and sub opportunities for FY26/27. SAM-registered for direct awards and sub-contracting now; SDVOSB set-asides and sole-source post-VetCert.