Rian Schmidt

Hands-on CTO · 0→1 Builder · AI-Native

Decades as a CTO. Still shipping code. Currently spending most of my time in the agentic AI stack — building with Claude Code, MCP, and agent skills, and helping teams figure out what's actually changing.

I take on a small number of outside engagements, usually one of three flavors: fractional CTO for a founder who needs a knowledgable technical voice in the room; 0→1 technical lead getting a product from idea to something real; or AI-adoption work for teams that want to move past the demo phase.

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