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Composite, role-level descriptions. Client names withheld. Numbers are program metrics, not audited.

  1. 01 · AI and product development · 2024

    AI Platform Development & Deployment

    Situation
    An enterprise AI programme with experiments in flight and nothing in production.
    Call
    Ship one model to production before starting a second.
    Artifact
    A model registry, a deployment pipeline, and the review process around them.
    Result
    12 models shipped and stayed up.
    Permission
    Composite, role-level. No client name. Numbers are program metrics, not audited.

  2. 02 · Growth and capture · 2023

    Navy Program Capture & Delivery

    Situation
    A Navy financial system with no product owner and no defined offering.
    Call
    Define the offering before writing the proposal.
    Artifact
    The offering definition and the capture strategy.
    Result
    One full capture cycle, delivered across eight Navy commands.
    Permission
    Self-reported. No client permission on file. Numbers are program metrics, not audited.

  3. 03 · Platform engineering · 2023

    Engineering Organization Scaling

    Situation
    Two hundred engineers, five release trains, no reliable release.
    Call
    Fix the release process before hiring another engineer.
    Artifact
    One release cadence, quarterly planning, and the tooling to hold it.
    Result
    Deployments went from quarterly to weekly.
    Permission
    Composite, role-level. No client name. Numbers are program metrics, not audited.

  4. 04 · AI and product development · 2023

    Real-Time Operational Analytics Platform

    Situation
    A nightly batch report was the only answer an operator could get.
    Call
    Replace the batch job with a stream, not with a faster batch job.
    Artifact
    A streaming pipeline and the dashboards on top of it.
    Result
    10M+ events a day, answers in under a second.
    Permission
    Composite, role-level. No client name. Numbers are program metrics, not audited.

  5. 05 · Platform engineering · 2022

    Cloud Platform Migration & Architecture

    Situation
    Forty applications on premises, each one migrated by hand.
    Call
    Build the landing zone and the deployment pattern once, then move the applications.
    Artifact
    A landing zone, infrastructure as code, and a reusable deployment pattern.
    Result
    40+ applications migrated.
    Permission
    Composite, role-level. No client name. Numbers are program metrics, not audited.

The one public artifact

Shrink-Wrap It, by Amyn Porbanderwala

Shrink-Wrap It. HARBOR Initiative LLC, February 2026. ASIN B0GQT9T1NF.

The only artifact on this page I can publish without a client's permission. Everything above is described at the level the permission allows: composite and role-level, with no client names.

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