You bring the dream.The hard calls are handled.
Darkly Energized sits between you and the machinery. You talk directly with our CTO. The rest is ours.
Why you might be here
New buildA product to build.An app, a platform or an MVP, from a description to production.
ComplianceAn audit is coming.ISO 27001 readiness, or a regulator's requirements, prepared for before the auditor arrives.
SecurityYou do not know how exposed you are.A review of what you already run, with the fixes ranked.
Quality and evalsIt works, mostly.An eval harness that says exactly where it does not, especially if AI wrote it.
ArchitectureIt held at a thousand users.It is creaking now.The structural calls that get it to the next order of magnitude.
AdvisoryYour team needs a senior call.A fractional CTO for the decisions that should not wait for a hire.
A customized pathfrom your dream to production software.
The system guides the whole way. You make the calls only you can make. It does the rest the same way every time, and keeps the record.
Two ways in
You have something to build.
A defined scope, a fixed fee, and a finish line you agreed to.
You have a team,and need a senior hand.
An arrangement shaped to what your team needs, agreed before it starts.
Darkly Energized prepares clients for audit. It is not a certification body and issues no certification.
A tool writes what you ask for.Knowing what to ask for is the job.
- Leadership
- CTO at FinHero. Engineering manager at Apple. Director of software at Digital Domain.
- Regulated systems
- Led FinHero to ISO 27001 certification as CTO and interim CISO, December 2025. Bank API integrations for loan intake, and a credit reporting platform built for CRA approval in Malaysia.
- Shipped
- A native iOS app on the App Store in 42 days, a web analytics product in production in 19, a CLI orchestrator released in 32. Dates from the commit history.
Ready to start?
Five minutes to describe it, under a mutual NDA. Nothing billed before you see the scope.