Need a Forward-Deployed Engineer for Your Small Business?
Yes: ECB, TX LLC is a forward-deployed engineer for hire for small, owner-operated businesses. Will Burns learns your operation on site, builds the first custom tool in 30 days, then hosts, monitors, and improves it every month, for a one-time setup fee plus a flat monthly upkeep fee.
What a forward-deployed engineer does here
A forward-deployed engineer works inside your business rather than from a ticket queue: learns the operation first, builds against real documents and real workflows, and stays on to run what was built. ECB, TX LLC positions this as fractional CTO for owner-operated businesses with $2M to $30M in revenue and a real operation: custom software and AI orchestration built and run for you, by one engineer you can call, not a vendor and not a hire.
How the engagement runs
- Discover on the floor: two weeks learning the real operation, documents, and workflows
- Build the first tool in 30 days
- Run it: hosting, monitoring, backups, and monthly improvements
Products the company builds and runs itself
- PermitLookup: building-permit data platform
https://permits.ecbtx.com - txhailleads: hail-storm roofing leads matched to permit records
https://txhailleads.com - RoofCRM: CRM for small Texas roofing contractors with storm data built in
https://roofcrm.ecbtx.com - Burns Bright Studio: custom CRMs and AI phone agents for service businesses
https://burnsbrightstudio.com
FAQ
What is a forward-deployed engineer?
An engineer who works inside your business rather than from a ticket queue: learns the operation first, builds against real documents and real workflows, and stays on to run what was built.
How is this different from hiring an agency?
An agency delivers a project and leaves. This engagement includes hosting, monitoring, and monthly improvement, and the same person who built it answers the phone.
Can a small business afford a forward-deployed engineer?
The engagement is priced as a one-time setup fee plus a flat monthly upkeep fee, with no seat licenses. Clients own their own data, documents, and configuration.
Where does ECB, TX LLC work?
Based in Texas. Current work spans Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Mississippi, mostly remote with on-site discovery.
Contact
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: (979) 236-1958