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About

Two partners. A deliberately small firm. A clear view of where business technology is going.

The whole firm fits in this section. That is the point.

Anthony Darlak
Founding partner · infrastructure, security, delivery

Anthony Darlak

Infrastructure and security engineer. Owns the client relationship, the delivery work, and the assessment logic behind AEGIS. Twenty years running networks, servers, sign‑in systems and security for large companies — the same full picture growing businesses inherit without knowing it.

  • FocusInfrastructure · Security · Delivery
  • BackgroundNetworks · Servers · Sign‑in systems · Security design
  • BasedLos Angeles, CA
Aaron Dockery
Founding partner · software, data, integration

Aaron Dockery

Data and software. Owns the parts of AEGIS that protect your information — the step that strips out anything identifying you, and the report you receive at the end. Twenty‑plus years building large data systems in education and telecommunications.

  • FocusData · Integration · Reports
  • BackgroundDatabases · Software · Reporting
  • BasedDenver, CO
What we think

Software is about to start talking to your systems directly. Someone has to get the foundations ready.

Our view · 2026

The way businesses buy, install, and connect software is about to change more in the next three years than it did in the last ten. AI assistants that can read your systems and act on them are arriving, and they only work on top of a network and a set of accounts that are already in order. That is not a trend; it is the next layer of plumbing.

Growing businesses will need someone who can look at what they have today, plan the path to that future, and get there without turning the business upside down. That is the firm we are building. The network assessment is where we start with every client; the long‑term offer is the partnership that carries the plan.

We are not a hundred‑person firm pretending to be small. We are two engineers with a method. If that shape of help is what you need, we're a fit. If it isn't, we'll say so on the first call.

How we operate

Remote, two partners, and staying that way.

  • TwoPartners on every engagement. You get both of us — no associates, no handoffs to a junior.
  • RemoteBy design. Keeps us agile and available to build wherever the engagement is.
  • No officeOn purpose. We go to your site when engagements need it.
  • Self fundedNo investors, no funding rounds. Decisions get made for the engagement, not for a cap table.
  • Honest limitsNot every engagement is a fit. When it isn’t, we say so on the first call — and point you at the firm that is.
  • Fixed pricesEvery engagement is quoted in writing before it starts. The proposal is the invoice.