Nate Richard

Senior IT Director · Founder, Amptek Growth

Pittsburgh, PA · ampx80@gmail.com · (412) 719-0472

Available
See the full portfolio at naterichard.com
I ship enterprise software in days, not quarters.
Currently open to

Senior, staff, or principal engineering roles. Founding engineer at funded startups. Select consulting engagements where the work is interesting and the team ships.

Featured work

OWN PRODUCT

ampauto.io

LIVE

AI-powered car diagnostic platform. Drivers enter a trouble code or symptoms; AI returns ranked causes, cost estimates, and a printable mechanic-ready report.

  • 595-page programmatic SEO platform indexed on vehicle / code / symptom
  • AI ranks causes specific to make + model + year with cost ranges
  • Free VIN decoder + NHTSA recall lookup at top of funnel
  • Stripe checkout for $5.99 printable repair reports + Amazon Associates funnel
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ENTERPRISE DEMO

Enterprise PMO Platform

SHIPPED

Production-grade enterprise PMO platform. RAIL workflow, AI plan-builder, weekly executive reports - the discipline mid-market PMO teams have been chasing in spreadsheets.

  • RAIL items (Risks, Actions, Issues, Lessons) with hierarchical subitems + audit trail
  • Weekly Excel + PowerPoint + Word exports, archived for retrieval
  • AI plan-builder converts a project description to tracks, tasks, subtasks, milestones
  • Members, roles, real-time updates, configurable dropdown taxonomy
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OWN SAAS PRODUCT

reunly.io

LIVE

SaaS for multi-generational families coordinating reunions, events, and shared calendars. Subscription product, live and accepting signups.

  • Multi-household shared calendar with conflict detection
  • Event RSVPs, travel + lodging logistics, dietary preferences
  • Mobile-first PWA, magic-link auth, real-time updates
  • Stripe billing, hCaptcha bot protection, end-to-end solo
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B2B SAAS

OutpostHQ

INTERNAL

Multi-account omnichannel marketing automation platform. Sequence builder, unified inbox, CRM, analytics. Multi-tenant.

  • Multi-account workspace with shared analytics
  • Drag-and-drop sequence builder with branching
  • Unified inbox with reply assignment + tagging
  • Multi-tenant architecture, role-based access, audit log
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AI CONSUMER APP

DIY Project Generator

SHIPPED

AI-driven home project planner. Description in, full materials + steps + cost + contractor-ready PDF out.

  • AI plan generation across budget tiers (DIY vs hire-out)
  • Project library + multi-project tracking
  • In-flight AI Q&A helper
  • Contractor-ready PDF export
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PRODUCTIVITY APP

iBend

SHIPPED

Focused productivity app shipped solo with a weekly release cadence. Small surface area, high polish.

  • End-to-end ownership: product, frontend, backend, deploy
  • Iterative weekly release cadence
  • Real users, real feedback loop
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PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE

LDS Command Center

INTERNAL

Personal AI-native development environment that powers every project in this portfolio. Internal tooling, not open-sourced.

  • Spec to deployment automation via Claude tool-use
  • Auto-generated schema, auth, role-based access, exports
  • Audit-gated promotion to production
  • Parallel post-deploy verification (route + contract + spec coverage)
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Spec Coverage Auditor

SHIPPED

CI gate that compares any deployed app against its PRD and blocks releases on coverage gaps.

  • Claude-extracted feature checklist from spec text
  • Deterministic checks against the live deployment
  • SPA-shell hydration awareness; fuzzy field/resource matching
  • Findings filed back as build-team work items
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Experience

Founder & Principal Engineer

|Amptek Growth
2024 - Present
  • Founded an AI-native software studio; designed a AI-native development pipeline.
  • Shipped ampauto.io, reunly.io, LDS Command Center, Spec Coverage Auditor.

IT Director

|AMRRI / Generation Systems
May 2019 - Present
  • Own IT roadmap, security posture, ERP & identity stack across two energy firms.
  • Built internal tools that replaced six-figure-per-year SaaS contracts.

Implementation Consultant

|Fast Enterprises
Jul 2016 - Jun 2019
  • Customized GenTax for state revenue agencies; modules from requirements to go-live.
  • Schema, stored procs, regression testing, on-site stakeholder requirements work.

Software Engineer

|Leidos Engineering / DoD
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
  • Backend services for DoD programs in a cleared environment.
  • Formal review gates, documentation, test coverage rigor.

IT Intern

|Duquesne Light
May 2015 - May 2016
  • Helpdesk, internal tooling, small automation in a Fortune 500 IT org.
Career timeline
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