About / Founder-led by design
Small on purpose. Senior on every project.
Altivar Systems exists because good businesses keep buying websites when what they need is software. Understanding the commercial problem and building the system are the same job — so the person who runs discovery is the person who architects the build.
We take a small number of projects at a time and bring in specialists — integration, security, data — for the work they are genuinely best at. Nothing is passed to an account manager. Nothing is outsourced quietly.
Founder & principal engineer
Fifteen years building commercial software: charter and aviation, construction, education and specialist B2B services. Writes code, runs discovery, answers the phone.
Principles
Five rules we don’t bend.
01
Commercial case first
If we can’t name the number a build should move, we say so before you spend.
02
Design before code
Every screen is agreed before it is built. Ambiguity is the expensive part of software.
03
Built to be handed over
Documented, conventional, yours. You are never locked in by obscurity.
04
One project, full attention
We run few projects concurrently. It costs us volume and buys you a senior engineer who actually remembers your business.
05
Say the unwelcome thing
Sometimes the honest answer is a cheaper tool, a process change, or nothing at all. We would rather say it than invoice for it.
How the work is actually delivered
Delivery model
- Founder-run discoveryEvery engagement starts and ends with the same person.
- Specialists on demandIntegration, security and data specialists brought in per project.
- Fixed scope, fixed priceAgreed after mapping, not guessed on a first call.
Technology approach
Conventional, well-supported tooling. Custom where it wins work, off-the-shelf where it doesn’t.
Quality standards
- Median page load
- < 1.0s
- Accessibility target
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- Access control
- Role-based · MFA
- Handover
- Docs + repo
Talk to the person who will build it.
No account manager, no discovery team, no handover. Book the audit and you speak to the engineer who architects the system — or email hello@altivarsystems.com and skip the form.