I'm Nate — lead engineer at West Fork Digital, and the one who'll be on your kickoff call, your build, and your launch. I've spent the last decade shipping software that works, not just software that demos well: marketing sites, e-commerce, mobile apps, internal tools, and — over the last few years — AI automation for real operating businesses.
My path runs from running a 17-engineer server operations department at IONOS, to leading legacy-system modernisation at Fasthosts and AND Digital, to spending three and a half years as the sole engineering leader of a transport-tech startup — building its entire product from nothing. Today I split my time as Tech Lead at Neptune Digital and Technical Lead on a .NET 8 + Azure integration platform at Ghyston, while leading West Fork Digital directly for clients across DFW and worldwide.
I work across the stack because I've had to: TypeScript, React and Next.js, C# and .NET 8, Python, AWS, Azure, GCP, Shopify, and AI integrations built on OpenAI and Anthropic's APIs. I've architected event-driven platforms, modernised £10M+ systems with zero downtime, and grown engineering teams from three people to twenty-one.
Small businesses usually get two bad options: a cheap template site that looks like one, or a big-agency proposal with four layers of account managers and a price built to feed all four. West Fork Digital is senior-level work, delivered directly, at a price that holds up to arithmetic — the engineer who scopes your project is the one who builds it, demos it, and answers your calls.
As the studio grows, senior specialist capacity joins on specific engagements alongside me — brought in by name only when a project actually needs it, and always under my direct accountability. No unnamed juniors, no anonymous bench. You'll always know exactly who's touching your project and why.