Thomas Compagno

I lead engineering organizations through modernization, delivery transformation, and platform scale in regulated environments, with experience across SaaS, fintech, and enterprise ecosystems.

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Capabilities Overview

Credibility

Sedgwick (Director, IT Applications)

Donde (CTO, Cofounder)

Contravent (VP of Technology)

STA Group (Sr. Consultant)

OC Tanner (Director of Engineering)

Pluralsight (Course Author)

Platform modernization

Simplify architectures, improve reliability, and reduce delivery friction across complex ecosystems.

Engineering operating model

Clear ownership, execution rhythms, and standards that increase predictability and throughput.

Org and leader development

Hiring, coaching, and scaling multi-team organizations with strong accountability.

Payments and transaction systems

Trusted integrations, reconciliation-minded data models, and audit-ready delivery.

Technology execution and transformation

Translate strategy into delivery by aligning engineering, infrastructure, and operations around clear priorities, removing systemic bottlenecks, and driving modernization that improves speed, reliability, and long-term platform sustainability.

Featured Work

Transform, Build and Improve

Explore some of my featured work, from how I transformed operations to increasing engineering and quality throughput with AI

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DevOps

Delivery transformation

How I improved predictability, reduced incidents, and strengthened release discipline.

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Design

Platform architecture and scale

Patterns for multi-tenant platforms, integrations, and high availability systems.

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Development

AI adoption in engineering

Practical ways I introduce AI-assisted workflows to improve throughput and quality.

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Building a Mini AI System with Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2

The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 positions the Raspberry Pi 5 as a practical edge-AI host for low-latency inference, sensor fusion, and compact automation. For techni

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The $8,000 Surprise and the Slack "Cringe" Factor: Building a New Era of Micro-SaaS

For a long time, software development followed a predictable, slow-moving arc: idea, weeks of architecture, months of boilerplate, and finally—if the motivation held—a launch.

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How is Lean Six Sigma Affected by AI?

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into traditional business processes is not just a trend...

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Product Development in an AI World

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a cornerstone of innovation in product development. For...

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SAAS is Dead?

A conversation on what it takes to replace SAAS software. Discuss why it is easy to replicate software systems using AI, but where actual difficulties lie...

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Choosing Your Runner – LM Studio vs. Ollama vs. Kobold

A granular comparison of the software tools used to actually load and "chat" with your quantized model files.

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The Command Center – Installation and Setup

A step-by-step guide to installing the claude CLI, authenticating your account, and running your first /init to index your codebase.

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The Guardrails – Hooks and Permission Management

How to become a high-trust user by setting up automated "Hooks" (like auto-linting after an edit) and managing tool permissions so the AI never runs a...

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The High Performer’s Toolkit – MCPs and Agent Teams

The expert level: connecting Claude to your external world (Jira, Google Drive, Slack) via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and spawning "Sub-Agents" to...

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The New Era of Software Engineering (in 2026) - YouTube

Software engineering is a field that is continuously evolving, spurred by both incremental advancements and groundbreaking innovations. As we move deeper into t...

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The Source of Truth – Crafting your CLAUDE.md

How to build the "memory" of your project using a CLAUDE.md file to store coding standards, tech stack details, and recurring preferences that the agent reads...

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The Terminal Takeover – What is Claude Code?

An introduction to Anthropic’s CLI tool that shifts AI from a "chat window" to a specialized agent that lives inside your project files and executes real...

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