The software atelier and consultancy of Mark Wunsch, an engineering leader with over 15 years of experience galvanizing teams through technical and cultural change.

From early to late stage startups and enterprises, we offer technical leadership, strategic thinking, and operational guidance. Bring Mark on as a thought partner, a player-coach, or a fractional CTO.

These are its guiding principles:

  1. Pragmatism. Wunsch Werks is a software engineering practice that is focused on outcomes. Those outcomes seldomly require excessive technical effort, nor the new & flashy tools. Too often, software engineering tends toward maximalism. That’s not how we approach problem solving. Cunning is usually a far better tool than what might be on the front page of Hacker News.
  2. Agility. Once a software engineering effort begins, the costs and energy of that effort are effectively captured and cannot be recouped. For that reason, it’s essential that ideas and possible solutions are validated with users and customers. We favor a lean methodology, the Jobs to Be Done framework, and speedy, nimble iterations that can be tested and validated. “Agility” is a loaded term in software development. Wunsch Werks does not adhere closely to any one particular Agile dogma. Instead we focus on the original principles of the agile manifesto, using tools that allow us to gain greater visibility into our output so that we can become more effective practitioners.
  3. Curiosity. The work of an engineer is to solve problems. To have a complete picture of the problem at hand, we need to remain curious and open to learning. Solutions can present themselves from the least expected source. Engineering departments can often be isolated, siloed parts of the organization. We encourage breaking out of the day-to-day rigmarole of writing code to build better, richer cross-functional relationships, and routinely viewing problems through different lenses of the business. We question accepted best practice and ask “why?”

Wunsch Werks advises on every aspect of the software development lifecycle, but we excel in these areas:

😶‍🌫️ Cloud Migrations & Operations

From building a continuous delivery pipeline to optimizing costs. Hire Mark to plan and advise how to make the most of cloud offerings.

🤖 AI Strategy & Implementation

I will cut through the buzz and hype and help you identify ways in which AI technologies can lead to productivity gains and innovative product offerings.

🌱 Team Building & Organizational Design

From creating hiring plans, sourcing talent, building robust interviewing pipelines, onboarding, and finally, integrating, I’ve built incredible, high-functioning engineering teams focused on collaboration and delivery.

🚨 Incident Response

How does your team respond during a crisis? What is your organizational memory for pernicious errors or exceptional circumstances? I can organize, plan, and execute an effective incident response and on-call operation.

🚀 A Culture of Shipping

Is your engineering team outputting product? Is that output effective? Are your outcomes out of sync with the team’s output? Hire Mark to craft an engineering culture that values product delivery and shipping code while maintaining an anti-fragile mindset.

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