Start with the workflow, decision, data source, and business constraint before choosing the interface or model.
About
A small software studio for messy operational systems.
NorthEnd Technologies is led by Drew Meade, a software engineer and quantitative researcher with a BSBA in Corporate Finance from Colorado State. Drew has built production systems across media infrastructure, restaurant health data, yacht brokerage operations, automotive dealer intelligence, analytics, and full-stack SaaS. The company focuses on practical software that turns messy workflows into dependable operating systems.
4 core build areas 4 current operating contexts 5 capability groups
Studio posture
NorthEnd builds like an operator, not an agency handoff.
NorthEnd is positioned for teams that already have the painful version of a workflow: spreadsheets, disconnected tools, manual reports, fragile intake, or decisions that live in someone’s head.
The work is intentionally pragmatic: map the operating model, build the smallest dependable system, connect the data, then harden the useful parts once real users are inside it.
Working principles
Favor thin vertical systems that teams can touch, test, and refine over abstract decks or long speculative roadmaps.
Use automation and AI to reduce repetition while preserving review points, clear ownership, and operational accountability.
Focus
Software where business process, data, and interface meet.
Internal SoftwareData InfrastructureAI & AutomationSaaS & Product Builds
Current context
See proof of work ↗Principal
NorthEnd Technologies · Miami-Fort Lauderdale · Full-time
AI & Operations (NorthEnd client)
Ghost Yachts, Inc. · Miami-Fort Lauderdale · Contract
Co-Founder
SafeDine · Contract
Technical Advisor
Rocky Mountain Student Media · Fort Collins, CO · Part-time
How the work moves
Diagnose
Map the workflow, data sources, constraints, and business outcome.
Prototype
Build a thin vertical slice quickly enough to test the real operating model.
Deploy
Ship production software with authentication, hosting, analytics, and maintainable data flows.
Iterate
Use the live system to harden edge cases, automate more work, and compound value.
Credentials
Finance-trained, software-led, systems-focused.
BSBA, Corporate Finance
Colorado State University · Dec 2025
BSBA Corporate Finance · Colorado State University · Dec 2025
Financial Trading in Python · DataCamp · Oct 2025
Bloomberg Market Concepts · Bloomberg · Jul 2025
Bloomberg Finance Fundamentals · Bloomberg · Apr 2025
Python for Data Science, AI & Development · IBM · Jun 2023
Claude Certified Architect (CCA-F) · SIE (Securities Industry Essentials) · FINRA Series 7 · CFA Level I · CQF (Certificate in Quantitative Finance)
Capabilities
Finance
Financial Analysis · Financial Modeling · DCF Valuation · Bloomberg Terminal · Biopharma Equities
AI
LLMs · Prompt Engineering · Agentic Workflows · MCP · Claude Agent SDK · Fine-tuning · RAG
Languages
Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · HTML · SQL
Web
Next.js · React · Astro · Vue · Supabase · WordPress
Data
Databases · Data Analysis · Google Analytics · Classical ML
Background
Sep 2024 – Dec 2025
Senior Developer, Rocky Mountain Student Media · Fort Collins, CO · Part-time
Jan 2025 – May 2025
Financial Analyst, Summit Fund · Fort Collins, CO
Jun 2024 – Apr 2025
Finance Chair, Lambda Chi Alpha · Fort Collins, CO
Feb 2024 – Sep 2024
Junior Developer, Rocky Mountain Student Media · Fort Collins, CO · Part-time
Aug 2023 – May 2024
Judicial Chair, Lambda Chi Alpha · Fort Collins, CO
May 2023 – Aug 2023
Investment Banking Intern, BuySell Consortium · Toronto, ON · Contract