Ora et Labora Technologies is an independent practice. I build custom software and applications, advise on technology, and produce photography and creative video. Each project is planned in writing, tested before it ships, and handed over in a state you can own.
Ora et Labora Technologies works where emerging technology and creative design meet the old-world virtues of highest quality, honesty, and hard work. Ora et labora—pray and work—is the Benedictine balance of spiritual devotion and serious effort, the rule monks used to keep idleness out and to turn ordinary tasks into acts of worship. Likewise, I run a thread of quiet prayer during the workday and throughout every engagement, so that reflection and execution stay in proportion.
That balance is how I serve.
25+ years of experience across aviation, finance, telecommunications, software development, project execution and leadership have taught me that costly mistakes happen when building starts before anyone has understood why, and that executive oversimplification of a problem leads to inconsistent outcomes. I work with each client to name the purpose first—what is your business need and the outcomes you are looking to achieve—then bring intense solution execution to a problem I actually comprehend. Innovation here is not speed for its own sake. It is old standards applied to new materials: humility about what I do not know, stability in the promises I keep, and stewardship of what is entrusted to me.
I strive to elevate the craft as a technologist by refusing to create or deploy anything that doesn’t 100% work each time, every time. Tools, designs, and decisions are handled as things that ought to last and tell the truth. The aim is work that is useful, honest, and worthy of the people who will depend on it—offered, with the prayer that steadies it, and ultimately for the greater glory of God and the good of those I serve.
Engineering and image-making are the same habit, applied to different materials. You work directly with me: one point of contact, one standard of finish, and nothing lost in hand-offs between people.
Custom software built around how your business actually runs: internal tools, data systems, automations and integrations that replace spreadsheets and repetitive manual steps.
Native apps for Mac, iPhone and iPad, and web applications that open in any browser. Each is designed, built and tested to a standard you would put your own name on.
Clear advice for owners and teams who need to make a technology decision without a sales pitch: what to buy, what to build, what to retire, and how to bring AI tools in responsibly.
Photographs and short films for people, places and brands, made with the same planning and attention to finish as the software, and delivered ready to use on the web, in print and on social media.
Every engagement, a weekend shoot or a year-long build, follows the same four steps, so you always know where things stand.
I start with how you work today and what "done" looks like, before I propose a solution.
A written scope, timeline and price you can read in one sitting. No surprises later.
The work is made in short stretches with regular check-ins, and it is tested before you see it.
Source, files and documentation are delivered in full, with support available after launch.
A selection of landscape and seascape photographs. Portraits, events, products and short films are made to commission; tell me what you are planning.
Portraits, headshots, events and products, edited and color-corrected, delivered at web and print resolution.
Promotional films, interviews and social cuts, from planning and filming through edit, sound and color.
Product screenshots, demo videos and launch imagery for the apps I build, made by the same hand so they match.
Tell me a little about what you have in mind. You will get a personal reply from me, usually within two business days, and a first call costs nothing.