Projects

Founder-led work with taste, technical depth, and commercial instinct.

These are the ventures and product directions that best show Bryan's blend of technical execution, operational realism, AI curiosity, and differentiated brand sense.

Selected work

Products that feel considered, not just built.

Different problems and markets; the same bar for positioning, systems, execution, and how the finished product should feel.

Founder Product

WhiskeyMate

Born from the 2020 pandemic: Bryan had never shipped a mobile app but had been waiting for a use case strong enough to justify the climb—and one that was not already solved well. A growing appreciation for fine whiskey and a collection that outgrew memory made the gap obvious; nothing on the market fit. WhiskeyMate launched on iOS in March 2023; Android followed in 2025 after user demand. The product now spans web and tvOS as well, with Fitz, an in-product generative AI AppTender, on hand for support, recipes, and the occasional joke.

Founder and sole developer

Origin story grounded in restraint, not hesitation: interest in mobile for years, but no build until the problem—tracking and enjoying a serious whiskey collection—felt personal and underserved.
Platform arc from first mobile release to multi-surface product: iOS first, Android when the audience asked, then web and tvOS so the experience meets collectors where they are.
Fitz as product differentiator: a generative AI AppTender inside the app for assistance, recipes, and personality—not a bolt-on chatbot, but part of the tasting-room experience.

iOSAndroidtvOSWebFirebaseTypeScriptGenerative AI (Fitz)AnalyticsE-commerce

Brand And Platform Concept

This Fucking Guy / This Fucking Gal

Born on the road between St. Louis and Kansas City during Birdie Tickets launch work and a golf expo in Kansas City: slow drivers camping in the left lane had Bryan muttering the same phrase for miles—until it turned into a product idea. thisfuckingguy.com is a kind of public nuisance index: humorous, recognizable, and built as a social experiment and publishing platform, not a doxxing machine. Built with an intentional choice (inspired by recent reading) not to do everything alone—family, friends, and those he knew with a passion for calling out unwanted behavior are invited to participate and share ownership. Dual-brand architecture welcomes people in on the joke.

Creator and lead developer

Origin you cannot fabricate: windshield time, a golf trip, and left-lane frustration that named the brand before a single line of code shipped—and in hindsight, the slow rollers earned a thank-you for the thinking time.
Operating philosophy: resist the solo-founder urge to own every inch—open the platform to people who want skin in the game while keeping scope disciplined.
Clear guardrails: humor and shared recognition of annoying behavior, not destruction or doxxing; the dual Guy / Gal brands keep the tone inclusive.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptModeration workflowsSocial featuresContent systemsCommunity participation

Consumer Mobile App

Drift Audio

A Flutter sleep-sounds app born in North Carolina's Outer Banks after a frustrating search for simple white noise without handing over an email, creating an account, or paying a subscription. Shipped to the Apple App Store and Google Play in 23 languages: no signup, no personal data collected for core use, and free baseline sleep sounds, with optional paid extras for more scene audio and custom sounds to help fund the product.

Founder and developer

Sparked by a real trip: forgot a sound machine, doom-scrolled the App Store, and chose to ship instead of surrendering privacy to yet another gated noise app.
Roughly two hours from idea to a cross-platform Flutter build, stress-testing GPT-5-era models and Cursor as a serious product-development accelerator.
Privacy and access first: completely free core sleep sounds, no accounts, no personal information collected; monetization stays optional for power users who want more.

FlutterDartiOSAndroidLocalizationAI-assisted development

Co-Founded Product

Birdie Tickets

Premium golf gear, raffled the way post-tournament parties already think about giveaways, except the prizes stay high-end and ticket pools stay small (often fewer than twenty-five). Born in November 2025 after a friend and former colleague called with the idea; Bryan joined as co-founder and CIO and built the platform. Birdie Tickets: win your golf.

Co-Founder and CIO

Origin story that starts with a relationship, not a slide deck: a trusted friend rang out of the blue with a sharp read on golf culture and raffle psychology.
Product thesis: bring tourney-weekend energy—giveaways, raffles, buzz—into always-on, ticket-capped drawings for serious equipment instead of leftover swag.
Execution proof: from that call to a live platform under the Birdie Tickets brand, with Bryan owning technical leadership and delivery as CIO.

Platform developmentProduct strategyCommerceTicketingOperations