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Julie McFadden, founder and platform architect

Julie McFadden has spent thirty years building the web. She studied Classics at Penn State and entered the first generation of web development the year she graduated. She founded Cogn8 Systems and leads every engagement herself.

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Background

Her career spans healthcare (Johns Hopkins, Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield), publishing (Elsevier clinical drug information), insurance, and creative technology. She is the CTO of Otterkin and the architect of the IDmgmt patient identity platform.

Work with Julie

Architect: a few weeks of platform design, ending in decisions and documents you can act on.
Co-build: a technical partner for founders who know their market.
Build: a full platform delivered, with a clean hand-off.

Elsewhere

More about Julie’s work and writing is at juliemcfadden.com.

Live work

OtterkinA fine-art commissioning marketplace where collectors commission work directly from living artists (Julie is its CTO).MedPassA patient-held medical ID with time-limited QR access for providers, running on the IDmgmt identity platform we incubated and still architect.FL ButterfliesA field guide to Florida’s native butterflies with a ZIP-code finder, a native plant shop, and an admin panel that runs orders and nursery inventory.

Questions

Who will I actually work with?

Julie McFadden, our founder and platform architect, leads every engagement herself, alongside senior engineers. There is no hand-off to a junior team.

How much does it cost?

It depends on scope, so we quote after a free intro call, in writing, before any work starts. We charge fair market rates for senior work, without agency markup.

Next step

Tell us what you need on a free 30-minute call. If we are the right fit, you get a written scope and a delivery date before any work starts.