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Production systems, built where the pieces meet.

Schwen Scalability is Matthew Schwen's hands-on consulting practice for production AI systems, site reliability engineering, infrastructure automation, and custom software. The work is designed for founders and operators who need senior technical judgment and implementation from the same person. Engagements can begin with an architecture review, a focused build, or an embedded technical partnership. AI projects are treated as production systems: retrieval is grounded, tool access is bounded, evaluation measures whether the system works, and operational failure modes are designed before launch. Infrastructure work follows the same discipline through useful SLOs, controlled automation, incident readiness, and small blast radii. Every engagement is scoped directly with Matthew, delivered against explicit outcomes, and supported by a specialist bench when the work needs additional depth. The result is a system the client can understand, operate, measure, and extend after delivery.

LED PERSONALLY BY MATTHEW SCHWEN · FRANKLIN, TN ⇄ LEHI, UT · REMOTE ENGAGEMENTS

What Schwen Scalability does

SERVICE 01

Site Reliability Engineering

Reliability architecture, SLOs, incident response, automation, and operational design informed by twenty years of production infrastructure work.

  • SLO and reliability design
  • Incident-response systems
  • Automation and blast-radius reduction

SERVICE 02

AI Systems & Models

Production AI systems including multi-agent orchestration, retrieval with cited answers, knowledge graphs, tool integrations, and honest evaluation harnesses.

  • Agents and orchestration
  • RAG and knowledge graphs
  • Evaluation and production safeguards

SERVICE 03

AI-Assisted Infrastructure

Infrastructure automation that combines a trustworthy source of truth, controlled workflows, and AI interfaces without giving up operational guardrails.

  • Workflow automation
  • Source-of-truth integration
  • Self-service infrastructure systems

SERVICE 04

Architecture & Technical Consulting

Senior technical judgment for architecture reviews, AI strategy, build-versus-buy decisions, reliability planning, and production-readiness assessments.

  • Architecture review
  • Technical strategy
  • Production-readiness plan

SERVICE 05

Embedded Technical Partnership

Hands-on technical partnership or fractional CTO support for teams that need an operator inside the work, owning systems and carrying production responsibility.

  • Embedded systems leadership
  • Hands-on implementation
  • Operational ownership

SERVICE 06

Startup Engineering & Technical Diligence

Zero-to-one product builds, one-to-scale architecture, and technical diligence for founders, operators, and investors evaluating real production risk.

  • MVP to production
  • Scaling architecture
  • Technical diligence for investors

Common engagement questions

Who performs the work?

Matthew Schwen leads every engagement personally, from architecture through implementation and production operations. A specialist bench can support larger scopes without separating technical decisions from delivery.

What makes the AI work production-ready?

The system is designed around grounding, controlled tool access, shared context, measurable evaluations, observability, and graceful failure—not a demo prompt that becomes somebody else's operational problem.

Can Schwen Scalability join an existing team?

Yes. Engagements can be advisory, project-based, or embedded. The embedded model is appropriate when a team needs hands-on systems leadership or fractional CTO depth inside its existing delivery process.

How does an engagement start?

Start with the conversational intake or email Matthew directly. The first step identifies the business outcome, current system, constraints, risk, and the smallest useful scope before a proposal is prepared.

What can Schwen manage after launch?

Schwen Managed Platform offers Hosting, Database, Email, AI, and Care as separate monthly services, so you pay only for what actually runs. The customer portal, API foundation, code repository, and Project Brain are included with every project; builds and consulting are scoped separately. Rates are quoted with you once the scope is clear.

NEXT STEP

Bring the system that has to work.

Tell Matthew what you are building, where it hurts, and what production has to mean. The intake preserves the context for a direct scoping conversation.

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