I build practical systems that give your team time back.
For organisations stuck in spreadsheets, email chains, and repetitive admin, I design and ship tools that cut manual work, reduce errors, and make operations calmer.
Based in Scotland · Working with UK teams
- Shipped working systems, not slide decks.
- Build, handover, and support included.
- Local-first mindset: your data stays under your control.
Measured annual return on delivery time
Quick Fit Check
Who this is for (and not for)
Best fit
- Teams with repeated admin and document workflows.
- Leaders who want practical systems in weeks, not quarters.
- Organisations that value clear ownership and process reliability.
Not ideal
- Teams looking for a fully custom enterprise platform from day one.
- Projects with no clear workflow owner or decision-maker.
- Situations where process change cannot be adopted by staff.
Who I Help
Teams with messy admin and too much manual work
Small organisations
You need reliable systems quickly, without heavy enterprise complexity or long delivery cycles.
Charities and professional services
You need consistent documents, reports, and workflows so staff can focus on higher-value work.
Engineering and operations teams
You need audit-ready records, fewer handoffs, and less time spent fixing process errors.
Leaders who want clarity
You want one clear workflow your team can actually use, maintain, and trust day to day.
What I Build
Examples of systems in production
Purchase order and document workflows
- Structured form capture
- Typst PDF generation
- Audit-ready storage and notifications
Reporting automation
- Faster reporting with photos/data
- Cleaner outputs for stakeholders
- Less copy-paste and rework
Charity and ops automation
- Grant and fundraising workflow support
- Operational tracking improvements
- Reduced process friction
Local-first tooling direction
- Private cloud friendly
- Data ownership by default
- Lower SaaS sprawl over time
How I Work
Simple delivery process
1. Understand workflow
Map your current process and identify where time or quality is leaking.
2. Design the system
Define the smallest useful system that solves the core problem clearly.
3. Build and test
Implement with real examples, test edge cases, and remove failure points.
4. Handover and support
Document, train, and support rollout so your team can run it confidently.
Proof and outcomes
Recent projects delivered measurable time savings and cleaner operations.
Annual return per hour invested.
Working days saved each year across delivered projects.
Completed systems with live operational use.
Try a live workflow at demo.lochross.com.