La Shauna E. Nichols

CTO | Software & App Architect | Technical Instructor

Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience building secure, scalable web and mobile platforms and guiding teams toward security-first engineering practices.

CybersecurityMobile & HybridCloud & DevOpsArchitectureAI / MLStrategy

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Featured Case Studies

Deep dives into architecture, engineering decisions and measurable outcomes.

February 2025

Streamlined Textile Inventory System

FabricFeed.io

Built a full-stack textile management platform with real-time inventory tracking, custom data tables and a cost-optimized AWS infrastructure achieving 99.99% uptime.

FrontendBackendCloud & DevOps

November 2024

AI-Powered Academic Study Platform & Generator

QuizQueue.io

Designed an AI-powered SaaS quiz generator integrating LLMs for curriculum-aligned content, with interactive dashboards for students and teachers and real-time data processing.

AI / MLBackendFrontend

August 2024

Enterprise Cloud Cost Optimization

Cost Optimization Strategy

Led an enterprise-level cost optimization strategy implementing service-level changes into AWS, driving a nearly $60,000/month cost reduction while maintaining ISO 27001 compliance.

Cloud & DevOpsStrategyArchitecture

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Core Capabilities

Technical expertise spanning security, architecture and full-stack development.

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Cybersecurity

●SOC 2 & ISO 27001
●AppSec & SAST/DAST
●Threat Modeling
●Incident Response

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Strategy

●Fractional CTO
●Technical Roadmaps
●Cost Optimization
●Team Building

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Mobile & Hybrid Apps

●React Native & Expo
●Cross-Platform Development
●React & Next.js
●TypeScript

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Backend

●Node.js & Python
●API Design
●Kafka & Redis
●PostgreSQL & DynamoDB

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Cloud & DevOps

●AWS & GCP
●Kubernetes & ECS
●CI/CD Pipelines
●Infrastructure as Code

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AI / ML

●LLM Integration
●AWS Bedrock
●Data Pipelines
●Intelligent Agents