Founder and principal consultant
Founder
Meet Nitai Thigpen, founder and principal consultant
Nitai is a senior software engineer with 20+ years of experience working with a wide variety of tools, technologies, frameworks, platforms, and languages across a variety of industries. He founded Thigpen Technology Solutions to provide SMB clients with practical, custom-fit technology execution without enterprise consulting overhead.
What clients value most
Nitai combines deep technical architecture skills with a business-first delivery style. Engagements are tailored to each client's current systems, team maturity, and operating constraints so progress is real, measurable, and maintainable.
Cloud-native architecture on AWS and Azure
Full-stack engineering with .NET, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks
Legacy modernization and migration planning
Data engineering and ETL pipeline design
Secure delivery with CI/CD and infrastructure as code
Practical AI adoption for real business workflows
Leadership
A founder-led model backed by a multi-disciplinary delivery team
Nitai leads strategy, architecture, and implementation quality across every engagement, supported by a team of 10+ professionals including software engineers, QA testers, business analysts, graphic designers, and cloud architects. This structure gives clients senior technical leadership with scalable execution capacity.
Career Highlights
Senior Software Engineer - SMArtX Advisory Solutions
2023 - Present
Architected cloud-native trade processing services, improved deployment reliability with Terraform and GitHub Actions, and delivered analytics experiences with Vue, D3.js, and QuickSight.
Senior Software Engineer - Schneider Electric
2022 - 2023
Delivered utility infrastructure mapping solutions and led modernization from .NET Framework to .NET Core for better performance and maintainability.
Senior Engineer / Team Lead / Scrum Master - Ampersand (NCC Media)
2019 - 2022
Led engineering delivery for a large-scale media campaign platform while mentoring developers and coordinating agile execution.
Software Engineer - Earlier Roles Across Product and Enterprise Teams
2005 - 2019
Built and modernized systems across industries including transportation, energy, simulation, and regulated gaming environments.
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Start with a practical consultation
If you are planning modernization, AI adoption, cloud upgrades, or security improvements, we can map a clear path that matches your business priorities and budget.