I build computer vision and AI software for companies without an AI team.

Most of my clients already have the data: drone flights, inspection photos, years of job records. What they're missing is someone who can turn it into a working product. I come in as a fractional CTO, a hands-on engineer, or both.

Education

M.S. in computer vision, BYU

Techcyte

Computer vision for medical imaging

BENlabs

Data engineering

A software company had paid an outside dev shop for eight months and still didn't have a usable product. I rebuilt it in a day.

That isn't a typo. I write production code with AI agents doing most of the typing, so I can spend my time on the parts that need judgment.

People usually call me when…

What I do

My specialty

Computer vision

I've worked with hyperspectral drone imagery, microscope slides, and industrial inspection photos. I handle the whole thing, from deciding how the data should be collected to getting a model running in production.

  • Detection, segmentation, and defect inspection
  • Hyperspectral and multispectral analysis
  • Labeling strategy and dataset design
  • Deployment to the cloud or edge devices

Fractional CTO

I own the technical side: what to build, who builds it, and whether it's on track. That includes keeping outside developers honest, hiring your first engineers, and getting ready for technical due diligence.

Building the product

MVPs, rescue jobs, internal tools, and compliance systems. Because I build with AI agents, a project that would take a typical team a quarter often takes me a few weeks.

Industries so far: agriculture · industrial inspection · medical imaging · field service software · healthcare compliance · consumer apps

How we'd start

  1. A free 30-minute call

    Tell me what you're working on and where it's stuck. If I'm not the right person, I'll try to point you to someone who is.

  2. A paid assessment

    One to two weeks at a fixed price. I go through your data, code, and vendors, then write up what I'd do and in what order. You keep the plan whether or not you hire me.

  3. The work

    A monthly retainer or a fixed-scope project, depending on what the assessment turns up. Retainers start at $8,000/month.

Mike Whitney

I'm Mike Whitney.

I studied computer vision at BYU, then spent several years in industry, first building data pipelines at BENlabs and later working on medical imaging AI at Techcyte.

I always had side projects going. A professor needed drone imagery processed for a crop study. A friend's software company needed someone to fix what their contractors couldn't. Those projects kept growing, and eventually they became Adaptive Intelligence.

I keep my client list short on purpose, so the person you talk to on the first call is the person doing the work.

Based in Northern Virginia · Working remotely with teams anywhere

Tell me what you're working on.

The first call is free and takes half an hour. Two slots open.