What can you help me deliver?

Sometimes the problem is a release that will not move, a system that keeps failing, or a roadmap with no clear next step. I help you work out what is blocking progress and carry the architecture, engineering, and delivery forward.

Who will I actually work with?

You work directly with me, Tony Chong. The person helping you choose the approach can also write the code, build the platform, and ship the changes. My background spans engineering, architecture, and CTO leadership; the About and Experience pages cover that history.

What does an engagement look like?

We start with a free discovery call about the problem and the result you want. From there, we agree on the right scope: a focused diagnostic, a build or fix, or an ongoing partnership. I can carry the work from architecture and planning through implementation and production.

Do I need an assessment before we can start building?

A focused diagnostic is useful when the problem or approach needs investigation. It is not a required step for every project. If the work is already clear, we can agree on a delivery scope and get started. A diagnostic includes a risk brief and a practical 30-90 day roadmap.

What industries do you specialize in?

My experience spans FinTech, AdTech, Entertainment, Life Sciences, AI/SaaS, Healthcare, Non-Profit, and DevSecOps. I bring the technical and operational context of those environments to architecture, engineering, and delivery.

Do you write code and build systems yourself?

Yes. I work hands-on across software, cloud infrastructure, integrations, automation, and delivery pipelines. I can also provide fractional CTO leadership, architecture, hiring, and mentoring. You get the mix of practical delivery and senior judgment the work needs.

AIRWAVE

Tony Chong · CTO · Architect · Engineer

From strategy to shipped results.

When releases slip, systems need constant attention, or the next technical decision has everyone stuck, I help you choose the next step and carry the work through to production.

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Tony ChongFormer VP of Engineering & CTO

Companies I've worked with

The experience behind the work.

I have built products as a startup CTO, scaled engineering at Vungle, and delivered platform work through Airwave. You work directly with me on the decisions and the implementation.

About Tony Full experience

2B+

Daily requests at Vungle

$4.4M

Raised as GawkBox co-founder & CTO

550%

Higher delivery frequency at Marqeta

33%

Annual infrastructure cost reduction at Vungle

10 → 54

Vungle engineering team scaled

~$5M

Engineering budget managed at Vungle

Familiar problems. Proven work.

A closer look at the challenge, the work, and the outcome.

Publicly Traded FinTech

No platform team. Quarterly releases. Federal compliance choking every deploy.

What I did

I rebuilt CI/CD pipelines from scratch, transferred platform engineering skills directly to the dev teams, and integrated automated security and compliance gates.

550%

Faster Delivery

From strategy to shipped results.

The experience behind the work.

Familiar problems. Proven work.

No platform team. Quarterly releases. Federal compliance choking every deploy.

250M requests/day at ceiling. Five teams across three continents.

Infrastructure costs scaling linearly with traffic growth.

Platform team built from the ground up under acquisition pressure.

No containers. No IaC. No CI/CD. Zero modern tooling.

No infrastructure. No team. Just an idea on a whiteboard.

On-prem CMS bleeding budget. No cloud presence.

Fragmented tooling. No standardized engineering practices.

Enterprise customers needed policy-as-code at an aggressive scale.

Needed massive concurrent load capability for live global events.

Unblocked massive enterprise accounts by engineering rapid Azure parity.

A practical way forward.

Diagnose & Plan

Build & Fix

Lead & Scale

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