KEVIN BADINGER
Builder. 30 years of production systems across healthcare, logistics, and operations.
I built and ran the industry standard platform for nurse aide credentialing — 1M+ certifications across 35 states, clients operated on it for over a decade. Bootstrapped to a successful exit. Acquired 2023.
Now I help regulated organizations deploy AI that actually works in production — not demos, not prototypes. Working systems built for environments where errors have real consequences.
Currently shipping production AI daily — MCP servers, multi-LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines. Taking on select engagements.
What I'm Working On
AI Agent Security Audit
AI Agent Security & Governance • 2025-present
Production security audit tooling for AI agent deployments. Always-on monitoring, periodic security sweeps, auto-remediation, and reporting. Built because most AI agent platforms ship with permissive defaults that expose credentials, tools, and data to anyone who knows where to look.
Python • Security monitoring • CVE detection • Auto-remediation
The AI Reckoning
Book • In Progress
The software industry abandoned its fundamentals, and AI is accelerating the consequences to a speed nobody is ready for. Thirty years of watching the same failures repeat across seven industries — and now vibe coding is manufacturing a trillion-dollar tech debt crisis. AI is a multiplier. Bring understanding and it multiplies your ability to build things that work. Bring ignorance and it multiplies your ability to build things that break.
Publishing 2026
ThisWeekEats
Family Meal Planning Platform • 2024-present
Family meal planning platform that learns what your household actually eats. Per-member preferences, allergy safety, budget-aware generation, weekly scheduling with availability filtering. Turns hours of grocery planning into minutes.
Next.js • Python • Google Gemini • Preference engine
What I've Built
Before that, I spent two decades architecting production systems still in use today.
Conductor
Healthcare Credentialing Platform • 2005-present • Acquired 2023
Built from scratch as CEO. Processed 1M+ certifications across 35+ states. Became the industry standard for nurse aide credentialing. Automated operations that competitors handled with large teams. Bootstrapped, profitable from year one. 20 years operational. Acquired 2023.
StarFloors
Flooring Installation Platform • 2014-2023 • Fortune 500
Multi-portal flooring installation management system for senior living communities. Automated the full workflow from customer contact through installation and billing. Different industry, same approach — eliminate friction. 9+ years operational.
About
Started with embedded systems at Texas Instruments. Built enterprise platforms for 300+ Fortune 1000 companies as Lead Architect at Trintech. 30 years building production systems.
Ran a healthcare tech company as CEO for 12 years. Built the platform from scratch in 2005 — it became the industry standard for nurse aide credentialing. Processed 1M+ certifications across 35 states. Clients operated on it daily for over a decade. Bootstrapped, profitable from year one, no outside capital. HIPAA certified. US Patent holder. Acquired 2023.
The actual story: competitors threw bodies at the problem. I built automation that let a small team outperform organizations many times our size. When contracts came up for renewal, we kept winning. That's what I do — find the friction killing your team and engineer it away.
Turns out, keeping systems running is just like marathons—and Ironmans: endurance, pacing, and finishing matter most.
How I Work
You have a business problem. I help you solve it — whether that means building the system myself, leading a team, or advising on architecture and strategy.
- Architecture, stack selection, build vs. buy decisions
- Hands-on implementation or team leadership depending on scope
- Third-party integration and vendor evaluation
- Full technical ownership for as long as you need it
I've worked this way for 30 years — for my own companies and for clients.
Available for consulting and implementation work. Get in touch.