Release Fast, With Confidence
Expert Quality Engineering & DevOps consulting for SMEs. I help you build robust, automated systems that let you ship quality software at lightning speed.
Do any of these challenges sound familiar?
New to Automation
You know automated testing is the goal, but you’re not sure where to begin or how to build a strategy that sticks.
Slow, Risky Releases
Deploying new versions feels like a high-wire act: manually pushing changes or wrestling with an automated pipeline that's more often red than green.
Bugs creeping in
Manual testing can't keep up, and you're worried that quality issues could impact your users and reputation.
Process Bottlenecks
A critical part of your system is hard to test and even harder to change, blocking innovation.
How I Help You Build Better Software
Quality Engineering & Test Automation
Get a robust quality strategy that actually works. I'll help you move from slow, manual processes to fast, reliable automation.
- Designing and implementing pragmatic test strategies.
- Building scalable and maintainable test frameworks.
- Mentoring and upskilling your engineers.
DevOps & Release Automation
Build a CI/CD pipeline you can trust. I help streamline your path to production, making releases exciting for the right reason: rapidly shipping new features to customers with confidence.
- Auditing and improving your existing CI/CD pipelines.
- Improving observability and incident readiness.
- Streamlining developer workflows for faster feedback.
Fractional & Advisory Roles
Get the senior leadership you need without the full-time cost. I can join your team to provide strategic direction and lead key projects.
- Short-term project leadership.
- Roadmap planning and technical audits.
- On-demand expert advice and coaching.
Expertise You Can Depend On
20+ Years of Experience
I've solved complex engineering problems at companies like Microsoft and Aiven. I bring deep, practical experience, not just theory.
Flexible Engagements for SMEs
No big agency fees or long-term lock-in. I offer engagements designed to deliver maximum value for your budget.
Practical AI Integration
Go beyond the hype. I help you implement practical AI tools to enhance testing and accelerate feedback loops.
Hi, I'm Shaun.
I'm the founder of codeblue. For over 20 years, I’ve been passionate about one thing: making software delivery better. I enjoy helping teams solve complex challenges and build high-quality, reliable systems they can be proud of.
My motivation for starting codeblue was simple: to use my experience to help growing companies overcome the exact quality and deployment hurdles I've tackled throughout my career. I believe that good process and smart automation aren't overhead; they are the foundation of sustainable growth.
Outside solving delivery challenges, you can find me exploring the latest trends in AI-driven development and mentoring others.
Proven Results
| Client Profile | Challenge | Solution & Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 🚀 SaaS Scale-up (Pre-Launch) | The team knew they needed a solid testing foundation before their product launch, but they couldn't afford to delay feature development. They needed a pragmatic plan that wouldn't slow their velocity. | Solution: Delivered a tailored strategy workshop analyzing product risks, mapping them to business impact, and creating a lightweight roadmap to build test coverage in parallel with feature work. Outcome: The team moved from uncertainty to clarity with an actionable plan. They launched on time and with confidence, knowing their product was robust and investor-ready, with an automation foundation built to scale. |
| 🔧 Scale-up with a Legacy System (NDA) | A critical modernization project was stalled. The team lacked test coverage for legacy features, making every change risky. They needed to innovate without breaking the existing product that generated all their revenue. | Solution: Embedded as a strategic test advisor to co-create a risk-based roadmap, integrate automated testing into their CI/CD pipeline, and coach the engineering and product leadership. Outcome: Testing became an accelerant, not a bottleneck. The team gained the confidence to evolve their architecture, unlocking new product opportunities while preserving feature integrity and customer trust. |
| 📈 Growing Mobility Platform | Teams lacked the skills and confidence to write effective automated tests. A newly formed "Test Chapter" needed leadership, and manual testing couldn't keep up with the pace of development, putting quality at risk. | Solution: Architected and delivered a new, flexible test framework adopted across the business. Mentored the "Test Chapter" to become a center of excellence and solved persistent test data bottlenecks. Outcome: The company created a self-sufficient testing culture, empowering their developers to own quality. This enabled the team to ship features faster and with higher confidence, directly supporting the company's growth trajectory. |
| ☁️ High-Growth Open Source Platform | Unstable and slow CI pipelines were causing friction for over 100 engineers. The high cost of test failures—in both developer time and infrastructure spend— was limiting releases and slowing down innovation. | Solution: Led a cross-team initiative to stabilize flaky tests, implement smart test selection, and coach teams on best practices. Optimized CI infrastructure, cutting test-related cloud costs by 30%. Outcome: Delivery shifted from reactive firefighting to proactive, high-velocity development. The organization went from one risky weekly release to multiple build-ready releases per day, allowing them to outpace competitors and respond to users faster. |
| 🌍 Global Tech Leader (Microsoft) | The business needed to execute two high-stakes projects: migrating millions of Multimap users to Bing Maps without breaking a single link, and enabling robust testing for iOS apps within a Windows-centric engineering system. | Solution: Acted as technical lead for the zero-downtime user migration, building tools to automate the discovery and mapping of thousands of critical deep links. Designed and built the company’s first automation bridge connecting iOS devices to their Visual Studio CI/CD ecosystem. Outcome: The projects were a success: a zero-regression migration for millions of users preserved customer trust and brand integrity, and the new infrastructure enabled comprehensive cross-platform testing for critical mobile SDKs. |
Ready to Improve Your Software Quality?
Let's talk about where you are and where you want to go. Book a complimentary, no-obligation 30-minute strategy call to discuss your challenges, and I'll provide immediate, actionable advice.