About

Small tokens,
strong foundations.

The team

The pebble and the byte.

Ryan Link

The pebble · requirements & organization

Ryan turns messy processes into clean, organized requirements that teams can actually build from. For Washington DC's technology office, he built Virtual Agent chatbot experiences in ServiceNow, led a complete redesign of their Employee Center, and trained 50+ people on the systems he shaped. He is now structuring requirements for an enterprise service catalog spanning ten programs at once. He also founded Pawzr, a pet care platform where he led a team of eight developers, so he knows both sides of the build.

Nicholas Cilfone

The byte · data & platforms

Nick builds data and AI platforms for a living, with director and VP roles across biotech, Nike, and Fidelity. Today he leads AI, cloud automation, and developer experience teams across two continents, turning sprawling systems into platforms people can actually use. He got his start applying machine learning to medicine, where the data is complex and the answers have to be right. PhD in chemical engineering, 17 published papers, and a firm believer that good infrastructure is rarely seen, only felt. If it moves data, he has probably scaled it.

Pebble & Byte logo

Why the name

Penguins present a carefully chosen pebble to their mate. A small gesture that starts something built to last.

That is the spirit we bring to consulting: thoughtful choices, offered with care, that compound into foundations worth building on. The byte is the other half, the data, systems, and craft that make it real. Together they are how we work: pick the right piece, place it well, and stay until it holds.

What we believe

01

Informed decisions

You should understand the why behind every recommendation. We explain our thinking in plain language, so each choice is yours to make with confidence.

02

Stay close

The work doesn't end at handoff. Support and maintenance are built into every engagement, not bolted on.

03

Built to last

We choose proven, reliable solutions over trends, so what we build together still holds five years from now.

Let's build your foundation.