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Chad Baniecki

Chief Technology Officer · Fractional CTO · Raleigh, NC

I lead technology for a fast-growing residential construction contractor: IT strategy, business systems, data, and responsible AI adoption. With CE Consulting NC I help small businesses and contractors get more out of IT, data, and AI. Off the clock I build things: home lab, self-hosted AI, Linux workstations, and the sites and apps that keep my side projects running.

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Experience

  1. 2017 – now

    Pinnacle Contracting Services

    Chief Technology Officer · Feb 2026 – now

    Technology strategy and execution for a fast-growing residential construction contractor and its affiliate: infrastructure, business systems, data and reporting, and responsible AI adoption.

    • Wrote and rolled out an AI strategy and usage policy for both companies, then deployed a centrally managed AI platform with single sign-on to 150+ employees.
    • Led the technology integration of a 2026 acquisition: new staff came onto shared systems, directory, and onboarding without a separate IT setup.
    • Ran a cross-company ERP evaluation with operations and finance and reached a consensus selection on schedule.
    • Moved payroll and HR for two companies off legacy systems onto one cloud platform, live within the planned quarter.
    • Built an automated reporting pipeline with data-quality checks, so leadership dashboards no longer depend on manual exports.
    • Rebuilt the training portal with culture and leadership modules, graded knowledge checks, and best-practice guides for five divisions.
    • Automated recurring operations work with AI agents: daily briefings, onboarding and offboarding, directory syncs, and vendor reporting.

    Senior Manager of Construction Technology · 2021 – 2026

    Earlier: Systems Administrator & Billing Coordinator (2019 – 2021), Project Manager (2017 – 2019)

    • Built the budgeting and reporting platform used to track $85M across divisions.
    • Rolled out mobile device management company-wide and moved field and office work onto Microsoft 365, DocuWare, and other construction platforms.
    • Built the takeoff and bid system that ties estimating, cost data, and field assignments together.
  2. 2023 – now

    CE Consulting NC

    Co-founder · Fractional CTO

    • Technology, data, and AI help for small businesses and contractors, with Elise McCann.
  3. 2009 – 2016

    Disco Melee

    Chief Strategy Officer

    • Built a social live-streaming platform from the idea up; ran product with an Agile development team.
    • Raised more than $850K across several investment rounds.
  4. 2011 – 2013

    Fisher and Associates

    Automotive Technician / Engineering Support · Phoenix, AZ

    • Helped crack a vehicle data-capture problem for a Nissan engine study that had been stuck since 2006.
  5. 2009 – 2011

    Last In Concepts

    District Manager · Baton Rouge, LA

    • Ran two restaurants (60+ staff) to their best sales years, raised profit more than 20%, and helped open a third.

Education

Louisiana State University, B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, 2009. Member of the 2007 national champion LSU football team.

Skills

What I build

Personal projects, on my own time and my own hardware.

Infrastructure & AI

Home network & lab

Segmented network with IoT and cameras on their own VLAN, network-wide DNS filtering, WireGuard remote access, a Docker host, battery backup, and automatic cellular failover.

Local-first home AI

Retired MacBook Airs turned into headless model servers. An assistant runs on local models by default, escalates to cloud models for hard problems, and keeps working when the internet is down.

In progress

AI agents on a VPS

A small team of always-on AI agents on a cloud server: an admin agent plus personal assistants, each isolated in its own account with scoped access, approval-gated changes, and chat on Discord.

Workstations & hardware

Custom PC build

Ryzen 9 5900X and RTX 5080 workstation with a three-display layout and NVMe RAID, tuned for 4K gaming, VR, and local AI.

Linux desktop, as code

Arch Linux with Hyprland on the desktop and a MacBook: custom status bar, calendar and to-dos, RGB lighting synced to the theme. One dotfiles repo rebuilds either machine, and AI assistants on each coordinate through it.

Steam Deck & Steam Frame

Handheld emulation setup synced with the desktop, and PC VR streaming to a Steam Frame on Linux, including getting titles running through Proton that weren't built for it.

Web & apps

zeeboguy.com

My hobby site: scheduled data refreshes that open pull requests, preview-then-production releases with rollback, and a feedback form that files GitHub issues.

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9 Lives colony tracker

Offline-friendly web app for managing feral cat colonies: profiles, family trees, health and TNR records, and a map. No server; data syncs through Dropbox.

Small-business sites

Static, fast, tracker-free sites for CE Consulting NC, 9 Lives Trap House, and this one, each with automated checks and a reviewed release flow.