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Building · open to collaborate · Charlotte ↔ Miami, FL

Owen Spain.

Full-Stack Engineer & AI Integrator

I build the operational systems that scale service businesses — replacing duct-taped SaaS with native, AI-driven architecture that captures lost revenue.

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01 About

Engineering meets operations.

Two companies founded, three products shipped — software, AI automation, and customer success.

I build systems that bridge the gap between technical engineering and business operations. The most expensive bottlenecks live at the seams between functions — and I architect the connective tissue to close them.

Running my own companies taught me early that great code is useless if it doesn't drive the bottom line. So I stopped treating software as a subject to study and started treating it as leverage — a way to manipulate outcomes and recover revenue.

I wrote my first Python script at 12, in an accelerated computer-science program led by an MIT Sloan Fellow. The curriculum wasn't syntax for its own sake — it was applying Python, SQL, and data modeling to real business and financial problems. That shifted everything.

I took those fundamentals and started my first company, building custom gaming PCs. The hardware was only half the product: I wrote my own software to strip down and tune Windows for performance, then coded the storefront from scratch to sell the rigs. Years of reps — building, breaking, and learning how architecture actually functions under the hood.

Today I apply that same systems logic to service businesses bleeding revenue through missed calls and manual data entry — building Stranex OS to replace fragmented, duct-taped workflows with native, AI-driven infrastructure.

Focus
Vertical-AI operating systems for service businesses — call routing, workflow automation, conversion.
Now
Founder & CEO at Stranex Solutions. Shipping Handsline, an autonomous AI receptionist for contractors.
Base
Splitting time between Charlotte and Miami. Economics @ Appalachian State.
Off the keyboard
Eagle Scout, two-term Senior Patrol Leader, Dean's List, conversational in Mandarin Chinese.
02 Selected work

What I'm building.

Products and infrastructure I've architected and shipped end-to-end.
Live · Flagship Stranex Solutions — AI front desk for exterior cleaning
Stranex
AI front desk · exterior cleaning
Stranex Solutions

The AI front desk for pressure-washing and exterior-cleaning crews. Answers every call 24/7, books the job, texts the customer, and runs quotes, invoices, and scheduling from one dashboard — so a $1,200 job never goes to voicemail. Native architecture, no Zapier glue.

+340%
Lead capture · live client
17
Jobs booked · month one
Live · Product Handsline — handsline.com
Handsline
AI voice agent · home services
Voice AI

An autonomous AI receptionist tuned for high-volume contractors. Answers in 0.4 seconds, qualifies leads, and writes booked jobs directly into legacy CRMs like Jobber and ServiceTitan — recovering revenue lost to missed calls.

0.4s
Pickup latency
24/7
Always answering
App Store · Open Source DAILY · 2,737 KCAL 1,842 CAL LEFT P142g C220g F62g Chicken & rice612 Protein shake283
MacroCal
AI nutrition tracker · iOS
Swift · LLM

A native iOS app built in Swift/SwiftUI that computes personalized macronutrient targets from goals, biometrics, and inputs using an LLM. Built for athletes who want to stop guessing their numbers. Open source and live on the App Store.

5.0
App Store rating
OSS
Open source
est. 2020 · First venture CPU · i9-14900KLGA1700 GPU · RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X RAM64GB SSD2TB CUSTOMBUILDOS / 0042 SPECS 12-core · 4K 240Hz · 360 AIO BUILT BY CGR · CLT
Custom Gaming Rigs
Custom PC builds · first venture
Hardware

Founded in 2020, during the pandemic. Ran procurement, assembly, brand, marketing, and customer relations end-to-end — and wrote custom software to tune each build. The first real business, with real customers across Charlotte and beyond.

Age 15
First company
5+yr
In market
03 Experience

Builder track.

Founder roles, and the customer-facing reps that paid for the runway.
Feb 2025 — Now
Founder & CEO · Stranex Solutions

Engineering proprietary operational infrastructure and AI systems for service businesses. Architected Stranex OS, launched Handsline, and deployed native automation that recovers lost revenue.

Charlotte, NC
2020 — 2022
Founder · Custom Gaming Rigs, LLC

Built a custom-PC business in 2020 — procurement, assembly, brand, marketing, and CS end-to-end, plus custom OS-tuning software and a hand-coded storefront.

Charlotte, NC

// Operational & leadership track

Work ethic, customer-facing reps, and paying the bills.
Feb 2025 — NowServer · O-Ku Sushi (Indigo Road Hospitality)Charlotte, NC
Oct 2025 — Apr 2026Lift Operator & Parking Coordinator · Appalachian Ski MountainBoone, NC
Jan 2022 — Aug 2025Team Leader & Cashier · Autobell Car WashCharlotte, NC
04 Capabilities

The stack.

// Engineering

  • Python · TypeScript
  • Swift · SwiftUI
  • JavaScript · SQL
  • React · Node.js · Next.js
  • Full-Stack Development

// AI & Logic

  • LLM Orchestration
  • OpenAI · Anthropic
  • AI Agents · Voice AI
  • Prompt Engineering
  • System Architecture

// Infrastructure

  • REST APIs
  • AWS · Firebase
  • CRM Integrations
  • Git · CI/CD
  • Data Modeling

// Business

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Go-To-Market Strategy
  • Customer Success
  • Marketing & SEO
  • Team Leadership
05 Background

Education & distinctions.

// Education

'25–pres.
Appalachian State University
B.A. Economics · Dean's List · Economics Club, Sigma Chi Founders Group, Club Tennis, Investment Club
'21–'25
East Mecklenburg High School
International Baccalaureate · Mock Trial, Model UN, Chinese Club
2020
Trained by an MIT Sloan Fellow
Accelerated computer-science program · Python, SQL & data modeling for business · Dr. Appolo Tankeh

// Distinctions

Eagle Scout Two-Term Senior Patrol Leader NYLT Graduate Dean's List · App State MS Excel Associate · M365

// Languages

EnglishNative
Chinese (Mandarin)Professional working
Have a system worth building? Open to Stranex engagements, founding-team roles, and AI/automation consulting. I reply fast.