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Company facts & capabilities.

A single source of truth for Keith Vaughan's consulting practice and related entities (Cipher Projects, Tech Ops Asia). Mirrored as machine-readable data at company-facts.json.

Quick facts

Founded 2017 (Consulting Practice), 2022 (Cipher Projects)
Location Canberra, Australia (Serving APAC & Global)
Core Services Software Development, AI Automation, Private AI Systems, Fractional CTO & Advisory
Key Entities Cipher Projects (Software & AI delivery), Tech Ops Asia (Engineering)
Certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty (×3), ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Typical Clients Non-technical solo founders and enterprise teams across Australia, Singapore and the rest of the world

Core capabilities

01

Software & Cloud

Software development and secure cloud architecture, from greenfield builds to large-scale migrations of legacy systems.

  • Custom software development
  • AWS cloud architecture
  • Terraform IaC
  • Legacy modernisation
02

AI Automation

Private AI systems and automation: RAG, agents and model routing built on AWS Bedrock, Agent Core and Qdrant, inside the client's own environment.

  • Private LLM routing
  • RAG with Qdrant
  • FastAPI serving
  • Evaluation & guardrails
03

Advisory & Investment

Fractional CTO and technical advisory for founders and leadership teams, plus selective investment in early-stage software and AI businesses.

  • Fractional CTO
  • Architecture & strategy
  • Technical due diligence
  • Founder backing

Machine-Readable Data: view company-facts.json

Last Updated: July 2026