George Haddad
Technical Consultant & Solutions Engineer
Background
I started in business and finance before moving into software. BBA at Wilfrid Laurier, CFA Level I, a few years understanding how companies actually make decisions and manage risk. That grounding turned out to be more useful in technical consulting than I expected.
I followed it with a software engineering program at General Assembly, built full-stack applications, and started taking on real systems problems. Having both sides has shaped how I work: I don't have to choose between understanding the technical architecture and understanding why it matters to the business.
Enterprise Experience
At LineZero, I'm a Senior Technical Consultant on the Workvivo by Zoom and Workplace by Meta platforms. Most of my work involves Fortune 500 clients with complex identity, integration, and security requirements. I've been the technical lead on multi-million dollar engagements: security questionnaires, SOC 2 reviews, technical discovery, and building architecture that the client's team can actually maintain after handoff.
Before that, I ran George's Custom PCs, a technical consulting practice serving professionals in fintech, trading, film, and creative industries. It generated over $800K in revenue and held a 5.0 Google rating across 75+ client engagements. No paid acquisition, just referrals. It taught me how to scope, price, deliver, and retain clients through the quality of the work.
Current Focus
Right now I'm spending a lot of time on AI-enabled workflows and the infrastructure that makes them work in enterprise environments: the Claude API, Model Context Protocol, agent design, and how these connect to real systems rather than just demo environments. The four Anthropic certifications I finished in early 2026 came out of that work, not the other way around.
On the consulting side, the problems I take on tend to need both technical depth and business judgment: integration architecture, identity and provisioning (SCIM, SAML, Entra ID), CI/CD and Azure deployments, and automation that reduces ongoing operational load without creating a new maintenance problem.
How I Work
I write things down. Documentation, runbooks, decision logs. I ask questions early because unclear requirements don't get cheaper to fix once the build is done. Most implementation surprises aren't surprises if the discovery was done properly.
I can work in any room: architecture reviews with engineering leads, security reviews with InfoSec, strategy sessions with executives, vendor evaluations with procurement. And I'll tell you directly if something isn't a good fit, along with what I think would work better.