Our story

Built in Austin to fix the messy operating layer of owner-led companies.

Owner-led companies grow on hustle, memory, and key people knowing what to do. That works — until the company gets bigger, margins get tighter, or the owner wants the business to run without being involved in every decision.

BidThis exists to build the operating layer underneath the tools you already run — the connective tissue between JobTread, Monday, Jobber, QuickBooks, email, photos, and the spreadsheets your team keeps on the side. We connect the data, build the workflows, and run the managed AI operations that turn scattered systems into a business that scales without you in every loop.

We're senior-led on purpose. The people who scope the work are accountable for making it run. No junior handoff, no outsourced implementation, no disappearing after launch. That's the bar.

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Based in Austin, serving Central Texas operators and beyond.

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Senior-led.Founder-built.Built for production.

Austin-based · Work directly with the people designing, building, and supporting your system. No sales handoff. No offshore delivery. No black-box automation.

Intentionally small. Senior-led by design. The people who scope the work are accountable for making it run. No junior handoff. No outsourced implementation. No disappearing after launch.

Cody Hackett

Founder · Workflow & AI Ops

Nearly a decade in enterprise cybersecurity across Alert Logic, AlienVault, Expel, and D3 Security — helping teams run systems where vague, fragile, or unsecured workflows were not acceptable.

At BidThis, Cody leads discovery, workflow strategy, client implementation, and the human-approval guardrails that keep AI useful in real business operations.

Enterprise cyber
Workflow strategy
Client implementation
Austin onsite

What that means for clients

Workflow discovery with the owner/operator lens
human approval before AI takes action
Security-first thinking around company data
Practical roadmap from messy process to working system

Sean McElheny

Co-Founder & CTO

Fifteen years building institutional-grade software inside a $50B+ investment management firm, including systems for risk modeling, portfolio optimization, accounting operations, and secure internal workflows.

At BidThis, Sean turns messy business processes into reliable data models, integrations, dashboards, and production workflows.

Full-stack engineering
Secure systems
Data architecture
Production software

What that means for clients

Production-grade architecture
Reliable integrations and data models
Dashboards and workflows built to last
Less demo magic, more systems that actually run

Why founder-led matters

Local discovery

We sit with your team and map how work actually happens.

Secure architecture

Permissions, audit trails, and data boundaries designed from the start.

Human approval

AI checks, drafts, and flags. Your team approves key decisions.

Ongoing iteration

The system improves as your workflows, tools, and team evolve.

Built with the discipline of enterprise software, delivered with the access of a local partner.

What's next

Talk to the people who'll build it.

A 30-minute founder intake. You bring the messy workflow, we bring the questions and the honest read on whether we're a fit. No sales handoff.

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