Randy
Kendel
Builder · Doer · Leader
I'm open to interesting projects and initiatives where failure isn't an option — including hands-on project and program management.
>Technical Product Leadership|Identity Platforms|Data Products|AI-Powered Experiences
/ about
I challenge the way things are supposed to work.
Technology builder and product leader with 20+ years in technology and 10+ years leading product from 0→1 across AI, cloud platforms, and complex regulated environments.
I'm at my best when conventional approaches stop making sense. I find the assumptions underneath a problem, invert them, and build a new model that can be tested in the real world. I move between product, technology, and strategy to turn those ideas into things that actually ship.
/ what I do
- paradigm_shifts
- Find the fundamental assumption holding a problem in place—and challenge it.
- inversion
- Rethink traditional approaches by starting with the outcome and working backward.
- 0→1_building
- Turn ambiguous ideas into products, experiments, and systems that prove what’s possible.
/ work
Products I've created
14 shipped platforms
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AppBoundry
Composable applications that run only when needed.
AppBoundry lets applications discover, authorize, and execute each other’s capabilities without requiring them to be permanently running or tied to a specific implementation.
- AI Agents
- Application Discovery
- Authorization
- Execution
- Provenance
AppPort
Build it once. Connect it anywhere.
AppPort lets applications expose capabilities through a common boundary so they can work across languages, runtimes, and environments without being rewritten.
- Open Protocol
- AI Agents
- NPM
- Developer Tooling
- Interoperability
FeltDB
Durable state for applications that don’t need to stay running.
FeltDB lets applications persist, synchronize, and recover state reliably across processes and environments.
- Database
- Local-First
- State Management
- Distributed Systems
- Autonomous Agents
Synapse
AI where your business works.
An AI infrastructure platform that connects agents, capabilities, knowledge, and automation across your existing systems, workflows, and operations with secure, governed execution.
- Synapse Fabric
- Synapse OS
- Synapse Marketplace
- Enterprise Governance
- Secure AI Infrastructure
BackendVoid
SaaS without servers
A browser-native operating system that compiles intent into complete applications, runs them offline with device capabilities, and syncs only when needed - no backend required.
- Local-First
- Privacy
- Web Workers
- WASM
- Browser
- Zero Infrastructure
TryThisSoftware
A run button for the internet
A run button for Git sites like GitHub that lets anyone install, analyze, and run a repository in a single click — no local setup required.
- Cloud Native
- Rust
- Next.js
- Multi-Tenant
- SaaS
- B2B
- B2C
KnowledgeOS
Ask personal
KnowledgeOS is a multi-tenant company intelligence platform that turns enterprise documents, policies, process knowledge, and system integrations into a secure, role-aware AI runtime for both employees and customers. It powers the Ask experience on this page to answer questions about Randy.
- AI
- Embeddable
- Knowledge Assistant
Mirror
Personal Reasoning Runtime
A personal intelligence platform for capturing information, thinking with AI, connecting existing knowledge sources, and gradually turning evidence into user-controlled understanding.
- AI
- Knowledge Graph
- Reasoning
- Personal Intelligence
OpsCadence
Messy inputs into governed actions
OpsCadence ingests messy operational inputs from anywhere, understands what they mean, and turns them into governed actions across your CRM, ERP, and workflows — without engineering.
- Next.js
- Multi-Tenant
- B2B SaaS
Mycelium
Deterministic execution for digital assets
A modular Web3 and digital asset execution platform derived from Freqtrade, re-architected into a deterministic execution engine with native wallet integration, exchange abstraction, capital and risk management, backtesting, and support for execution across centralized and decentralized trading venues.
- Web3
- Digital Assets
- Execution Engine
- Backtesting
- Risk Management
GhostPost
Hide secrets in plain sight
Hide your secrets within your messages using invisible Unicode characters. Share publicly and reveal selectively.
- Privacy
- Steganography
- Unicode
- Messaging
StackLive
The identity-first creator platform
StackLive is the identity-first creator platform. Switch between personas, edit what each one sees, target sections to the right audience — then publish live. No code, no conditions, no complexity.
- SaaS
- Multi-Tenant
- Next.js
- iOS App
ID8
Concepts into execution
An AI-assisted planning platform that transforms raw concepts into structured business, product, and execution strategies.
- LLM
Populst
Civic engagement, structured
A civic engagement platform enabling structured citizen participation through data-driven workflows.
- iOS App
- Civic Tech
- Data-Driven
/ accomplishments
Leadership in Action.
High-stakes execution highlights
Beyond products I've built, these are moments where strategy and execution had to move together: define the right outcome, then deliver under pressure.
Amazon Web Services
Product Manager, International Expansion (Commerce Platform)
Owned in-country commerce localization for AWS subsidiaries, delivering high-quality customer experiences across international markets and making regional buying journeys feel truly local.
Global commerce · localized CX · platform delivery
CVS Health
Delivery Leader, COVID-19 Digital Vaccine Scheduler
Led delivery of the digital vaccine scheduling experience during the pandemic, aligning product, engineering, and operations under high-stakes public demand.
Healthcare at scale · crisis execution · keynote panelist
/ contact
Let's build something worth running.
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