AI & automation consulting · San Diego, CA

Put the busywork on autopilot.

Spence Technology helps small businesses use AI and automation to get hours back every week, and builds the websites and online stores that bring customers in. One consultant, plain English, fixed quotes.

Built with ClaudeChatGPTZapierMakeShopifyGoDaddySquarespaceHospitablePythonNode.js
Services

Three things I do, and one way to keep me around.

Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute call and ends with a fixed quote. No hourly meter running while you decide.

AI & automation

Find the five hours a week you lose to copy-paste, and hand them to software.

  • Workflow audit: I map every repetitive task in your week and rank them by hours saved
  • AI assistants set up for your real work, with your documents, your tone, and your rules
  • Automations between the tools you already use: email, calendar, CRM, spreadsheets, invoicing
  • Dashboards and reports that update themselves
  • Training so you and your team actually use it

Websites

A site that loads fast, says what you do, and gets the phone to ring.

  • Design and build on the platform that fits: GoDaddy, Squarespace, Webflow, or custom code
  • Booking, scheduling, and payment integrations that actually work on a phone
  • The SEO basics done right: titles, speed, and your Google Business listing
  • Edits you can make yourself after handoff, with a short screen-recorded walkthrough

E-commerce & Shopify

Move your catalog online without losing a single SKU.

  • Shopify store setup and theme customization
  • Inventory migration from spreadsheets or legacy point-of-sale systems
  • Payments, shipping, and tax settings configured once, correctly
  • In-store and online inventory kept in one place

Ongoing support

A standing block of hours each month for fixes, new automations, and "can you make it do this?" requests. Month to month, cancel any time.

Ask about a retainer
Recent work

Real problems, working software.

A few of the things I've built recently. Client names on request.

GoDaddyHospitableBooking

Direct-booking vacation rental site

Property pages with live availability and direct-booking widgets for a company managing eight rentals, so guests can book each unit straight from the company's own site instead of a third-party platform.

ShopifyData migration

Jewelry inventory into Shopify

Moving a retailer's on-premises inventory system into Shopify as the single source of truth, so the showroom and the online store finally agree on what's in stock.

ClaudeCustom AI

Legal translation assistant

A custom AI skill that translates Portuguese legal filings into English and cross-references the relevant statutes, turning hours of case prep into minutes.

PythonDesktop app

One-click operations dashboard

A desktop dashboard that turns a checklist of command-line maintenance tasks into buttons anyone on the team can press, with status you can read at a glance.

How it works

Four steps, no surprises.

01 / DISCOVERY

A free 30-minute call

You talk, I take notes. You leave with at least one thing you can automate this week, whether or not we work together.

02 / PLAN

Audit and fixed quote

A one-page plan: what gets built, what it costs, and when it's done. The number on the page is the number on the invoice.

03 / BUILD

Working pieces every week

You see real, usable progress as it happens, not a big reveal at the end. Change your mind early and it costs nothing.

04 / HANDOFF

Docs, training, and a direct line

Everything is documented and you're trained on it. After launch, you still have my number.

About

Hi, I'm Chase.

I'm the founder and principal consultant at Spence Technology, based in La Jolla, San Diego. By day I run IT and security for a fully remote, HIPAA-compliant health-tech company: 60-plus Mac and Windows devices, Microsoft 365, VPN, cloud servers, weekly security reviews, and the configuration and evidence work behind a successful ISO 27001 audit. Before that I spent two years as an IT consultant for small businesses in Bend, Oregon, including a jewelry retailer's move into Shopify.

I build with AI tools every day, the same ones I set up for clients. I'm one person, which means the person who builds your project is the person who answers the phone. I write in plain English, quote fixed prices, and I'd rather tell you a project isn't worth doing than sell it to you.

CompTIA Security+Certified 2025, valid through 2028
B.A.S. Applied ComputingNetwork Operations, University of Arizona
ISO 27001Key contributor to a passed audit
Experience
  • 2025 – nowIT AdministratorRemote, HIPAA-compliant health-tech company. Jamf, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft 365 and Entra ID, Tailscale VPN, AWS, Vanta, Jira. Built automations and scripts that cut recurring manual IT work.
  • 2022 – 2024IT Consultant, Greenleaf Diamonds LLCBend, Oregon. Jewelry retailer; systems, support, and the inventory move into Shopify.
  • 2023 – 2024IT Consultant, Destination Transportation LLCBend, Oregon. IT setup and support for a small transportation company.
Education
  • 2024B.A.S., Applied Computing: Network OperationsUniversity of Arizona. Dean's List.
  • 2019 – 2021Santa Barbara City CollegeGeneral studies before transferring.
Certifications
  • 2025CompTIA Security+CompTIA. Valid through March 2028.
Tools I run daily
JamfIntuneMicrosoft 365AWSJiraVantaTailscaleClaudeShopify
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