Brendon Rice
Off-site tech expert Integrations · Servers · Security · AI 25 years in the trade Remote · Australia-wide

Your affordable, Australian based tech.

One senior developer who looks after the systems your business runs on, all done remotely.

Most businesses don't need a full-time developer. They need someone senior to call for quick, affordable solutions.

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01

Sound familiar?

The jobs nobody owns

Every business has a list of tech problems that aren't anyone's job. They sit there until something breaks.

issues.logowner: unassigned

Nobody's job.I'll take these off your hands.

7 open issuesReassigned → Brendon
01Integration
Our systems don't talk to each other.

Bookings in one place, invoices in another, and someone retyping between them every Friday.

02Servers
Nobody knows how the server works.

The person who set it up has gone. It runs, but no one wants to touch it or knows if it's backed up.

03Email
Our emails keep landing in spam.

Quotes and invoices go missing because the domain's email records were never set up properly.

04Handover
The developer disappeared.

A half-finished site or app, no logins, no documentation, and a hosting bill nobody can explain.

05Security
Is our website actually secure?

Customer data, payment pages, old plugins and shared passwords, and nobody has checked in years.

How it's fixed
Remote.Every one of these, no site visit
06AI
We want to use AI, but properly.

Without pasting customer data into a chatbot, and with a clear idea of what it costs to run.

07Advice
We need someone on our side before we sign.

A vendor, a developer's quote, a platform change. A second opinion from someone with nothing to sell.

02

What I look after

Connect · Run · Protect · Advise

One person across the whole stack, so nothing falls between two suppliers.

services.statusAll remote
ConnectA
RunB
ProtectC
AdviseD
4 areasOne person

You keep ownership of every account. I work inside them with my own login, never yours, and you can remove my access at any time.

A

Connect

Getting the tools you already pay for to share data, so nobody copies it by hand.

  • Systems integration
  • Payments & Stripe
  • Automations
  • Reporting
  • Small custom tools
B

Run

Keeping the things underneath your business up, current and backed up.

  • Servers & hosting
  • Domains & DNS
  • Email delivery
  • Backups & monitoring
  • Website & store changes
C

Protect

Finding the risky parts before someone else does, and fixing them in order.

  • Security reviews
  • Logins & access
  • Updates & patching
  • Documentation
D

Advise

A technical opinion from someone on your side, before money gets spent.

  • AI, set up safely
  • Software choices
  • Reading quotes
  • Dealing with suppliers
  • Tech roadmap

Not included: desk-side IT, printers, office networks or hardware. I look after the systems your business runs on, not the laptops.

03

How it starts

Three steps

First we find out what you've actually got. Then we fix what's urgent. Then it gets looked after.

onboarding.logremote · no site visit needed
01

Tech health check

I go through everything you run: website, servers, domains, email, subscriptions and who holds the logins. You get a plain-English map of your setup and what's at risk. It's yours to keep either way.

Plain-English report
02

Fix what's urgent

Anything risky or broken is sorted first: backups, security holes, expiring domains, email that isn't arriving.

Urgent first
03

Keep it running

Pick a plan, or just call when you need me. Either way there's one person who already knows how everything fits together.

Ongoing
04

Why not just hire?

The alternatives

You could hire someone, or sign up with an agency. Here's how the three compare.

Option AFull-time hire
Option BAgency
Option COff-site expert
Commitment
A permanent role, with super, leave and equipment
Contracts and minimum project sizes
Month to month, stop any time
Skills
Usually strong in one area
Broad, spread across a team
Front end, back end, servers, apps and AI in one person
Who you talk to
The same person, if they stay
An account manager, then whoever's free
The person doing the work, every time
When they leave
Months to replace, and the knowledge goes with them
A handover to a new team
Everything documented. You keep the keys
05

Pick your cover

Month to month

Start with pay-as-you-go and move to a plan if it makes sense. No lock-in.

No commitment

On call

$120/hr
Pay as you go

For businesses that just need someone to call when something comes up.

  • No monthly fee
  • Remote fixes and changes
  • Fixed quotes for anything bigger
Most businesses

Tech partner

$480/mo
4 hours included

Someone who knows your setup and keeps an eye on it, before it becomes a problem.

  • Site, server and email monitoring
  • Backups and updates handled
  • Monthly check-in call
  • Priority over pay-as-you-go work
Growing teams

Fractional tech lead

$1,800/mo
15 hours included

A part-time technical lead: planning, building and managing suppliers for you.

  • Everything in Tech partner
  • Weekly check-in and a tech roadmap
  • Vendor and developer management
  • Same-day response on business days
06

Remote, not distant

How it stays safe
Your accountsEverything stays in your name. I use my own login inside them, and you can switch it off any time.
Written downEvery change is recorded, so nothing depends on my memory, or on me.
Australian hoursBrisbane-based, on Queensland time, and reachable by phone.
One personThe person you talk to is the person doing the work.

Tell me
what's broken.

Thirty minutes, free, no pitch. Tell me what you run and what's getting in the way, and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.

Email me or call me directly.
I'm always available.

Emailbrendon@brendonrice.com.au Phone0406 529 815 BasedBrisbane, QLD
Brendon Rice — Off-site tech expert Remote · Australia-wide