Our Team

The team that closes the gap between your technology and your growth priorities.

AppFluid combines experienced leadership with dedicated engineering delivery capacity to help growth-stage companies scale their digital products and platforms — reliably and durably.

Who We Are

Built for growth-stage companies under pressure to scale.

AppFluid is a Growth Acceleration Partner for technology companies that need to evolve their digital products and platform architecture while maintaining product velocity and managing capital constraints.

We bring strategy and delivery together under a single governance system — SBOTT® — that ensures modernization doesn't just get delivered, but matures into durable internal capability your team can own and operate.

Our focus is companies scaling on AWS, where we help translate program investments, funding, and technical leverage into real product and platform progress.

Governed by SBOTT®

Every engagement follows our proprietary execution governance system — Strategy, Build, Operate, Train, Transfer — ensuring delivery aligns to your most critical growth priorities.

Integrated delivery capacity

AppFluid brings its own dedicated delivery team. We build alongside you, not through subcontractors or referrals.

AWS Program alignment

Deep experience navigating AWS program mechanics, funding, solutions, and co-sell motions — structured to maximize your AWS investments.

Leadership

Built by operators who've been in your seat.

Steve Chartrand, Managing Partner at AppFluid
Steve Chartrand
Managing Partner
"We built AppFluid because we kept seeing the same thing — growth-stage companies with strong products and real momentum, stuck because their technology couldn't keep up. The answer isn't more contractors or another architecture review. It's a team that can operate inside your constraints, deliver against your priorities, and leave your people better than they found them."

Steve leads AppFluid's client relationships, business development, and strategic direction. He works directly with CEOs, CTOs, and AWS account teams to ensure every engagement is aligned to the outcomes that matter most — and structured to minimize capital burn while maximizing platform progress.

Our Team

Experienced operators and engineers who do the work.

AppFluid's team brings deep, hands-on experience across product architecture, cloud modernization, data engineering, and AI — with real operating experience inside growth-stage companies and complex AWS environments. Every engagement is staffed by people who've built and shipped, not consultants who advise from the sidelines.

01

Product & Application Architecture

Engineers who understand how digital products evolve under growth pressure — and how to modernize without disrupting what's already working.

02

Data & AI Engineering

Practitioners with production experience across data platforms, ML pipelines, and generative AI — built on AWS services like Bedrock, SageMaker, and Step Functions.

03

Cloud & Infrastructure

Architects who've designed, migrated, and optimized AWS environments for companies where cost control and performance are both non-negotiable.

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Strategy & Delivery Governance

Every engagement runs under SBOTT® — AppFluid's execution governance system. Strategy, Build, Operate, Train, Transfer. No scope creep. No knowledge walking out the door.

Our Partners

The ecosystem behind the execution.

AWS
Strategic Cloud Partner

Amazon Web Services

AppFluid is an AWS partner with deep alignment to the AWS Startup Program. We help growth-stage companies navigate program mechanics, optimize funding and credits, and translate AWS investments into measurable product and platform progress.

Fission Labs
Dedicated Engineering Delivery Team

Fission Labs

Fission Labs is AppFluid's dedicated engineering delivery team — providing the integrated technical capacity that enables AppFluid to execute modernization work at scale. All delivery operates under AppFluid's SBOTT® governance system, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment to client growth priorities.

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