For regulators and licensing boards

Licensing software that follows your rules, not a vendor's.

We build registration, renewal, continuing education and program approval systems for professional regulators. You get software that follows your bylaws, instead of bylaws bent around a product.

What we usually hear

  • Our licensing system is fifteen years old and the vendor only does maintenance.
  • Renewals still mean a PDF, an email inbox and a spreadsheet someone checks by hand.
  • Program approval lives in binders and shared drives, so nobody can see where a file is.
  • We were quoted seven figures and two years for an off-the-shelf platform we would still have to configure.
  • The auditor wants to know who changed a record and when, and we can't tell them.

What we build

  • Online applications and initial registration, with document upload and staff review queues.
  • Annual renewal with continuing education tracking, attestations and online payment.
  • Education program approval and monitoring, from first submission to site visit to decision.
  • Complaints and conduct files, with restricted access and a full audit trail.
  • A public register that is always current, plus exports for government reporting.
  • Migration of your existing records, so day one starts with your real data.

How a project runs

  1. 01OpeningWe map your bylaws, forms and edge cases with your staff, then give you a fixed price range and a schedule before any build starts.
  2. 02MiddlegameEvery week you click through a working build. Your registration staff test it against real cases, not slides.
  3. 03EndgameWe migrate your data, train your team, launch, and stay on to run and improve it.

What it costs

$100k to $250kBudget, USD
12 to 26 weeksTimeline

A full licensing platform, depending on how many registration classes, workflows and integrations you have. Smaller pieces, like a program approval portal on its own, cost less. You get the range in writing after the first call.

The things procurement will ask

  • Role-based access, so staff see only what their role allows.
  • A permanent audit trail on every record change.
  • Accessible to WCAG 2.2 AA, so registrants using screen readers can renew on their own.
  • Hosting in Canada or the United States, to match your data residency rules.
  • You own the code and the data. No per-seat licence that grows every year.

Questions people ask

How long does it take to replace a licensing system?

Most regulators we talk to need 12 to 26 weeks for a full platform, including data migration. A single module, such as online renewals or program approval, can go live in 6 to 10 weeks.

Why custom instead of an off-the-shelf licensing product?

Off-the-shelf products are built for the average regulator, so your staff end up working around them. A custom build follows your bylaws and forms, and with AI-accelerated development it now costs about the same as configuring a large platform.

Can you work alongside our current system during the switch?

Yes. We usually launch one piece at a time, such as renewals first, and keep the old system running for the rest until each piece is replaced.

Who owns the software?

You do. The code, the data and the hosting account are yours.

Also

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Thirty minutes with Justin. You leave with a price range and a plan, whether or not we work together.

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