Johnny Saffar
Founder and CEO
Articles
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Why forward-deployed engineering is rising in 2026
Why AI companies need forward-deployed engineers in 2026: the hard part of AI moved from the model to production, and someone has to own that gap. -
AI trusted by design: governance built into the operation
AI governance by design builds permissions, approval gates, traceability and monitoring into an AI system before go-live. The six principles, step by step. -
From AI pilot to production: the path, the gates and the owners
AI pilot to production in four stages, each closed by a written gate with named owners who sign it. The path, the gates and who owns each one. -
Forward-deployed engineering: what it is, how it works and when you need it
Forward-deployed engineering moves an AI system from pilot to production: senior engineers work with your teams, own the path and stay until it runs. -
AI is easy to demo. We bring your AI pilot to production.
Johnny Saffar on seventeen years of software and AI in production at OrNsoft: three lessons from our clients on what it takes to run a system for years.