Shipping business software since 1989. Still writing the code.
Mustapha Derzi founded Computerized Business Solutions, Inc. in Baton Rouge and has run it through every platform shift since, as the engineer, not just the owner. Today that means AI agents in production, explained in plain language.
Every cycle, the same job: software that runs the business.
CBSI founded, Baton Rouge
Custom line-of-business systems for companies across the Gulf South, in the era of LANs, desktop databases, and software that had to work because there was no one else to call.
Client-server, at scale
Multi-user business systems on SQL Server: schema design, reporting, and the operational discipline that comes from owning systems in production for years, not quarters.
iComp: a multi-state insurance platform
Built and operated a fully integrated workers’ compensation and general-liability system: policy administration, claims, financial management. Used by carriers, TPAs, and self-insured funds. Microsoft Gold Certified Partner; passed Microsoft platform testing.
Web, cloud, and data
Modernization work: moving line-of-business systems to the cloud without breaking the business logic that took a decade to get right. SQL Server tuning, Power BI, enterprise reporting.
AI agents in production
Building with AI as a first-class engineering tool (scoped agents, structured outputs, evaluations) inside real, shipping codebases. Writing about it in plain language so the people it affects can follow along.
Practitioner first. Translator second. No hype, ever.
First-hand only
Everything recommended here is load-bearing in my own work: org, codebase, and cost trade-offs from doing, not speculating.
Plain language
If your CFO can't follow the explanation, the explanation is wrong. Technical depth is welcome; assumed knowledge isn't.
Opinionated
You’re hiring judgment. I’ll take a stance, tell you when something is a bad idea, and say “I don’t know” when that’s the honest answer.