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About Fred

Fredrick "Fred" Lackey — 40 years of building things that matter

Fred Lackey

Software Architect,
Engineer & Leader

Fredrick "Fred" Lackey has been writing software for over four decades. Starting in the early days of personal computing, Fred has navigated every major platform shift — from desktop to web, from monolithic to microservices, from on-prem to cloud, and now into the age of AI.

With deep expertise spanning AI integration, enterprise architecture, full-stack development, and legacy modernization, Fred brings a rare combination of technical depth and leadership breadth to every engagement.

He is not just a builder — he is an architect who sees systems holistically, a leader who grows teams, and an engineer who still writes code every day. The through-line across four decades: relentless curiosity and a refusal to stop learning.

Career Timeline
2021 — Present

CISA / DHS

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency / Department of Homeland Security. Ongoing engagement modernizing critical infrastructure systems and building secure, scalable platforms for national defense. Includes a project engagement with Travelers Insurance — enterprise architecture and platform modernization for one of the largest property and casualty insurers in the United States — delivered as part of this CISA work.

2006 — 2018

Spotless

Twelve years of full-stack development, team leadership, and platform architecture. Built and scaled products from inception through enterprise adoption.

1994 — 1996

Arcada / Backup Exec

Enterprise backup and disaster recovery software engineering. Early career building the tools that kept businesses running when everything else failed.

Areas of Expertise
Core

AI Integration

Designing and implementing AI-powered systems that augment human capability rather than replace it. Building knowledge systems, career tools, and intelligent workflows.

Core

Leadership

Growing engineering teams, mentoring developers, and building cultures of ownership and craftsmanship. Decades of leading by example at every scale.

Core

Architecture

Enterprise and solution architecture across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. Event-driven systems, microservices, and platform design.

Core

Full-Stack Development

End-to-end engineering from database design to API layers to frontend interfaces. Node.js, .NET, React, and dozens of other technologies mastered over 40 years.

Core

Legacy Modernization

Transforming aging systems into modern, maintainable platforms without losing institutional knowledge. The hard, unglamorous work that makes everything else possible.

AI doesn’t replace developers. It amplifies the ones who understand what they’re building and why.

— Fred Lackey