Hi, I’m VanielleI like making difficult things feel possible.

I’m a hands-on AI engineer, co-founder, CTO, and author. Over the past decade, I’ve worked across the engineering stack and spent a decade in the CTO seat at my own company, OdeCloud, Inc. This is my corner of the internet for field notes on technology, leadership, careers, and building across cultures.

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Selected Work

A few things I’ve built, led, or taken from an idea into production.

Co-founder & CTO

OdeCloud

Built and led the technical side of a cloud software company from early product development through production systems, infrastructure, engineering, and ongoing product delivery.

0→1 product development · SaaS · cloud infrastructure · technical leadership

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Founder / Engineer

ScreenMint

Built a modern macOS screen recorder from 0→1, including screen capture, microphone and system audio, recording controls, timeline scrubbing, metadata, macOS packaging, and the commercial launch flow.

macOS · product engineering · 0→1 · desktop software

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Client project

Soleil Nail Salon

Designed, built, and launched a modern production website for a real client with a one-day initial turnaround. The website is live; the digital marketing engagement is ongoing.

web development · client delivery · rapid execution · digital marketing

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Consulting

AI & Workflow Automation

I work with companies that have an expensive, repetitive, or awkward business process and turn it into production software using AI, automation, internal tools, integrations, agents, document workflows, and LLM systems.

AI engineering · workflow automation · agents · integrations · production systems

Work with me

Cover of Emperors, Prophets, and Product Managers by Vanielle Lee

The new book

Leadership has always been chaos.

Twelve chapters on power, prediction, technical leadership, and the recurring organizational chaos between them.

12 chapters 6 frameworks 1 honest field guide

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My notes on work, life, and figuring things out.

Aug 29, 2026 · agentic AI

Boundaries Before Autonomy: A Practical Rule for Agentic AI

The safest way to give an AI agent more freedom is to make its boundaries, evidence, and escalation paths explicit first. Read ↗

Aug 29, 2026 · engineering

The Seams Are the System: What Full-Stack Engineering Actually Taught Me

Full-stack experience matters less as a list of technologies than as the ability to see where interfaces, infrastructure, data, and people fail one another. Read ↗

Aug 29, 2026 · engineering leadership

Your CTO Should Not Be a Single Point of Failure

A strong technical leader does not collect every decision. They build the context, ownership, and judgment that let the organization move without them. Read ↗

A private working session

Bring me the messy version.

You don’t need a polished brief. Tell me what’s stuck. We’ll name the tradeoffs, pressure-test the options, and leave with a next move you can defend.

I’ve spent a decade in the CTO seat. I know what it feels like when everyone wants the answer and the answer isn’t obvious.

This is the work: make the knot visible, then find the useful path through it.

How much room does the decision need?

No deck. No theatre. Just a useful conversation.

Named tradeoffs
A clearer decision
Concrete next steps

30 min Untangle one decision $150 · one focused question Best when you can name the decision, but not the answer. Choose ↗ 1 hour Work through the whole knot $300 · a deeper working session Best for layered architecture, product, or leadership calls. Choose ↗

Just want to chat?

Say hello, share an idea, or talk about whatever’s on your mind.

15 min Chat with Vanielle $75 USD · a relaxed conversation No agenda or preparation needed. Book

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