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HYZER

I'm Tanner Heffner. I run Hyzer, an independent technical consultancy out of Portland. Over a decade shipping for big tech, pro sports, startups, and the federal government. I help teams go from "it works" to "ship it." Whatever's blocking the release. Won't ghost after handoff.

Services

Design systems

from $4,000
One source of truth for your UI. Tokens, component libraries, and the architecture that keeps it that way.

Assembled Greenhouse's component library with a built-in A/B testing system.

  • Token and component architecture, audited or built from scratch
  • Accessible components by default, not as a retrofit
  • Documentation understandable by your team and their agents
  • Audit $4,000
  • Build from $15,000

Accessibility

from $4,500
WCAG and Section 508 audits in plain language. Compliance that holds up to a real review.

Digitized federal forms and experiences for the VA and CMS.

  • Manual keyboard and screen reader testing, not just automated scans
  • Findings ranked by user impact and legal exposure
  • Remediation plan that your team can execute, or I can
  • Audit from $4,500

Production readiness

from $2,500
Built something with AI tools and it runs? Good. I'll find the problems you don't know to look for until you've shipped a few things.

I've shipped things that had to hold: Epic Games' achievements platform-wide, VA.gov builds cut from two hours to twenty minutes.

  • Security, sessions, and error handling, before users stress-test them for you
  • Data patterns and performance bottlenecks that won't survive real traffic
  • CI/CD pipelines and agent harnesses, reviewed or set up from scratch
  • Audit from $2,500
  • Hardening from $6,500

Product engineering

from $6,500
New sites, apps, and prototypes, or a monthly retainer. I'll build it end to end, or work inside your team.

iOS and web prototypes tested with real users for EA Sports. Four months embedded with an agency, shipping Later and Coast.

  • High-fidelity prototypes with real functionality, not click-throughs
  • Scoping, shipping, mentoring, unblocking
  • Code you can maintain after I roll off
  • Builds from $6,500
  • Retainer from $6,500/mo

Past shipments

Some of the teams I've shipped for, via Hyzer and prior roles.

Let's build.

Tell me where you're stuck and I'll tell you what it'll take.