Senior enough to architect it.Hands-on enough to ship it.

ADABTEK is a technology architecture and engineering firm for complex software initiatives — from strategy and architecture through implementation and production, led personally by a senior architect and technology executive.

Proof

Three decades of senior technology leadership, applied to the systems organizations actually depend on.

  • Global CTO leadership behind a platform live in 30+ U.S. markets
  • Manufacturing systems supporting operations exceeding $1B in annual revenue
  • Mission-critical delivery for FINRA, the Federal Reserve, and a national healthcare SaaS platform
  • 4 U.S. patents · Ph.D. · Wharton CTO Program
What We Do

What We Do

PPE

Product & Platform Engineering

For organizations building a serious software product or platform. We architect and build systems designed to scale — from the first release through the versions that come after it.

AM

Architecture & Modernization

For platforms that have outgrown their architecture. We assess, redesign, and modernize systems carrying real technical debt, without stopping the business that depends on them.

AI

Applied AI & Intelligent Systems

For applying AI where it changes an outcome, not where it adds a feature. We design and build production AI systems, decision automation, and intelligent workflows, held to the same engineering standard as everything else we build.

CTO

Fractional CTO & Technical Leadership

For organizations that need senior technical leadership before they need a full-time CTO. We provide architecture oversight, technical strategy, and direct hands-on leadership for the team already in place.

Work

Selected Work & Experience

A mix of ADABTEK client engagements and executive leadership roles — each reflects the same architecture and delivery discipline.

Broadspan / CAST.ERA / EdgeBeam Wireless

Professional Experience | Sinclair Broadcast Group / CAST.ERA | 2023–2026

Architected a first-of-its-kind datacasting platform and led it through global CTO responsibility and expansion across 30+ U.S. markets.

0-to-1 platform → industry-backed company

HealthEdge / Burgess Group

ADABTEK Client Engagement | HealthEdge / Burgess Group | 2018–2021

Architected core services and pricing engines for a mission-critical medical claims platform, then led re-architecture work that improved performance and scalability by roughly 30%.

Regulated SaaS, healthcare

Ciena

Professional Experience | Ciena | 1997–2001

Designed the manufacturing control and analytics systems behind operations generating more than $1B in annual revenue — work that contributed to four U.S. patents.

Manufacturing scale, $1B+ operations

Engagement

How We Engage

Every ADABTEK engagement is led personally by Niakam Kazemi, from the first architecture decision through delivery. That means direct senior involvement, continuity of technical leadership, and clear accountability from start to finish — with additional architects, engineers, and specialists brought in as the initiative requires.

  • Architecture Assessment
  • Full Product / Platform Delivery
  • Embedded Senior Leadership
  • Fractional CTO / Advisory
Labs

ADABTEK Labs

ADABTEK also designs and builds its own software products — in AI, decision automation, and business systems.

PersonaAI · RulesMagic · ChoiceVault · Renobits

Founder & Principal

Niakam Kazemi, Ph.D.

Every ADABTEK engagement is led personally by its founder — a technology executive, architect, and hands-on engineer with more than three decades building and scaling complex software platforms. Clients work directly with the person making the architectural and technical decisions, with full continuity from first conversation through delivery.

Ph.D., Applied Information Technology · Wharton CTO Program · 4 U.S. patents

Have a complex initiative that needs to move?