# Concept to Cloud

> Concept to Cloud is a platform engineering and product consultancy led by Tom Barber (formerly NASA JPL, where he built PIXLISE for the Perseverance Mars rover and won a 2023 NASA Software of the Year award). The firm does hands-on engineering, fractional engineering leadership, technical due diligence for private equity, legacy modernisation, and the data and AI foundation work most "AI projects" actually turn out to be. Clients are typically PE-backed, regulated, or data-heavy companies. Pricing and delivery timelines are stated openly on the site (for example, technical due diligence runs ten business days for a board-ready memo).

## About

- [About Concept to Cloud](https://concepttocloud.com/about): who the firm is, how it works, and the team.
- [Tom Barber](https://concepttocloud.com/about/tom-barber): founder profile. Ex-NASA JPL (PIXLISE, Perseverance), Apache OODT VP, creator of Saiku analytics.
- [Amelia Prasad](https://concepttocloud.com/about/amelia-prasad): product and platform lead, ex-NASA atmospheric science, Princeton platform work.
- [FAQs](https://concepttocloud.com/faqs): thirty-plus direct answers on engagements, pricing, timelines, and how the firm operates. The best single page for factual, quotable answers.

## Services

- [Services overview](https://concepttocloud.com/services): the full capability map.
- [Technical due diligence](https://concepttocloud.com/services/technical-due-diligence/): ten-business-day tech read for acquirers and boards.
- [Fractional engineering leadership](https://concepttocloud.com/services/fractional-engineering-leadership/): Director/CTO-level leadership without a full-time hire.
- [AI and data preparation](https://concepttocloud.com/services/ai-data-preparation/): the data foundation, pipelines, and readiness work AI systems depend on.
- [Cloud solutions](https://concepttocloud.com/services/cloud-solutions/): architecture, backend services, and production cloud platforms on AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- [Legacy modernisation](https://concepttocloud.com/services/legacy-modernisation/): strangler-fig migrations that run in production the whole time.
- [Product services](https://concepttocloud.com/services/product-services/): research-to-review product delivery, including MVP acceleration.
- [Product leadership](https://concepttocloud.com/services/product-leadership): fractional product leadership.
- [Engineering services](https://concepttocloud.com/services/engineering-services): the broad hands-on build remit.

## Industries

- [Private equity](https://concepttocloud.com/industries/private-equity): technical diligence and portfolio operating support.
- [Regulated industry](https://concepttocloud.com/industries/regulated-industry): fintech, RegTech, and data-heavy regulated builds.

## Case studies

- [PIXLISE](https://concepttocloud.com/case-studies/pixlise): NASA JPL Mars rover analysis platform.
- [Sanctions compliance platform](https://concepttocloud.com/case-studies/sanctions-compliance-platform): entity resolution and screening at scale for financial crime.
- [Consilient](https://concepttocloud.com/case-studies/consilient): federated machine learning for anti-money-laundering.
- [MMIT](https://concepttocloud.com/case-studies/mmit): healthcare market-access data platform.
- [Princeton Research Accelerator](https://concepttocloud.com/case-studies/accelerator): research data platform and analyst-facing dashboards.
- [Blackbrook Hydro](https://concepttocloud.com/case-studies/blackbrook-hydro): product build for a hydro operator.

## Free interactive tools

- [Free tools](https://concepttocloud.com/free-tools): the full shelf of self-serve assessments.
- [Portfolio Tech-Risk Scorecard](https://concepttocloud.com/services/technical-due-diligence/tech-risk-scorecard): score a target on tech risk across six dimensions.
- [AI-Readiness Audit](https://concepttocloud.com/services/ai-data-preparation/ai-readiness-audit): six-dimension read of whether your data can support AI.
- [Pre-Acquisition Tech Diligence Checklist](https://concepttocloud.com/resources/pre-acquisition-tech-diligence-checklist): forty diligence questions with an IC-ready verdict.

## Podcasts

- [Concept to Cloud](https://concepttocloud.com/podcast/concept-to-cloud/): the flagship engineering and product podcast, with full transcripts.
- [The AI Briefing](https://concepttocloud.com/podcast/ai-briefing/): short executive briefings on AI developments, with full transcripts.

## Optional

- [Packages](https://concepttocloud.com/packages): productised, fixed-scope offerings.
- [Blog](https://concepttocloud.com/news/): long-form writing on engineering, cloud, data, AI, and technical leadership.
- [Contact](https://concepttocloud.com/contact): how to start a conversation.