
Crispy Web Services LLC
Server administration, website development, and technical support — run by Michael Crispen, an AWS-certified architect in Sharon, PA.
Enterprise-grade technical work, sized and priced for local businesses. You get the engineer, not an account manager — and a straight answer about what you actually need before you spend anything.
You own it. All of it. No monthly rent.
Most shops around here rent you your own website — stop paying and it goes dark. Everything I build is yours from day one: the domain, the hosting accounts, the code, and written documentation for all of it, in your name. Hand it to anyone you like later. You will never need my permission.
Website Packages
One fixed price, agreed in writing before I start. No hourly billing, no surprises.
Every package can be split into four interest-free payments — just ask when we talk.
Starter
$1,400A clean, fast site that gets you found.
- Up to 5 pages
- Mobile-friendly, fast-loading design
- Contact form and map listing
- Local SEO setup, including your Google Business Profile
- Hosting, domain, and SSL set up in your name — you own it, no monthly fee to me
- Full documentation and handover — every account, credential, and how-to in writing
Best for a business with no site yet, or one that is embarrassingly out of date.
Rescue & Rebuild
$1,400Replace a slow, broken, or unmanageable site.
- Full rebuild of your existing site, content migrated over
- Fixes for the speed, security, or mobile issues driving customers off
- A site you — or I — can actually update afterward
- Redirects set up so you keep your search rankings
- Full documentation and handover — every account, credential, and how-to in writing
Best for a site nobody on staff can edit, or one that is actively costing you customers. Priced for sites up to 10 pages on a standard platform — if yours runs on something unusual or the logins are long gone, I scope it before quoting.
Business
$2,450A site that takes bookings and leads while you work.
- Up to 10 pages
- Booking or appointment request form
- Payment integration for deposits, invoices, or online orders
- Analytics, so you know what is actually working
- Everything in Starter
- Full documentation and handover — every account, credential, and how-to in writing
Best for a business that wants the site doing some of the sales work.
Growth
$5,000A custom-built site for a business ready to invest in it.
- Custom design and functionality, not a template
- Integrations with the tools you already run — CRM, scheduling, inventory
- E-commerce or membership functionality
- Performance and SEO built in from the start
- Full documentation and handover — every account, credential, and how-to in writing
Best for a business where the website is a real part of how you make money.
Something Else
Call for a quoteTell me what you need — I'll price it before I start.
Multi-location sites, online catalogs, member portals, or an integration with a system not listed here — call and we will scope it together. You get a fixed price in writing before any work begins, no matter how unusual the project.
Other IT Work
$90/hour, 1-hour minimum. Everything below — and anything else technical.
Server Administration
Keep your servers running, patched, backed up, and monitored — without keeping IT staff on payroll.
- Linux and Windows server setup, hardening, and maintenance
- Backups and disaster recovery you have actually tested
- Monitoring and alerting, so problems surface before customers notice
- Docker and self-hosted application deployment
- Cloud migration and cost reduction (AWS, hybrid, on-prem)
Best for businesses running their own servers, a POS or line-of-business app, or paying too much for cloud.
Technical Support & IT Projects
The person you call when something technical needs to work and nobody on staff owns it.
- Custom software and application development
- Networking, firewalls, VPNs, and Wi-Fi that stays up
- Workstation setup, migrations, and endpoint management
- Email, Microsoft 365, and account/access cleanup
- Automation of the manual work eating your week
- Second opinions on quotes, vendors, and technical decisions
Best for small offices and individuals who need real expertise occasionally, not a full-time hire.
Need something not on this list? Ask anyway — if I cannot help, I will tell you who can.
How Working Together Goes
Free 30-minute consult
You describe the problem. I tell you honestly whether I can help, roughly what it takes, and whether you even need to pay someone for it.
Written scope and quote
You get the work, the timeline, and the price in writing before anything starts. No open-ended hourly surprises.
The work gets done
You deal directly with me — the person actually doing the work. No account managers, no ticket queue, no handoffs.
Handover and support
You get documentation and access to everything, so you are never locked in. Ongoing support if you want it, no contract trap if you do not.
Why Hire One Person Instead of a Firm
Direct line to the engineer
You talk to the person writing the code and touching the servers. Nothing gets lost in translation through a sales rep.
Enterprise experience, local scale
Nearly six years at AWS Professional Services architecting systems for AAA game studios and enterprises — applied to businesses that need it done right the first time.
AWS-certified
Certified Developer and AI Practitioner. Verifiable credentials, not just years claimed.
No lock-in, ever
You own your domains, servers, code, and accounts. Documentation is part of the deliverable, so another person could pick it up tomorrow.
Service Area
On-site work throughout the Shenango Valley — Sharon, Hermitage, Farrell, Greenville, Sharpsville, and nearby Youngstown and Mercer County. Remote work anywhere in the US.
Not sure what you need yet?
That is what the free consult is for. Thirty minutes, no obligation, and an honest answer — including if the answer is that you do not need to hire anyone.
Certifications
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Background
Independent Contractor — Senior Application Architect
March 2025 – Present
- Architected a 97% storage cost reduction by migrating 800+ TB from DynamoDB to S3 Tables, saving $2.3M annually.
- Deploying Kong infrastructure — control and data planes plus service mesh networking — using the AI gateway to govern and validate traffic coming through from AI clients.
Amazon Web Services — Professional Services — Senior Application Architect
July 2019 – March 2025
- Led technical delivery for AAA gaming studios, architecting serverless backends handling 1M+ daily active users at 99.999% uptime.
- Built CI/CD pipelines that cut deployment failures 60% and enabled 50+ daily releases across 15 microservices.
- Built a real-time messaging platform processing 2 TB/day with a 40% bandwidth reduction.
- Delivered 20+ technical workshops to enterprise C-suite and engineering teams, securing $15M+ in additional contracts.
- Cut gaming backend costs 60% while improving response times from 200ms to 50ms.
Education
B.S. Computer Science, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (2019), minor in Business Administration · AWS Tech U graduate (2019)
Selected Work
Technical projects showing architecture, implementation, and measurable impact.

A Place in Time Tattoo
Web Developer
Client website for a custom tattoo studio in Sharon, PA — booking, artist galleries, and reviews built to bring in walk-in and consult traffic.
ARCHITECTURE
Static single-page site (Vite build) served over nginx, with a hardened CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options; Web3Forms + hCaptcha handle the booking form without a server-side backend

Ember - Secure Communication Platform
Lead Architect & Developer
Privacy-first, self-hosted messaging platform with end-to-end encryption and real-time voice communication.
ARCHITECTURE
Distributed microservices architecture with Go backend, TypeScript clients, and WebRTC voice infrastructure

Global Gaming Backend Architecture
Technical Lead & System Architect
Distributed serverless gaming platform supporting 1M+ concurrent players with real-time state synchronization.
ARCHITECTURE
Event-driven serverless architecture using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and real-time WebSocket connections
Autoscaling Unreal Engine Streaming
Lead Developer
Serverless autoscaling solution for Unreal Engine streaming with dynamic resource allocation and WebRTC optimization.
ARCHITECTURE
Container-based streaming platform with WebRTC SFU, automatic scaling, and global CDN distribution

Serverless Content-Based Routing
System Architect
High-throughput messaging system processing 2 TB/day with Protobuf optimization and serverless compute.
ARCHITECTURE
Serverless message routing system with Kinesis streams, Lambda processing, and intelligent content-based routing

Gaming Performance Optimization
Performance Architect
Backend performance optimization achieving significant cost reduction while improving system reliability.
ARCHITECTURE
Performance analysis and optimization framework using mathematical modeling and automated scaling
Technical Skills
Servers & Infrastructure
Linux, Windows Server, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, networking, backups
Cloud
AWS (expert), serverless, cost optimization, migrations, hybrid and on-prem
Web Development
Next.js, React, TypeScript, Node.js, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL
Programming
Go, TypeScript, Python, JavaScript, Java
Security & Privacy
End-to-end encryption, OAuth, IAM, hardening, security architecture
Real-Time Systems
WebRTC, WebSockets, gRPC, Protobuf, message queues