Crispy Web Services LLC
AVAILABLE FOR NEW PROJECTS

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

$1,400

A 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Best for a business with no site yet, or one that is embarrassingly out of date.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

$1,400

Replace 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

$2,450

A 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

$5,000

A 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 quote

Tell 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.

Call (724) 988-8754

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

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

VitenginxWeb3FormshCaptchaStatic HostingLocal SEO
Ember - Secure Communication Platform

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

GoTypeScriptWebRTCEnd-to-End EncryptionSelf-HostedMicroservices
Global Gaming Backend Architecture

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

AWSLambdaWebSocketsDynamoDBServerless
Autoscaling Unreal Engine Streaming

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

Unreal EngineWebRTCDockerKubernetesCloudFront
Serverless Content-Based Routing

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

AWS LambdaKinesisProtobufServerlessCloudWatch
Gaming Performance Optimization

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

Cloud ArchitecturePerformanceDynamoDBMathematical AnalysisAuto-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