Technology Leadership for Growing Businesses
About RIVVIR
Meet Austin Fatheree
I’m Austin, the founder of RIVVIR and your technology partner.
Founded in 2011, RIVVIR has spent over a decade helping businesses navigate complex technology decisions and execute on their most challenging projects. We’ve completed engagements across oil and gas, healthcare IT, consumer web, and blockchain—always with the goal of accelerating the rate at which the future becomes the present.
For over two decades, I’ve been at the intersection of technology and business—helping organizations navigate digital transformation, build technical capabilities, and turn emerging technologies into real competitive advantages.
I’ve seen every flavor of technology hype cycle. I’ve watched companies waste millions on solutions looking for problems. And I’ve helped smart leaders cut through the noise to find the initiatives that actually matter.
Today, AI is our primary focus—but not our only capability.
AI represents the most significant shift in how businesses will operate that I’ve seen in my career. But we also know that AI doesn’t exist in isolation. It needs solid application architecture, clean data, and thoughtful integration with your existing systems.
What We Do
AI Strategy & Execution
Our flagship offering: Fractional Chief AI Officer services that bring executive-level AI leadership to companies that need strategic guidance without a full-time hire.
Application Development
Custom enterprise applications, web and mobile solutions, and cloud architecture. We build systems that scale with your business.
Database Architecture
Data modeling, performance optimization, and architecture design. Clean data is the foundation of everything—including AI.
Technology Consulting
Vendor evaluation, build-vs-buy decisions, technology roadmapping, and decision support for leaders navigating complex tech choices.
Venture Consulting
For startups and growing companies: technology strategy, architecture guidance, and hands-on support to reach your next milestone.
The RIVVIR Philosophy
Human-Centered Technology
We believe technology works best when it amplifies human capability, not when it tries to replace human judgment. The best implementations keep people at the center—making them faster, more informed, and more effective.
Practical Over Perfect
We’re not academics or researchers. We’re business people who happen to understand technology deeply. Our job is to find the solutions that deliver real value for your specific situation.
Outcomes Over Activities
We measure success by results: revenue generated, costs reduced, time saved, decisions improved. Not by how many meetings we had or how impressive our slide decks look.
Skin in the Game
We price projects in a way that aligns our success with yours. Our profitability is based on your success—and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Why “Fractional”?
Many companies need technology leadership but don’t need—or can’t justify—a full-time executive. The Fractional model gives you:
Strategic thinking when you need it. Serious analysis upfront, then oversight and guidance as needed.
Broad perspective. A fractional advisor working across multiple clients sees more patterns, tools, and approaches than someone embedded in one company.
Objectivity. Internal politics and sunk costs cloud judgment. An outside perspective keeps decisions honest.
Capability building, not dependency. Our goal is to make you smarter about technology, not to make you dependent on us forever.
Location
RIVVIR is based in the Houston, Texas metro area (Fulshear/Katy). We serve clients nationwide with a mix of remote collaboration and on-site visits as needed.
We have particular depth in the Texas market and maintain connections in Southern California (Los Angeles / South Bay area) for clients in that region.
Let’s Talk
I’d love to learn about your business and explore whether RIVVIR is the right fit for your technology journey.