Custom applications
Complete business systems with customers, scheduling, inventory, work orders, and reporting, built around your workflow.
Rob Cosgrove · Business software developer
Custom applications, operational systems, workflow automation, and legacy modernization, designed around the way your business actually works.
I've spent more than 40 years building business software, including founding and running Remote Backup Systems for 37 years. Today I use AI coding tools to build complete applications, backed by the business analysis and architecture that make them useful.
What I build
I turn messy operational problems into useful software, from understanding the business and designing the database through development and deployment.
Complete business systems with customers, scheduling, inventory, work orders, and reporting, built around your workflow.
Research, document analysis, and decision support where AI adds practical value to the application.
Connect old and new systems, move data, and automate repetitive work while preserving what still works.
Organize business information in one place, with clear reports and dashboards that help people act.
Examples of my work
These projects show the kinds of business problems I can turn into working applications. Each brings together data, workflows, and a clear purpose.
AI-assisted dispute management
Helps consumers organize a complaint, research company policies, and plan their next steps. I built intake, evidence handling, research, correspondence, and case-tracking workflows.

Field service operations
Brings work orders, scheduling, technician assignments, and billing readiness into one system. This example shows how I turn an operational workflow into an integrated business application.

Legacy-to-cloud integration
Connects a simulated legacy inventory system with a modern business application. I built the demonstration around customer data, inventory checks, order entry, and synchronization.

Client documents and review
Organizes document requests, client submissions, review status, and follow-up in one workspace. This example shows how I connect information management with a practical client-service workflow.

The experience behind the work
I'm Rob Cosgrove. I founded Remote Backup Systems in 1985 and ran it until 2022. Building and operating a commercial software company meant working with customers, supporting real systems, and making software useful enough for people to pay for.
Building business software, from the microcomputer era to modern web applications.
Founding and running a commercial software company, Remote Backup Systems.
Business analysis, application architecture, databases, development, and integration.
I use AI coding tools to build complete applications and bring working versions to clients sooner.
A practical approach
The goal is not more software. It is a better way to work. Every engagement starts with the problem, the people, and the outcome. I turn that understanding into a working version you can try, then improve it with your feedback.
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