KYLEKUSCHE
Fintech infrastructure architect who reverse-engineered an entire $20B credit union into modular adapters that deploy in days, not years. Building cu.app: a modular adapter marketplace enabling credit unions to ship in 3-12 days at $5K-$20K instead of 18-month vendor implementations at $2M+.
Professional Experience
Founder & CTO
Building a modular adapter marketplace that transforms 18-month, $2M+ vendor implementations into 3-12 day deployments at $5K-$20K per adapter. Clean-roomed Suncoast's entire core banking architecture into production-ready, FDX-compliant infrastructure. Designed canonical schema with 100+ domain models, RLS tenant isolation, and automated feedback-to-production pipeline. Target: credit unions $850M+ seeking digital transformation without vendor lock-in.
Senior UX Design Manager
Led design systems practice and cross-functional UX delivery across member-facing, back-office, and API integration products. Managed 4-6 designers and 2 UX writers across 6 agile teams. Authored 139 PowerOn specifications. Grew component library from ~30 to 180+ components with 95%+ adoption. This role became cu.app's foundation: every failed vendor implementation revealed the market opportunity.
3D Engineer & IT Director
Pioneered volumetric photogrammetry system across 8 locations, improving inventory measurement accuracy and compaction analysis. Managed network security and IT operations for 180+ employees across 9 locations. Designed high-volume retail packaging for Lowe's and Home Depot distribution (20M+ bags printed annually).
Senior Project Manager
Managed $1.6M VF Jeanswear account; delivered 3D retail visualizations used by major retailers (Walmart, Target) for Wrangler, Levi's, and Lee programs.
Key Projects & Assets
Adapter Marketplace
Production-ready adapters: Digital Banking Core ($15K), ISO 20022 Payments ($12K), Compliance & Risk ($10K), Loan Origination ($18K), Card Management ($9K), Financial Wellness ($8K). Each adapter deploys in 3-12 days, replacing 18-month vendor implementations.
Domain Portfolio (215+ Assets)
Strategic namespace ownership: cu.app, open-banking.dev, creditunion.dev, navyfed.app, penfed.app, becu.app, golden1.app, 50-state teachers.app network. Good-faith partnership strategy—offering co-brand domains at cost, not ransom.
Supachain (Fraud Intelligence)
Cooperative threat intelligence layer enabling credit unions to securely share risk indicators, behavioral patterns, and synthetic identity signals. Live fraud signal sharing: one CU detects fraud, entire network protected. ~40% fraud loss reduction.
UCX Framework
User Controlled Experience: operationalized UX as version-controlled, deployable infrastructure. Consent flows, remediation workflows, verification as tested code. Reduced compliance-to-launch cycles by ~60%.
Let's Connect
Credit unions protect credit unions through shared infrastructure, not vendor dependency. Interested in conversations about modular adapters, cooperative fraud intelligence, and turning compliance into competitive advantage.