Zed Werks builds purposeful software products and provides strategic technology consulting to organizations that need experienced, pragmatic guidance.
Purposeful software that solves real problems. No bloat, no hype — just tools that work.
A Keycloak Service Provider Interface extension that brings full SMART on FHIR EHR-Launch and Infoway HALO/SOFA support to your healthcare solution — SMART on FHIR Accelerator, SMART Patient Context, fhirUser claims, audience validation, and custom auth flows, all configurable via Terraform.
A Terraform provider for Smile CDR, focused on security and identity configuration. Manage your FHIR services using infrastructure as code — repeatable, auditable, version-controlled.
35+ years of experience across complex systems, enterprise architecture, and product strategy. Four patents. Award-winning projects. 100M+ government transformation projects. 100% product success-rate. No juniors, no hand-offs — you work with someone who's actually done it.
From greenfield to legacy modernization — designing systems that survive contact with the real world. Cloud-native, on-premise, hybrid.
Practical Digital ID strategy and development that goes beyond the hype. Identifying where verifiable credentials actually add value in your specific context. Expertise in standards and implementation: IETF SD-JWT Verifiable Credentials, ISO 18013-5 mDL and mDOC, DIDComm, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, OpenID4VCI, OpenID Federation.
Developer experience, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and the unglamorous work that makes everything else reliable and fast.
Fractional CTO engagements, team coaching, and helping organizations build engineering cultures that can actually ship.
Deep knowledge and practical experience in industry standards and protocols.
Standards expertise in OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, OpenID Federation, IETF SD-JWT, W3C, ISO 18013 mDOC and mDL, HL7 FHIR, and SMART on FHIR.
Committee Member, Standards Council of Canada, Technical Committee 17, Working Group 10 on Digital Identity.
Zed Werks doesn't sell platforms and services for the sake of it. Engagements are scoped to what's actually needed — whether that's a two-week architecture review, technology strategy assessment, or a longer-term partnership.
If your problem isn't a good fit, you'll hear that up front. That's just how this works.
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Zed Werks Inc., established in 2010, is a boutique technology consultancy and product studio based in British Columbia. Founded on the belief that great technology comes from genuine problem understanding — not frameworks, buzzwords, or cargo-culted solutions.
The practice spans enterprise software, Digital Identity, SMART on FHIR solutions, and emerging AI applications. Work tends to attract organizations at inflection points: scaling fast, modernizing legacy systems, or navigating the gap between what's technically possible and what's actually useful.
Clients include provincial governments and established enterprises. The constant is a preference for working with people who want honest engagement over polished slide decks.
Quartech
Govt. of Alberta
Govt. of BC
PHSA
Mustimuhw
BC Energy Regulator
Greenlight
Latitude Technologies
Canada Health Infoway
Quartech
Govt. of Alberta
Govt. of BC
PHSA
Mustimuhw
BC Energy Regulator
Greenlight
Latitude Technologies
Canada Health Infoway
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