About Alex Bunardzic
I didn't start out as a "Business Velocity Architect."
I didn't set out to create Test-Driven Navigation (TDN). I set out to solve a problem that kept showing up everywhere I worked.
Over the past 20 years, I've watched brilliant engineering teams drown in technical debt. I've seen organizations spend millions on "digital transformation" that left them slower than before. I've watched teams paralyzed by fear of breaking production, unable to ship the innovations they knew the business needed. I watched AI coding assistants promise 10x productivity while creating new categories of bugs nobody knew how to fix.
The pattern was always the same: Teams optimizing for speed without building the system to sustain it.
Then in 2023, generative AI arrived. Suddenly, every team had a new superpower: code that writes itself. But I watched the same pattern repeat — only faster. Teams were generating technical debt at AI speed, with no systematic way to keep their systems healthy.
That's when Test-Driven Navigation crystalized. It's the synthesis of everything I learned leading engineering teams at Raymond James, WorkSafeBC, and enterprise platforms across fintech and healthcare. It's the framework I started building after I organized the First International TDD Conference in 2021. And it's the answer to the question: How do you build organizations that can evolve continuously without collapsing under their own complexity?
TDN isn't just a development technique — it's a management framework for making your technology a direct, responsive driver of your business strategy.
Today, I partner with CTOs and VPs of Engineering who are tired of watching their technology hold them back. We don't just "refactor code." We install a new operating model for continuous evolution — one where AI amplifies human judgment instead of replacing it.
I work with a handful of organizations each year. Currently, I'm engaged with an SaaS early stage startup unicorn.
I only take on 3 new clients per quarter. If you're ready to stop managing friction and start architecting momentum, let's talk.
Architecting the Engine of Business Strategy
For several decades, I’ve seen the same challenge from every angle - from the developer’s keyboard to the executive boardroom. It's the constant battle between the pressure to ship new features and the crushing weight of existing technical debt.
Today, AI presents an unprecedented opportunity to finally tip the scales, but only if it's wielded with strategy and discipline. My career has been a journey to master that discipline, bridging the gap between business vision and technical execution.
The Business Problem I Solve
Leaders feel the friction when "easy features take weeks" or when "roadmaps slip because of unseen dependencies." I focus on the underlying issues: brittle systems and tangled logic that create a hidden "Innovation Tax" on every project, draining momentum and paralyzing strategic bets.
The Strategic Framework I Use
The solution isn't a new tool, but a new management mindset. I help leaders install The Refactoring Mindset for Executives, a philosophy built on small, safe, reversible moves that compound into lasting velocity. We steer with executable feedback (tests), not opinions, and we always focus on the changes that unblock revenue and reduce risk.
The Technical Discipline That Powers It
This strategic framework is powered by a disciplined, AI-augmented workflow called Test-Driven Navigation. It’s how we translate high-level business goals into safe, verifiable code changes, making AI a precision partner, not a chaos-maker. This is the engineering engine that brings the business strategy to life.
The Proof: A Career of Bridging Worlds
My journey has uniquely prepared me to solve this problem. Building over 60 applications at Raymond James taught me the principles of scalable architecture. Leading R&D at Staples showed me how to balance innovation with enterprise demands. In fintech at Mogo and Exact Payments, I focused on modernizing platforms by driving the adoption of TDD and CI/CD to improve quality and velocity.
This dedication to the craft led me to write "Artisan Software Development" and to organize the first International TDD Conference, bringing together practitioners who believe, as I do, that quality is the shortest and fastest path to value delivery.
Let's Discuss Your Roadmap
If you're an engineering or business leader facing these same challenges, I understand your position because I've been there. Let's schedule a confidential, no-obligation call to discuss your technology and how a new operating model can help.
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