Technology solutions delivered by a small, accountable team
Pycas Design Innovations builds, modernizes and operates software for agencies, institutions and enterprises that need modern engineering practices, explainable automation, and direct access to the engineers responsible for the system.
Core competencies
Six areas, all delivered under fixed-scope task orders or milestone contracts with documented deliverables.
Custom application development
Web and enterprise applications built to specification: role-based access, audit logging, reporting, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and records retention considered from the start.
Application modernization
Replacing aging platforms and spreadsheet-driven processes with maintainable cloud architecture, migrating existing data safely and keeping the old system running until cutover.
Cloud systems
Design, migration and operation on AWS or Microsoft Azure, led by a certified cloud engineer: compute, storage, identity, messaging, monitoring, backup and infrastructure as code. AWS by default; Microsoft Azure where the agency standard requires it.
AI document processing & AI-enabled workflows
Automated intake of applications, permits, forms and submissions with deterministic business-rule validation, human review of exceptions and a complete audit trail, so every automated decision is explainable and defensible. How it works
GIS & data solutions
Geospatial data processing, SQL data platforms, map-based applications and reporting that make agency data usable across departments.
Technical support & maintenance
Ongoing operations, security updates, enhancements and responsive support from the team that built the system, under a defined service level.
Differentiators
- ✓We operate production software ourselves. ShootPro24AI, a Pycas-developed SaaS platform, runs in production with paying customers, payments and AI processing, giving us direct experience operating a live cloud system rather than only delivering one.
- ✓Explainable automation. AI reads; deterministic rules decide; people review exceptions. Every automated outcome carries the rule and the evidence behind it, which is what public-record and audit requirements demand.
- ✓Direct accountability. Decision-makers and engineers are the same people. No account layer between you and the person who wrote the code.
- ✓Transparent delivery. Two-week sprints, demonstrable progress, documented systems, runbooks and handover as deliverables.
- ✓Fixed scope, fixed price. Pilots and task orders are priced before work starts; changes go through a written change order.
Company data
- Legal name
- PYCAS DESIGN INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Business type
- Small business, Illinois LLC, organized 2007
- Location
- Glenview, Illinois
- Primary NAICS
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Related NAICS
- 541512 · 541519 · 518210 · 541330 · 541340 · 541430 · 541922 · 512199
- Phone
- (847) 656-5756
- info@pycasdesign.com
Registration status and identifiers (SAM.gov, UEI, CAGE), PSC codes, certification letters and client past performance (three multi-year commercial engagements, 2015–2025) are in the PDF capability statement, provided on request.
Technology
Representative work
We keep a strict line between Pycas-developed products, Pycas client work, and the individual experience of our engineers. Only the first two appear here; individual résumés are available with the capability statement.
See all workShootPro24AI
Cloud platform for AI-assisted multimedia post-production: asynchronous processing at scale, confidence-scored automation with human review routing, customer delivery, payments and audit history. Built and operated by Pycas in the cloud. Case study
Pycas Document Processing
Intake → extraction → rule validation → exception review → export, with a per-field audit trail, running at app.pycasdesign.com for customer assessments, pilots and paid plans. Applicable to permits, applications, invoices and submissions. Details
Small first steps, documented outcomes
Discovery
Requirements, stakeholders, data, constraints and security posture, written up and agreed.
Pilot or task order
Fixed-price, fixed-scope first deliverable, typically 3–6 weeks, with acceptance criteria.
Build & deploy
Two-week sprints, demonstrations each sprint, infrastructure as code, documentation as a deliverable.
Operate & support
Defined service level, monitoring, patching and enhancements under a care agreement.
Available as prime for small, well-defined efforts and as a subcontractor or teaming partner on larger programs where a specialized software, AI or GIS component is needed.
Working on a procurement, RFI or RFP?
Request the capability statement, or schedule a short technical discussion with the engineers who would do the work.