We are world-class software experts who are unlocking the value of AI for our clients.
Product experience has never been more valuable because software creation has never been faster.
You need a partner who knows what to build, understands your data, and takes security and integration seriously. We’ve been delivering solutions—software, data, strategy—to industry leaders for years.
Our team
You’ll be working with the best in the business
Our most senior talent have crafted solutions that touch millions of users, for clients including the MTA, Goldman Sachs, and SageSure. Our solution engineers are AI-empowered superconsultants who get to know your business, then dig deep to find your solution with certainty and clarity before writing a single line of code.
Solution Engineers bring product and design thinking to every project. They work hand in hand with clients to understand the business, key stakeholders, and how everyone works. They then design solutions custom built for their workflows. Working alongside them are experienced engineers, designers, and specialists who have shipped software to production for leading organizations across various industries and software verticals.
Aboard’s team is headquartered in New York with a satellite office in Beirut, and is led by founders Rich Ziade and Paul Ford.
Built with lessons from these partners
Rich Ziade
CEO
A serial software entrepreneur and agency veteran, Rich Ziade has worked with the world’s biggest companies and built and sold many companies of his own, including Readability, Arc90, and with Paul, Postlight. Rich started his career as a lawyer, but rapidly became enchanted with technology and business automation.
Paul Ford
President
One of the world’s leading technology thinkers and writers, Paul Ford has written about the way that software works for dozens of publications like Wired, Businessweek, and the New York Times, including his National Magazine Award–winning Bloomberg cover story “What Is Code?” After years of writing about technology, Paul decided to do something about it, co-founding Postlight and Aboard to help deliver quality products to the people who need them.