About Thorium

Senior practitioners.One accountable team.

A Washington DC agency built for organizations that need engineering, design, security, and growth under one roof, with named leads and clear delivery standards.

Since 2020
DC-rooted team
6
Practice areas
Senior-led
Named leads
NDA-first
Portfolio norms

Our story

Built for teams that need results, not decks.

Thorium was founded on a simple conviction: digital work should create measurable advantage, not just polished deliverables. We measure success in markets captured, risk reduced, and systems that keep running after launch.

Many agencies ship beautiful design and clean code but leave clients without a clear ROI. Revenue stalls. Conversion stays flat. Leadership cannot point to what changed. We built Thorium to close that gap.

Today we partner with federal contractors, healthcare platforms, SaaS companies, and professional services firms across the DMV and beyond, with the same senior team from discovery through production.

“We deliver what you need to outpace your competition, not only what was in the original brief.”

David Hayman, Founder & CEO

Track record

  • 10,000%

    User Growth

    SaaS platform scaled from 100K to 10M users with zero downtime during migration

  • +420%

    Conversion Lift

    E-commerce funnel overhaul driving record revenue for a regional retailer

  • $2M+

    Annual Savings

    Workflow automation reducing operational cost at enterprise scale

  • 99.99%

    Uptime SLOs

    Enterprise platform reliability across mission-critical client systems

What we stand for

Six principles that drive every engagement

  • Outcomes over outputs

    We measure success in revenue grown, markets captured, and problems solved, not hours billed or tickets closed.

  • Senior only, always

    Every engagement is led by principal engineers and senior designers. No hand-offs to juniors.

  • Security by design

    Threat modeling, least-privilege infrastructure, and compliance are part of the build, not a late audit.

  • Relentless velocity

    We ship meaningful value fast with modern stacks and clear milestones. Speed without sacrificing quality.

  • True partnership

    We embed with your team as a long-term partner, not a vendor who disappears at launch.

  • Global delivery

    Distributed senior teams with consistent standards, documentation, and communication.

The team

Senior leaders who've done this before

No junior teams. No hand-offs. Every engagement is led by people who have scaled products and shipped in regulated environments.

Join the team

David Hayman

Founder & CEO

15+ years leading digital transformation at Fortune 500 companies. Founded Thorium to bring enterprise-grade thinking to ambitious organizations of every size.

We do not just build products. We build durable competitive advantage.

  • Strategy
  • Product
  • Growth

Sara Khan

Head of Product Strategy

12+ years in product strategy at leading tech companies. Turns ambiguous problems into clear, high-impact roadmaps teams can execute.

The best products feel inevitable. Our job is to find that path.

  • UX Research
  • Roadmapping
  • Analytics

James Miller

Principal Engineer & CTO

18+ years building scalable, secure, high-performance systems. Leads engineering culture around quality, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Complexity is the enemy. Elegant systems scale without breaking.

  • Architecture
  • Security
  • Performance

How we work

The Thorium method

Transparent milestones, fast feedback loops, and measurable success at every stage.

  1. Phase 1

    Discovery & Strategy

    Deep dive into goals, constraints, and opportunities to define a north star and success metrics.

  2. Phase 2

    Architecture & Design

    UX flows, technical blueprint, and visual systems built for outcomes and maintainability.

  3. Phase 3

    Build & Iterate

    Quality-focused delivery with weekly demos, transparent progress, and staged releases.

  4. Phase 4

    Launch & Scale

    Performance tuning, reliability engineering, and continuous growth optimization.

Industries we serve

Professional servicesFederal contractorsHealthcareAssociationsLegalNonprofitsSaaSRetail & hospitalityFinancial servicesCybersecurity vendors

Client stories

What our clients say

Thorium transformed our local bakery into a digital powerhouse. Online orders increased 300% in six months. They understood our vision and made it reality.

Sarah Chen

Owner, Sweet Dreams Bakery

Like having a world-class tech team on demand. They built our e-commerce platform that now processes $2M+ annually. A genuinely game-changing partnership.

Marcus Rodriguez

CEO, TechGear Solutions

Thorium did not just build us a website. They built us a competitive advantage. Lead generation up 450%, and we are now the top choice in our market.

Jennifer Walsh

Founder, Elite Consulting Group

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