--- title: "About WhiskerMatch: Built by Christopher Azar-Brandes" description: "Why Christopher Azar-Brandes built WhiskerMatch for shelters and rescues, what is working today versus illustrative, and what a founder-led pilot involves." canonical: https://www.whiskermatch.com/about markdown_url: https://www.whiskermatch.com/about.md generated_from: "canonical page server-rendered HTML; the HTML page is authoritative" last_modified: 2026-10-09 last_updated: 2026-10-09 publisher: "Veldarium Technology Systems LLC" --- Founder # Built by Chris. Verified before it's claimed. WhiskerMatch connects people looking for an animal with the shelter record behind each one: where every detail came from, who can see it, the applications, and the people who decide. The link to outside listing sources is built and tested; turning on live listings and earning proof with real shelters are still ahead. [Bring one workflow](https://www.whiskermatch.com/contact#bring-one-workflow) [Email Chris directly](mailto:support@whiskermatch.com?subject=WhiskerMatch%20founder-led%20workflow%20conversation) Who built this ## Christopher Azar-Brandes, with direct accountability. The company is early. Shelter and rescue operators should know who is responsible for the product, pilot boundaries, and the answer when a workflow is not a fit. CA Christopher Azar-Brandes Founder · Veldarium Technology Systems LLC > “I built WhiskerMatch because too much of an animal’s story depends on scattered notes, memory, texts, and one coordinator holding everything together. It does a lot now, records, care, fosters, applications, public profiles, but it earns a pilot's trust the same way regardless of how much it does: by making one real handoff clearer, with a person deciding everything that matters.” Ops first Fix the loop where information lives or dies. One reviewed record A named human signs off, not a model. Accountable operator Veldarium Technology Systems LLC. What founder-led means ## Direct workflow mapping, not an enterprise performance. One short call should make the current handoff clearer even if a pilot never starts. No clean data, migration plan, or polished process map is required. 1. 01 ### Bring one real handoff A foster update, profile review, applicant lane, or special-needs care story that already costs time. 2. 02 ### Map the sources and people Chris maps where information arrives, who reconstructs it, who may review it, and where the current tools remain authoritative. 3. 03 ### Set the human boundary The pilot names what software may prepare and what staff, veterinarians, behavior professionals, or adoption reviewers must decide. 4. 04 ### Make an honest fit decision If a bounded workflow will not reduce burden, the pilot stops without migration pressure or a sales sequence. Practical answers about the first pilot ### What Chris personally helps map Entry points, source material, missing context, current and next owners, due dates, review gates, stop conditions, and one useful success signal. ### How feedback changes the product Pilot feedback can change field names, required context, role permissions, review states, and workflow defaults. It does not become a public quote, logo, or metric without permission. ### How sensitive context is treated The first conversation should use fictional, anonymized, or redacted material. Real animal, applicant, foster, medical, or behavior data should not move until handling, access, retention, and deletion are agreed. ### What happens when it is not a fit Chris says so directly. A shelter can still leave with a clearer workflow map or checklist, without buying software or cleaning its data first. No inflated company story ## What WhiskerMatch is not pretending to be. Strong product thinking is not customer evidence. The next proof has to come from real workflow conversations and permissioned pilot use. Larger ideas live on the [roadmap](https://www.whiskermatch.com/roadmap), and none of them are part of the first pilot. - There are no shelter customer logos, testimonials, or outcome metrics to publish yet. - No shelter or rescue has used WhiskerMatch in real operation, and it has not yet been activated on production infrastructure. - Software does not make placement, applicant, medical, behavior, or public-release decisions, one labeled drafting feature is the entire scope of automation in the product. - Direct founder involvement in early pilots does not mean permanent white-glove consulting; it means Chris personally learns what each team's first real workflow needs. Founder-supported pilot. ## Send Chris one workflow that keeps breaking. Founder-led means Christopher Azar-Brandes reads the context and maps the first conversation himself. Prefer direct email: support@whiskermatch.com. [Bring one workflow](https://www.whiskermatch.com/contact#bring-one-workflow) [Email Chris directly](mailto:support@whiskermatch.com?subject=WhiskerMatch%20founder-led%20workflow%20conversation) --- About WhiskerMatch: WhiskerMatch is workflow software for animal shelters and rescues that keeps one reviewed record per animal across intake, foster care, adoption review and public profiles, with people making every placement and publishing decision. ## Sitemap See the full [WhiskerMatch sitemap](https://www.whiskermatch.com/sitemap.md) for every public page, or [llms.txt](https://www.whiskermatch.com/llms.txt) for a short summary.