About the practice
A builder, with a wider lens.
Strategy, design, technology, and business, handled by the same person, on purpose.
David ZambranoRome, on the Tiber
I like bringing things into the world.
A tool for a musician. A brand with its own point of view. A clearer way for a business to reach people. The starting points change; the question stays the same. How do we make this idea real, and then real for other people?
I'm David Zambrano, an entrepreneur and product builder based in Vancouver. I grew up in Colombia, came to Canada to study Business Communication, and have spent the years since building products of my own and for other people.
Independent, not isolated.
This is a personal practice with a studio's range. You work directly with me, from the first conversation to the thing that ships. Where a project calls for expertise I don't have, the right collaborator is part of the plan, not a surprise.
Off the clock.
I play music and lead worship at a church here in Vancouver, which is where Unicue and KeyDetector come from. Real bands, real rehearsals, real problems worth solving. When the site gets too serious, there is a pinball machine hiding at the bottom of the page.
Background
Dates and scope, for anyone who wants the short version.
2023 to present
Operations & production, worship ministry
A multi-campus church in Vancouver
Coordinate a 107-person volunteer team across two campuses and two languages. Own the department's semi-annual budget, the weekly production cycle, and the training that keeps the technical systems running without me.
2025 to present
Independent product work
Own products, consumer brands, client websites
Build and launch products end to end. A browser extension with its own audio engine and paying users, two direct-to-consumer brands, client websites, and a production pipeline that puts deterministic code around a generative model.
2022 to 2023
E-commerce & marketing specialist
Adventure Outdoors, Vancouver
Rebuilt the product listing workflow and wrote the SOPs behind it, taking throughput from three or four products a day to ten to fifteen. Monthly revenue doubled over six months.
2020 to 2021
Founder
TuBarbero.com, Bogotá
Built and ran a two-sided marketplace connecting customers with barbers, from provider recruitment through to the bookkeeping.
2021 to 2023
B.A. Business Communication, with Distinction
University Canada West, Vancouver
Cumulative GPA 3.99. Medal for Academic Excellence, awarded to the top graduate of the program.
Work with me.
Bring me a website that needs to explain your business better, a product that needs to take shape, or a brand that needs a clear direction. The scope follows the problem, not a package. My own products keep that work honest.
Say helloA note on how I work
The thinking is the work.
Every project here carries the decision that shaped it, including the ones I got wrong and had to reverse. I write those down while I'm making them, with the options I rejected and the condition that should make me change my mind. It is the part of the work that usually disappears, and the part worth keeping.
Observe, explore, make. Then write down why.Read the decisions behind the work05 · Say hello
What brings you here?
A website, a product, a brand, or something we haven't named yet. Tell me what you have in mind.
Start a conversationProject enquiries, collaborations, and product opportunities. A two-line message is enough.