Hays Digital Works

Selected Work

Experience behind the practice

Long-term platform ownership, high-stakes delivery, and public-service systems.

These are verified examples from Thomas Smallwood’s professional portfolio. They establish the founder’s experience; they are not presented as Hays Digital Works client engagements. Outcomes are limited to what the public portfolio supports, without invented metrics or testimonials.

Founder-owned platform · 2006–2012 and evolving

Kwagu

Context: A long-running platform centered on web systems, CMS architecture, business workflows, and practical software delivery.

Contribution: Long-term ownership, product thinking, CMS and workflow architecture, and software designed to support real operations rather than a one-off launch.

Evidence: Demonstrates sustained platform responsibility and the foundation behind the Manager system used to coordinate client and family applications.

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Cybersecurity experience · 2015–2018

Cisco Talos

Context: A cybersecurity environment where reliability, usability, and operational value were critical.

Contribution: Maintained and developed multiple properties, supported internal applications, contributed across the stack, led four engineers, and reviewed pull requests.

Evidence: Establishes hands-on engineering depth and technical leadership in an environment where quality and reliability mattered.

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Agency and public-service delivery · 2024–present

Webhead

Context: Drupal and WordPress projects for public-facing organizations and regional service networks.

Contribution: Cross-functional delivery and project leadership from requirements through launch, with work tied to The Harris Center, HUD Housing Counselors, and Workforce Solutions sites across Texas.

Evidence: Demonstrates current CMS depth, structured delivery, and experience supporting public-service information environments.

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Current website experience

Sites developed or maintained.

Each screenshot records the public homepage as it appeared on July 30, 2026. HaysCoBar is identified as development; every other site is explicitly identified as WordPress or Drupal maintenance and does not claim original authorship.

Desktop view of the Hays County Bar Association website captured July 30, 2026

Lead project · WordPress development

Hays County Bar Association

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Desktop view of the Webhead website captured July 30, 2026

WordPress maintenance

Webhead

Ongoing WordPress site maintenance for an engineering and technology company.

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