Technical Infrastructure

Systems that work.
Workflows that last.
Data you can trust.

We design and build the analytical infrastructure, reproducible workflows, AI pipelines, and research computing systems that organizations need to do their work — and sustain it. From local deployments to HPC and cloud, matched to your needs and budget.

What this helps with

Good infrastructure is invisible when it works.

Most organizations don't need more data — they need better systems for collecting, managing, and using the data they already have. The difference between a one-time analysis and an ongoing capability is reproducible infrastructure.

Three Canyon builds technical systems that are designed for your team's actual capacity — not for consultants to maintain. Clean handoffs, clear documentation, and practical training are built into every engagement.

Our technical depth spans deep learning and AI systems, high-performance computing, cloud infrastructure, and big data environments. What sets us apart is computational thinking applied to your real constraints — we build what fits your needs, budget, and team, not what's most impressive on paper.

How we support the process
01

Scope

Understand your current systems, data landscape, team capacity, and what the infrastructure actually needs to do — before writing a line of code.

02

Architect

Design a system that fits your context — the right tools, data structures, and workflows for your scale, budget, and technical environment.

03

Build

Implement dashboards, pipelines, analytical systems, or research computing environments with clean, documented, reproducible code.

04

Hand off

Transfer ownership through documentation, training, and structured handoff — so your team can maintain, adapt, and extend the system independently.

Capabilities

From raw data to reliable systems.

Dashboards

Operational Dashboards

Design and build dashboards that surface the right information for the right audiences — program staff, leadership, funders, and boards — updated automatically and reliably.

Analytics

Analytical Systems

Build end-to-end analytical infrastructure — from data ingestion and cleaning through analysis and visualization — designed for ongoing use, not one-time projects.

Workflows

Reproducible Workflows

Implement scripted, version-controlled data workflows that eliminate manual steps, reduce errors, and make analyses auditable, shareable, and repeatable.

Research

Research Computing

Support research teams with computing infrastructure, data management, statistical analysis environments, and the technical scaffolding that rigorous research requires.

Integration

Data Integration

Connect disparate data sources — program databases, survey platforms, administrative systems, and external APIs — into unified, analysis-ready datasets.

Support

Implementation Support

Provide hands-on technical support during system rollout — troubleshooting, staff training, documentation, and the practical help that bridges design and daily use.

AI Pipelines

AI & ML Pipeline Development

Design and build end-to-end AI and machine learning pipelines — including deep learning systems, large language model deployments, and healthcare informatics applications — in Python and PyTorch.

HPC & Cloud

High-Performance & Cloud Computing

Deploy and manage workloads across local infrastructure, national HPC resources (ACCESS, XSEDE), and cloud platforms including AWS — matched to your scale, timeline, and budget.

How we build

Built for your team, not ours.

Technical systems only create value if the people who need them can actually use and maintain them. We design with the end user in mind from the first conversation.

01

Reproducibility first

Every system we build is scripted, documented, and version-controlled. If a step can't be reproduced by someone else following the documentation, it isn't done.

02

Right-sized for your context

We don't build enterprise systems for small teams, or simple spreadsheets for organizations that need real infrastructure. Scale and complexity are matched to actual need.

03

Open and auditable

We favor open-source tools and transparent methods. You should be able to see exactly how your data is processed, and so should any auditor, funder, or successor.

04

Ownership by design

Documentation, training, and clean handoffs aren't afterthoughts — they're built into every engagement from the start, so your team truly owns what we build together.

05

Needs before tools

We start with your problem, not a preferred technology. The right solution might be a shell script, a deep learning model, or a spreadsheet — the answer comes from understanding your constraints first.

What we work with

Tools selected for
fit, not familiarity.

We work across a wide range of tools and environments. Our recommendations are based on what fits your team, your data, and your budget — not on what we happen to know best.

Languages & Frameworks
Python & PyTorch R & tidyverse SQL Bash / shell
AI & ML
Ollama / local LLMs PyTorch / deep learning Hugging Face scikit-learn
Infrastructure & Computing
AWS HPC / ACCESS (XSEDE) Docker / containers Git / GitHub
Visualization & Data
Tableau / Power BI Shiny / Quarto REDCap / Qualtrics Custom APIs
Good fit for

Teams ready to build real infrastructure.

Research and evaluation teams that need reproducible, auditable analytical workflows

Nonprofits and agencies building their first operational dashboard or reporting system

Organizations with messy or siloed data that needs to be integrated and made usable

Grant-funded programs needing data infrastructure to meet reporting requirements

Teams inheriting systems with no documentation and needing to understand what they have

Organizations whose technical work has outgrown spreadsheets but hasn't reached enterprise scale

Research teams needing HPC access, AI pipeline development, or cloud-based big data infrastructure

Healthcare, public health, or clinical organizations building responsible AI systems for informatics or decision support

Start here

Have a technical challenge that needs solving?

We can help scope the problem, assess what infrastructure you actually need, and determine what kind of engagement would be most useful — starting with an honest conversation about where you are.

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