About
Built for complexity.
Delivered with clarity.
Seed App is a boutique agency built by Chris Igbojekwe — a digital transformation consultant, product designer, and full-stack engineer with over a decade of experience shipping revenue-critical products for institutional clients.
The team includes a design partner and a developer, supported by specialist contractors when projects demand it. Every engagement is led directly by Chris — no account managers, no junior handoffs.
From government resilience platforms to e-commerce applications used by hundreds of thousands, the work has always been the same: take something complex and make it clear, fast, and reliable. As a digital transformation consultant, Chris handles strategy, design, and development end to end — the full picture, not just a piece of it.
As a Techstars alumni, Chris brings startup velocity to institutional rigor. Based in San Diego, working remotely with clients worldwide.
The Team
Who you'll work with
A senior-led team where every person on the project has years of experience — not weeks.
Chris Igbojekwe
Founder & Principal Engineer
Digital transformation consultant with 10+ years shipping revenue-critical products for government, e-commerce, and enterprise clients. Techstars alumni. Leads every engagement directly — strategy, design, development, and client communication.
Kenny Yu
Design Partner
Ex-Meta product designer and founding designer at Parallel Finance ($200M TVL DeFi protocol). UC Berkeley. Specializes in 0-to-1 product design for AI, crypto, and enterprise applications.
How we work
Founder-led, every project
Chris leads every engagement directly. You get 10+ years of product design and engineering experience from day one — no ramp-up, no delegation to juniors.
Small team, zero layers
A tight team of senior talent — design, development, and strategy. No project managers relaying messages, no account executives scheduling syncs. Faster decisions, fewer misunderstandings.
Institutional rigor, startup speed
Government compliance and enterprise security meet the velocity that Techstars taught. Documentation, process, and accountability — without the bureaucracy.
Design + development under one roof
Our design partner and development team work side by side. No handoff friction, no misinterpretation between disciplines. Coherent products, shipped faster.
The Role
What does a digital transformation consultant do?
A digital transformation consultant helps a business figure out which parts of its operation should be rebuilt with modern technology — and then leads the rebuild. The job sits between strategy and engineering: too technical for a management consultant, too business-focused for a typical developer.
In practice, a digital transformation consultant translates business goals into technical decisions. That includes choosing the right stack (Next.js vs. Webflow vs. Shopify), deciding build vs. buy, architecting customer portals and internal tools, modernizing legacy systems, improving conversion on revenue-critical sites, and — increasingly in 2026 — ensuring the company is visible to both Google and AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
The difference between a strong digital transformation consultant and a weaker one is simple: can they actually ship the work, or do they only advise? Chris Igbojekwe leads every Seed App engagement directly — strategy, design, engineering, SEO, and AEO — so the plan and the execution live in one brain, one team, and one engagement. No handoff loss.
Typical engagements where a digital transformation consultant adds the most value: replatforming off legacy WordPress or custom CMS, building a customer portal that replaces spreadsheets and email, launching a high-stakes product site for a government or institutional client, redesigning an e-commerce store to recover lost conversion, or preparing an established brand to be visible in AI search as buyers shift from Google.
FAQ
Digital transformation consulting FAQs
When should I hire a digital transformation consultant?
When a business outcome depends on technology you don't fully understand — replatforming, building a customer-facing product, modernizing a legacy site, fixing a conversion or search-visibility problem. If the technical decision is strategic (six-figure budget, revenue-critical), a senior digital transformation consultant pays for themselves by preventing the expensive mistake. If it's routine dev work with clear requirements, you just need a developer.
What's the difference between a digital transformation consultant and a management consultant?
A management consultant analyses the business and delivers a strategy deck; implementation is someone else's problem. A digital transformation consultant analyses the business, picks the technology, designs the product, and ships it — or leads a team that does. The strategy survives contact with reality because the person who made it is also accountable for making it work.
How much does a digital transformation consultant cost?
Fractional engagements typically run $5,000-$15,000 per month. Fixed-scope projects (audit, redesign, platform migration) range from $15,000 to $100,000+ depending on complexity. Enterprise engagements with multiple workstreams can reach $250,000+ over 6-12 months. At Seed App, redesign and digital transformation engagements start at $25,000.
What industries does Chris Igbojekwe work with?
Government agencies (Cayman Islands Government — EU-funded climate resilience platform), higher education (Smith College — gamified learning platform), e-commerce (Publishers Clearing House — Shopify Plus rebuild), enterprise consulting (StrataFusion — redesign for a Silicon Valley firm), and private equity (Silicon Century Capital — investor-grade positioning for a $4.2B fund). Based in San Diego, working remotely with clients worldwide.
Do you work with AI and machine learning products?
Yes — both building them and making them visible. Kenny Yu (Design Partner) has deep experience with 0-to-1 AI and DeFi product design from his time at Meta and Parallel Finance. Chris handles the technical implementation and AEO (answer engine optimization) work that ensures AI products are also discoverable through AI search.
Want to work together?
Book a 30-minute call. No pitch — just an honest assessment of whether we're a fit.