# About ControlStackAI

ControlStackAI is the engineering practice of Matthew Mangano, an aerospace engineer who builds production AI systems.

Canonical page: https://controlstackai.com/about

## Background

Matthew's aerospace work centers on simulation, controls, avionics, MATLAB, and Simulink. That discipline shapes how ControlStackAI approaches agentic systems: define interfaces, constrain behavior, make state visible, test failure paths, and verify outcomes rather than trusting a plausible transcript.

## What ControlStackAI builds

- AI applications connected to real data and tools.
- Governed workflows with approval boundaries and durable state.
- Agent-harness integrations across hosted, subscription, local, and custom runtimes.
- Evaluation and verification systems that measure whether the work actually succeeded.

## Operating principles

- Outcomes over demonstrations.
- Explicit contracts over ambiguous prompts.
- Independent verification over self-reported completion.
- Provider independence where it protects the system.
- Human authority for consequential decisions and external effects.
- Public claims backed by work that can be shown safely.

## Contact

Start a project at https://controlstackai.com/contact or email matthew@controlstackai.com.