We're on a mission to eliminate business disruptions
CautionHQ was born from a painful experience: a production outage caused by an expired SSL certificate that nobody remembered to renew. We knew there had to be a better way.
From frustration to solution
In early 2025, our founders were working at a fast-growing startup when disaster struck. A critical SSL certificate expired on a Friday night, taking down their payment processing for six hours. The certificate had been in a spreadsheet somewhere, but nobody was tracking it.
After the incident, they realized this wasn't just their problem—it was an industry-wide challenge. Every business has critical dependencies: domains, certificates, licenses, contracts, subscriptions. And most are tracking them in scattered spreadsheets, calendar reminders, or worse—not at all.
CautionHQ was built to solve this problem once and for all. We're creating a single source of truth for everything that keeps your business running, with proactive alerts that give you time to act before things break.
What we believe in
Our values guide every decision we make, from product features to customer support.
Reliability First
We build systems that businesses can depend on. Your critical dependencies deserve reliable, predictable tooling.
Simplicity Wins
Complex problems don't require complex solutions. We obsess over making powerful features feel effortless.
Customer Obsessed
Every feature we build starts with a real customer need. We listen, learn, and iterate based on your feedback.
Proactive by Default
We believe in preventing problems, not just reporting them. Our alerts give you time to act, not just react.
Meet the team
We're a small but mighty team of builders, operators, and problem-solvers.
Sonny Schmidt
CEO & Co-founder
Visionary entrepreneur with a passion for building tools that help businesses stay ahead of critical deadlines.
Christoph Brutscher
CTO & Co-founder
Technical architect with deep expertise in building reliable, scalable infrastructure systems.
Ronny Glotzbach
Head of Product
Product strategist focused on turning complex workflows into simple, intuitive solutions.
Emerson Capistrano
Head of Engineering
Engineering leader obsessed with building robust systems that deliver alerts on time, every time.
Jana Schmidt
Head of Design
Design leader who believes great tools should feel invisible and delightful to use.
Marjorie Schmidt
Head of Customer Care
Customer advocate who genuinely loves helping teams solve problems and get the most out of CautionHQ.
Crisse Trillana
Head of Customer Relations
Relationship builder dedicated to ensuring every customer feels valued and supported.
Marc Sison
Head of Team Success
Dedicated to ensuring every team member thrives and delivers their best work.
Ready to work with us?
Start protecting your critical business dependencies today.
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