Fractional CTO, Microservices Architecture, Real-Time Data, Blockchain & Tokenization, DevOps, Agile Implementation, Security & Compliance
Alder Green Solutions – Transforming MENA Agriculture
Alder Green Solutions set out to tackle two monumental tasks at once: achieve carbon neutrality in agriculture across the MENA region and bolster farmer prosperity. Traditional farming methods, with heavy water usage and chemical fertilizers, contributed to rising CO₂ emissions and often left growers vulnerable to market fluctuations. The lack of transparent carbon offset options also made it difficult for local businesses and farmers to measure and reduce their environmental impact, hindering meaningful progress toward sustainability goals.
The Challenge
Jun 11, 2024
Alder Green Solutions had begun building a platform to connect farmers and businesses, enabling the tokenization of carbon offsets and providing real-time data on sustainable farming efforts. Despite strong early traction, the partially developed system encountered frequent performance bottlenecks, lacked reliable data synchronization for carbon tracking, and provided minimal security around tokenized transactions. Inconsistencies in the dev workflow compounded the issues, causing feature rollouts to be unpredictable and leaving stakeholders unsure of platform stability. Without a solid technical roadmap, code standards fell by the wayside, and the platform remained too fragile to handle growing user demand in the MENA region.
"Working with Tayeb as our Fractional CTO was a pivotal move for Alder. His microservices approach, automated testing pipelines, and clear project management structure tackled our biggest hurdles—performance instability and security. Now our tokenized carbon offsets update in real time, and we have the robust foundation needed to expand sustainably throughout the MENA region."
– Mhamed
COO, Alder Green Solutions
The Research
A comprehensive audit of Alder’s software architecture revealed a monolithic design with minimal testing coverage, which resulted in cascading failures whenever new features were introduced. The tokenization module and carbon tracking engine had no consistent data-sharing mechanism, making it hard to keep offsets up-to-date. Interviews with team members surfaced a lack of agile practices: unclear task definitions and little communication between development and operations frequently derailed sprints. Security reviews also uncovered gaps in data encryption and user authentication protocols, raising concerns over compliance with potential regional regulations.
The Solution
Stepping in as Fractional CTO, Tayeb introduced an agile development framework that clearly laid out milestones, sprint schedules, and acceptance criteria. The monolith was broken down into microservices—each dedicated to a core function like token generation, carbon credit validation, and user management—so that changes in one service wouldn’t threaten the entire system. Automated testing and continuous integration pipelines caught regressions before they reached production, while robust encryption and stricter authentication standards secured the carbon offset transactions. By consolidating real-time farm data flows into a single source of truth, Alder could confidently provide up-to-date carbon footprint metrics and reliable offset tokens, allowing farmers and corporate partners alike to trust and scale with the platform.
