About

Your AI person lives in Redding.

We're Joey and Sarah McKenzie, a husband-and-wife team. We help local trades, construction and supply businesses put AI to work, and we stick around to keep it working.

Why we do it this way

We started Doghead in 2020 building websites for businesses around Redding, and we still build them. Along the way we kept seeing the same thing: the website was rarely what held a business back. The quoting, the paperwork, the follow-up and the systems that don't talk to each other were.

Writing software is getting cheap. Anyone can ask an AI to build an app. What's still hard is knowing which problem is worth solving, wiring the fix into the systems you actually run on, and being around when it breaks. That takes someone who knows your shop and lives down the road.

Joey has spent more than a decade writing production software, and he still works a full-time job alongside Doghead. We're telling you that up front because it shapes how we work. We keep things small, and we only promise what we can keep.

What you're paying for

  • Someone you know

    A person in town who picks up the phone. Not a support queue, not a chatbot.

  • Someone who knows the work

    We learn how a bid, a submittal or a counter quote actually moves through your business before we build anything.

  • Someone who runs it

    When something breaks, a vendor changes their software, or the AI starts behaving differently, fixing it is on us.

  • Someone with judgment

    Knowing what to build, what to connect and what to leave alone is worth more than the code.

Real people, not a faceless agency

When you work with Doghead Digital, you work directly with Joey and Sarah. No account managers, no offshore team, no surprises.

Joey McKenzie, Co-founder & Lead Engineer at Doghead Digital

Co-founder & Lead Engineer

Joey McKenzie

The technical half of Doghead Digital. Joey has spent over a decade writing code for Fortune 500 companies and startups alike. He builds the agents, the connections to your systems and the custom tools, and he's the one you call when something needs fixing.

Sarah McKenzie, Co-founder & Creative Director at Doghead Digital

Co-founder & Creative Director

Sarah McKenzie

The creative force behind every project. Sarah translates your vision into designs that actually work, then keeps projects on track and on budget. She's your single point of contact from day one.

Moose McKenzie, Chief Happiness Officer at Doghead Digital

Chief Happiness Officer

Moose McKenzie

The namesake and unofficial mascot of Doghead Digital. Moose keeps team morale high and reminds us daily that taking breaks is important. He's also very good at napping.

Start with an audit

We sit down with you and the people doing the work, and come back with a short list of where AI would save you the most time or money. Over coffee here in Redding or on the phone, your pick.

Local, in Redding
A person approves everything
Your data stays yours