About
About the Founders
BidLine was built by two people who understand the gap between how contractors actually run their businesses and the software that is supposed to help them.
One comes from the field, the other from the codebase.
Together, they built BidLine to solve the quoting and follow-up problems that most trade businesses still manage with spreadsheets, text messages, and memory.
Drew Christensen - Co-Founder
Drew spent 8 years working in the trades, with the last 5 years running his own company. During that time he saw firsthand how chaotic the sales side of contracting can be.
Leads come in through calls, texts, emails, and referrals. Quotes get built in spreadsheets. Follow-ups live in someone's head or on a whiteboard. Jobs slip through the cracks not because the work wasn't good, but because the system behind it wasn't built for how contractors actually operate.
After running his own operation, Drew became obsessed with one question:
How do you build a sales system that helps contractors close more work without adding complexity to their day?
That question became the foundation for BidLine.
Drew focuses on product direction, contractor workflows, and making sure the software solves real problems for real businesses.
Ryan - Co-Founder & Lead Developer
Ryan brings the technical foundation behind BidLine.
He has 7+ years of experience developing web applications.
Ryan specializes in building scalable, reliable systems that feel fast and simple to use. His focus is translating complex backend systems, databases, integrations, and infrastructure into software that feels intuitive for the people using it every day.
At BidLine, Ryan leads the architecture and development of the platform, including the infrastructure that powers:
- the quoting engine
- pipeline management
- integrations with accounting tools like QuickBooks
- the core systems that keep contractor data organized and accessible
Why We Built BidLine
Most CRM and quoting tools were not designed for contractors.
They are either:
- overly complicated enterprise systems
- lightweight tools that fall apart once you actually try to run a sales pipeline
BidLine was built to sit in the middle: powerful enough to run the sales side of a contracting business, but simple enough that a small team will actually use it.
The goal is straightforward:
Help contractors quote faster, follow up better, and close more work without getting buried in software.