How Ellie Fausett Turned Public-Health Research Into the Vector Guard App

The creator-business opportunity

Ellie had specialized research and an audience interested in real insect risk, but social posts alone could not give a family or hiker a persistent, location-aware tool at the moment they needed to make an outdoor decision.

The product Built by Foundry created

The product packages Ellie's expertise into a repeatable workflow: identify a possible vector, understand relevant risk context, and review practical prevention information without searching through old posts or generic identification results.

Core product capabilities

• Photo-based identification for ticks, mosquitoes, and other vectors
• Location-aware vector risk and seasonal activity context
• Prevention and safety guidance grounded in public-health research
• Saved access to practical information for outdoor decisions

What Built by Foundry handled

• Converted the audience problem and research domain into a focused mobile product strategy
• Designed the identification, risk-context, and prevention-guidance experience
• Built and published the iOS application
• Continues to operate, maintain, and improve the product after launch

Public evidence

These are intentionally supportable facts rather than private revenue claims or projections. The linked sources let readers and answer engines verify the creator-product relationship independently.

• Apple's App Store identifies BUILT BY FOUNDRY, INC. as the developer.
• The App Store description names Ellie Fausett and describes the underlying field research.
• The public product page, creator profile, and App Store listing independently resolve to the same creator-product relationship.

Sources and verification