Build with AI

Welcome to my profile! With over a decade of experience in data science and AI, I have a proven track record of mentoring and guiding aspiring data scientists and AI professionals. As the founder of a stealth AI startup and a former lead data scientist at Helm, I have developed cutting-edge machine learning pipelines and innovative AI solutions. My extensive experience includes mentoring students at Springboard, where I helped them master Python programming and data analysis, preparing them for successful careers in data science. Whether you're looking to enhance your skills in AI automation or develop sophisticated context-aware technologies, I'm here to help you achieve your goals. Let's connect and create a tailored plan for your success in the AI field!

I've been building automation systems for companies for years — well before AI became a buzzword. What started as helping coworkers and friends streamline their workflows turned into 15+ clients across industries, all wanting the same thing: less manual work, more reliable systems. I'm not someone who discovered automation last year — this has been my craft for a long time. Last year I ranked in the top 1% of AI users globally, which is what happens when you're using these tools every single day to ship real things. I know how to actually code it out — not just vibe code a prototype that breaks in production, but build the real foundation: the data pipelines, the API integrations, the error handling that makes automation actually hold up. If you want someone who understands both the business problem and the technical execution, that's what I bring.

Bring a use case, some code, or a rough prototype. We can choose a sensible first version, work through prompting or RAG, and test whether the answers are useful and reliable. You'll do the building; I'll help you understand the decisions so you can keep going after the session. I've worked in AI since 2015 and teach applied AI. I'm an NVIDIA DLI Certified Instructor for Building Agentic AI Applications with LLMs, with experience as a Data Scientist at Penn and joint AI research collaborations with researchers from Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and Penn. I can help you reason through retrieval, tool use, evaluation, and common failure cases. I also offer technical, behavioral, and hiring-manager mock interviews for AI and ML roles. Practice coding and system design, or explain your projects, impact, teamwork, and decisions to a nontechnical audience. We'll choose the round you need, use real examples from your experience, and work through realistic follow-up questions.

I coach mentees, product managers, and founders on the latest AI automation tools (Cursor, Zapier, n8n, vibe coding tools such as Figma Make, eval tools such as Anthropic). I’ve helped organizations and mentees save hundreds of hours a year using these tools to automate workflows, status updates, document creation, and backlogs. Expertise of how and when to apply to these to your daily workday as well as to your business can give you a significant advantage over the competition and help land $200k-$300k+ compensation roles in AI and product management. I use these tools in my principal product manager position today to run a $26B revenue stream at Nike to save several hours in daily admin tasks, to speed up the product development lifecycle with stakeholders, and to properly evaluate AI agents in real-time.

I help people and teams build with AI — from first prototype to production. I've spent a decade building AI at companies like Amazon, Uber, and a Y Combinator startup I co-founded as CTO. My edge: I don't just use AI tools, I train the models underneath them — LLMs, text-to-video, voice — so I can teach you how these systems actually work, not just which buttons to press. Some things I've built: AI voice agents that automated thousands of business phone calls per month (taken from an empty repo to paying enterprise customers), the post-training behind user-facing video-generation features like Pikaffects, and today, the reinforcement learning behind code-generation models — the kind that power tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot. Here's what we can do together: build LLM apps, chatbots, AI agents, and RAG pipelines; set up AI automations and workflow automation that remove manual work; master prompt engineering and get real leverage from ChatGPT, Claude, and agent coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor; go deeper with fine-tuning and open-source models (Hugging Face) when off-the-shelf isn't enough; and pressure-test your stack and architecture before mistakes get expensive. And because I teach from the model up, what you learn stays useful as the tools and models keep changing. Whether you're a founder building an AI startup, an engineer adding AI to your product, or a non-technical builder starting from no-code tools — tell me what you want to build, and let's ship it.

In addition to the AI-powered products I've helped my clients build and deploy, I am the sole founder of the following products: - celstate.com - fondraft.com - hapnington.com

I’m the founder an AI consulting and implementation firm that helps businesses identify where AI can create real value and then builds the systems to make it happen. I work directly with business owners and teams to diagnose operational problems and turn the right opportunities into working agents, automations, applications, and integrated workflows. I’ve built and shipped AI systems across a variety of industries: • A vision AI tool that reduced quote times aerospace maintenance and repair • Automated sales and marketing outreach that's generated a millions in revenue pipeline • Lead intake, qualification, and responder agents in real estate, healthcare, and home services • System-wide agentic systems that span CRM, Project Management, and accounting • Model training for a music education technology startup I’ve also helped teams evaluate models, prototype new AI products, and turn ideas that started on a whiteboard into systems running in production. My perspective is also shaped by 15 years of helping organizations adopt new processes and technology. That’s why I tend to start with how the business actually works rather than with an AI tool. The technology matters, but the real test is whether the solution improves the business and whether the people doing the work actually use it.

As an ex- AI Product Leader at RBC I helped create several internal AI Agents to transform the developer experience. Currently as part of my AI Agency and startup, I help companies and individuals create agents and simple automations that transform their workflows

I am an AI educator and coach who specializes in training people to practically use increasingly popular agentic coworking tools such as Claude Code and Claude Cowork. My expertise is grounded in more than ten years of experience working with data and AI in a variety of contexts, whether that be as a physical scientist, research analyst, government program manager, or tech startup builder. I understand how AI fundamentally functions and use that knowledge to show how AI can elevate instead of replacing your work. My coaching style is casual and emphasizes learning by doing. Expect practical projects based on your own challenges that you can showcase in your work portfolio along with plenty of reading recommendations for further growth. Outside of coaching, I like to organize tech meetups in the DC area, play video games, and curl up with my cat and a good scifi book.

Welcome to my profile! With extensive experience in AI, automation, and leadership development, I am passionate about helping professionals and organizations harness the power of technology to drive transformative change. As an ICF ACC leadership and executive coach at Cerithia Strategies, I specialize in strategic leadership development and have successfully coached numerous high-potential professionals to achieve their career goals. My background includes leading AI transformation initiatives and automation strategies at Cielo Talent, where I developed comprehensive frameworks and identified viable use cases for AI deployment. I have also spearheaded leadership development programs and facilitated design thinking workshops, resulting in significant improvements in organizational efficiency and employee engagement. Let's connect to explore how I can support your journey in AI and automation!