Build with AI

I build AI systems for small businesses and operators who are drowning in manual work. My clients aren't experimenting with AI. They're using it to run their businesses: automating accounts payable, triaging inboxes, generating daily reports, and replacing hours of repetitive tasks with tools that run themselves. Background: McKinsey-trained, built and sold software products, currently running AI consulting engagements for real estate, property managers, grocery delivery, construction, dental, and professional services companies. I've built agentic workflows, custom automation pipelines, and AI-powered internal tools that real teams use every day. Whether you're building for a team or streamlining your own work, I'll help you design and ship something that actually runs in your day-to-day.

No theory. No outdated playbooks. Battle-tested systems running in production today. Official n8n Expert Partner and Ambassador, Clay Creator, v0 Ambassador, and Mastra Agent Ambassador. Code merged into n8n core, one of a few hundred people who ever have. Expert Partner status is held by a small group globally. 16+ years of enterprise IT across banking, insurance, telecommunications, public sector, automotive and manufacturing in the DACH region and the UK. What gets built here are complete systems. Outbound engines, AI pipelines, and automation that removes manual work at scale. Full stack coverage across Clay, n8n, v0, Mastra and Claude means clients work with what is relevant right now. Frankfurt Clay Club host. W-JAX speaker.

Welcome to my profile! With a Ph.D. from Notre Dame and extensive experience in AI-native product development, I specialize in helping clients harness AI to achieve tangible business outcomes. As the Principal at Core Wrk, I focus on bridging the gap between AI tool access and real-world deployment, empowering non-technical founders to deploy agentic workflows effectively. My role as Assistant Vice President at Verisk honed my skills in defining, scoping, and deploying AI systems, which I now leverage to coach leaders on AI adoption in complex organizations. Whether you're looking to build AI-native products or streamline operations with AI, I'm here to guide you every step of the way. Let's connect and explore how I can help you achieve your goals!

I've spent my career building systems that do work instead of creating more of it. As COO of Graphite Connect, I built production AI agents that ran parts of the business daily, recovering billable hours, surfacing risks before humans noticed them, and doing work that had never happened because no one had the capacity. I didn't write the code by hand. I designed the systems and built them with AI coding tools, which is exactly the skill set most people trying to build with AI actually need. Today I'm the GM of AI Services at Leland, where I build agents, workflow automations, and AI infrastructure for mid-market companies. Before that I founded and ran a product company for six years and led purchasing at Club Med. I coach from the operator's seat: what to build first, how to scope something you can ship this week, and how to turn a working prototype into a system your business depends on. If you can describe the work, I can help you build the thing that does it."

I'm an experienced software engineer who has built and shipped production systems at scale at Square, Uber, and Chime, and I now help people build and work with AI. At Square I productionized LLM workflows, built internal AI tooling, and co-hosted company-wide AI office hours. I teach from first principles: how tokens, context, and agents actually work, independent of specific tools, models, or providers. I've taken designers and operations professionals from their first line of code to shipping software in production, helped CTOs and technical leaders adopt coding agents in their daily work, and paired with doctors, financial traders, and PhD researchers to turn their expertise into working software. I meet you where you are, technical or not, and aim to leave you capable on your own, or to keep building alongside you as your goals grow more ambitious.

As a solopreneur, AI productivity is a critical part of my day-to-day, taking care of large parts of my business so I can focus on the most important things. Can't wait to talk with you more and see how we can use it to free up time in your life. I've spent the last few years studying/working at Stanford while applying AI to all aspects of my work and career. I’ve built state-of-the-art AI systems in real-world settings—from agent models for a boutique investing firm to the first AI mental health coach with functioning long-term memory. Alongside this work, I’ve taught and facilitated AI courses at Stanford, helping students master machine learning and generative models. My focus is on turning advanced tools into practical, working products and coaching others to do the same.

Hello and welcome to my profile! With over a decade of experience in product management and strategic leadership, I specialize in AI-powered solutions and automation. As a Principal Product Manager at Amazon and LTK, I lead the strategy and execution for AI-driven search and discovery, leveraging my expertise from previous roles at other major companies including Intuit and Nokia. I coach founders, product managers, and operators on how to design and implement AI-powered automation and agent-based systems. This includes identifying the right workflows to automate, structuring agent architectures, integrating LLM capabilities into products, and ensuring systems are reliable and measurable. I also help teams understand how to move from simple automation to more advanced agentic workflows that can reason, take actions, and integrate with real business processes. Let's connect and explore how I can support your journey in this dynamic field!

The only people qualified are the ones building. I'm building right now, staying as far to the edge of this new building era as possible. I'm working out agent fleets, Ai-enabled/run automations, agentic workflows, agentic product development (at every stage), the whole thing. Specifically expert in process development, ethical/safeguarded/private AI, B2B services, and client communication.

Everyone is hearing that AI is going to change their industry, but most people still use it as a fancy search engine or a tool for drafting basic text. Useful, yes, but nowhere near its full potential. I help people use Claude as part of their actual work. That might mean creating reusable Skills, setting up meeting notes that automatically capture decisions and follow-ups, or building a custom workflow for research, planning, or client delivery. The point is to build something around the way you work and teach you how to use and adapt it yourself. I came to this as a consultant, not an engineer. Recently, I rebuilt a research firm’s report production process, reducing the time spent on each report from about 15 hours to roughly 3, with quality checks built in. The decks were just one example. The real value is finding the work that takes too long or depends too heavily on you, then building a practical way for Claude to help.

I'm a Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn with 7+ years building production AI systems that serve thousands of users daily. I've built AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLM-powered products from scratch, including systems that reduced sales prep time by 70% and an AI assistant serving 3,000+ sellers. I hold multiple patents in AI/ML. I don't just teach AI concepts. I build and ship AI systems every day. I coach engineers, PMs, and builders who want to go beyond surface-level prompting and actually build with tools like Claude Code, LangChain, MCP servers, and vector databases. Whether you want to become the AI person on your team or ship your first AI-powered product, I'll help you get there with battle-tested patterns from real production systems.