I have designed and implemented bespoke AI automation solutions for businesses ranging from sole proprietors to Disney and Goldman Sachs. I started my career doing applied AI research at a NYC VC firm, studying how LLMs could solve real business challenges. I even launched a startup, raised a seed round, and hired a CEO. I then moved into strategy consulting at LEK Consulting, working across a wide breadth of challenges— cost reduction for equipment manufacturers, sales expansion for cybersecurity software, new product launches for SMBs, marketing strategy for consumer services companies, and everything in between. Since then, I've worked in Product and Operations at two different AI companies, backed by investors like Y Combinator and Insight Partners, building agentic systems to automate processes for companies of all sizes. I run an automation consultancy on the side (https://www.get-optimal.ai/)