
Michael Neal
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Founder Using AI Agents to Run Real Business Workflows
5,630 min coached
44 followers
Studied at Chicago Booth
Worked at Centerview Partners
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Available tomorrow at 11:00 PM UTC
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Michael's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $150/hr
Get help with AI Research, AI Fundamentals, and .
Michael also coaches for Investment Banking, AI for Product Development, and AI for Data & Analytics. View all.
Michael’s AI Automation & Agents Qualifications
Experience level: Executive
Michael has helped clients get into these companies:
I use AI automations and agents in real operating environments, not just as demos. As a founder, I’ve built and used agent-style workflows to support parts of my businesses, including research, analysis, internal tooling, and process automation. I’ve also helped startups and small businesses build ETL jobs, custom tools, and AI-enabled workflows, so I understand how to connect LLMs to actual business processes in a way that is useful, reliable, and worth the effort. My background sits at the intersection of product, data, and technical execution. I’ve worked on cloud-based architecture, data pipelines, NLP, LLM API-driven analysis, and custom workflow design, and I know how to translate messy business needs into practical automations. I can help clients think through where agents actually create value, how to design and scope them properly, what should stay human-in-the-loop, and how to build systems that are more than just prompt wrappers. Whether you’re trying to automate work inside a business, build your first agent-driven workflow, or get smarter about the AI automation landscape, I can help.
Michael can help with:
AI Research
AI Fundamentals
Prompt Engineering
AI Graphics Creation
AI Tools & Integration
AI Agents
AI Automation
Michael also coaches for Investment Banking, AI for Product Development, and AI for Data & Analytics. View all.
About Michael
I walked out of my Centerview superday knowing I had the offer — not because I was the smartest candidate, but because I had figured out what actually mattered in the room. That became the foundation for everything I've built since. I led UChicago's Investment Banking Group as Technical Lead and helped dozens of candidates land offers before founding OFFERGOBLIN, the adaptive prep platform with 5,000+ verified interview questions from every major bank. I wrote the industry's open-access textbook on IB technicals. My full-time job — my only job — is figuring out what gets people offers and building systems around it.
Why do I coach?
Most coaches fit sessions in between deal work or their day job. This is all I do. No busy season. No distractions. I've seen every failure mode, I know exactly where the bar is, and my only focus is getting you over it.
Work Experience
Summer Associate
Centerview Partners
June 2025 - August 2025
Technology Group

Consultant
Deloitte
November 2020 - September 2024
Cloud Strategy / Tech coverage
Head Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
August 2018 - August 2020
Operations engineer
KATERRA
May 2019 - August 2019
Education

Chicago Booth
MBA & MS CS
2024 - 2026
Activities and societies: Investment Banking Group — Technical Lead; Quantum @ Booth — Founder
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BS + MS, Civil Engineering
2016 - 2020
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Michael has helped clients get into these companies: