AI Automation & Agents

i'm now coaching people on how to better maximize whatever AI-based tool they use -- helping you ask the right questions and get answers that matter: a few use cases: • agentic design: • deep research: designing intelligent prompts, asking the right questions to get to the bottom of anything, whether it's a passion project or corporate forensics / due diligence -- then following up to make sure no stone goes unturned -- there are infinite permutations of what this might entail. i've helped 3 different businesses with this now, and about 15 real humans. it's been fun, in large part because it feels like building a dynamic skillset that's immediately testable and learn-from-able. it's also something, if you're actively investing yourself, that you ought to get good at yesterday. • life planning: whether you're charting out the next 3-5 years of your career, or figuring out which direction to take your business, these thoughts cause head-fog. i help people figure out how to maximize these tools, so they're living better and working more productively. • single use cases: need to figure out how to navigate your state's health marketplace? building a personal budget? getting a vacation itinerary together? bring an idea, and we'll go. i'll also help you dig into sources, understand the limitations of what these tools can and can't do, and help you spot pitfalls in an AI tool's output so you know when and how to challenge your GPT of choice -- and integrate your own critical thinking to make sure it's as thorough and accurate as something you might research independently.

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!

Welcome to my profile! With a robust background in M&A and corporate finance, I bring a wealth of experience in strategic execution and value creation to the AI, automation, and agents space. As a Vice President at Azurest Partners, I've led complex transactions and implemented innovative strategies that have driven significant EBITDA uplift and enterprise value growth. My experience spans across various industries, including digital health and cybersecurity, where I've successfully managed acquisitions and strategic expansions. I am passionate about leveraging AI and automation to optimize business processes and enhance decision-making. Let's connect to explore how I can help you harness the power of AI and automation to achieve your strategic goals.

I have successfully led my startup, ConciergeBot, building AI agents for hospitality and small business over SMS and WhatsApp, since 2018, generating revenue since 2020. As a technical founder who coded my own MVP, I am at the forefront of agentic AI technology and automation. Happy to speak to anyone seeking guidance and education on being successful in this space.

Most people teaching AI agents right now learned it six months ago and turned it into a course. I'm not that person. I'm currently building two AI ventures simultaneously — a stealth cybersecurity startup focused on agentic AI behaviour, and Arctic Owl, an AI and B2B SaaS design studio where I build production AI agents for real clients with real workflows. Not demos. Not proofs of concept. Systems that actually run. I founded the Claude Builder Club, a 300+ person community of developers and founders building with AI, and I've shipped everything from autonomous prospecting agents that find and qualify leads without human intervention, to social intelligence pipelines that scrape and synthesize signals across Reddit, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube. I do this work every single day. What I bring to this category that nobody else can: I combine the systems thinking of a Senior TPM who built infrastructure at Google DeepMind — where I designed frameworks for AI clusters that influenced over $100M in capital decisions — with the hands-on founder experience of someone who is actively in the market figuring out what agentic AI can actually do right now. I know how to build agents, how to architect the systems around them, and how to help you think through what's actually worth automating versus what sounds good in theory but breaks in production. If you want to build AI agents that work — for your business, your career, or your clients — I can show you exactly how.

I help professionals and teams use AI to work smarter, not harder. With years of experience building automation systems at Microsoft, I’ve learned how to turn everyday workflows into efficient, repeatable systems that save hours and reduce friction. Beyond my corporate experience, I’ve also built my own AI-powered productivity systems from automated research and planning tools to multi-agent pipelines that generate digital products. As a coach, I’ll help you connect the right AI tools to your real goals, whether that’s automating routine work, streamlining creative output, or scaling your productivity to the next level.

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.

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.

Coming from a non-technical background, I taught myself AI through hands-on experimentation, “vibecoding” functional prototypes, and staying on top of the latest tools and developments. I understand exactly how to make this technology accessible, practical, and impactful for anyone. I've advised Fortune 500 companies, startups, and research institutions on using AI to streamline workflows, improve decision-making, and launch entirely new products. My work spans AI strategy, product development, and automation, always with a focus on turning cutting-edge capabilities into real-world results.

My goal is to help people learn how to build with AI - not just talk about it. At my current company, I was tasked with figuring out how AI can augment our operations so our people can deliver more value, faster. I mapped workflows across every department, identified where the manual lift was highest, and built and deployed AI agents to handle that work. It's now running. That process - going from basic AI chatbot tools to working AI agents across a real business - is exactly what I coach on. The professionals who learn to build with these tools now will have an enormous edge. And you don't need to be in a senior role or have a technical background to get started. You just need to know where to look and how to think about the problem. My coaching is for ambitious professionals who want to get ahead of the curve - whether you're looking to stand out in your current role, make yourself indispensable in a job search, or just figure out where to start. We'll identify the highest-impact opportunities in your world and get you from curious to actually building.