AI Services

Hello! With over two decades of experience in engineering and leadership roles, I specialize in AI strategy and digital transformation. At John Deere, I have led teams in accelerating digital transformation and implementing modern tech stacks, ensuring smooth change management across global operations. My background includes a Master's in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University, and I've been a Leadership Coach at organizations like Women with Potential and Delta Leadership Institute. I am passionate about helping clients navigate the complexities of AI integration and digital transformation. Let's connect to discuss how I can support your journey in leveraging AI for business success!

I spent a decade leading engineering at LinkedIn and Instacart. At Instacart, as an Engineering Director, I drove AI adoption across the most core shopping organization — including building the metrics and systems that allow us to monitor not only the adoption of AI but the org design, planning process to become AI-native. I've been in the rooms where "AI transformation" stops being a slide and becomes the actual work — org redesigns, role redefinitions, and the uncomfortable question of what leadership looks like when your team's output is increasingly machine-generated. I'm now leading growth in an AI-native startup — transforming the whole operation end-to-end (marketing, sales, engineering) and transforming myself alongside it. The frameworks I coach from aren't theoretical; I'm designing the same shifts my clients are navigating: what work AI agents do, what stays human, what compounds as the stack evolves, and how a leader's role rewrites itself through all of it. I also publish regularly on how tech leaders can navigate this transition — including the AI-Native Leader series on my Substack https://cc12170503.substack.com/s/ai-native-leader. My coaching focuses on the part of AI strategy most conversations skip: the identity work, the org-design work, and the specific question of what a tech leader's role actually becomes when the old playbook stops applying and the new one hasn't been written yet.

I help executives and business owners turn AI investments into systems that actually move the P&L - not just pilots and PowerPoints. I've personally built two enterprise AI platforms from the ground up and led AI transformation across organizations doing $250M+ in revenue. My background is from MIT in AI/ML plus 20+ years leading sales and operations with a specialization in neuroscience and behavioral psychology. So whether you're looking to build a team that's AI ready, trying to ship an AI initiative, or just trying to figure out where AI fits without burning capital and having employees abandon it after a week - I've got the expertise to help you get there.

I lead product and engineering at Kilo Code, an all-in-one platform for agentic engineering used by over a million developers and processing tens of trillions of tokens each month. My role sits at the center of how AI actually gets adopted inside real companies—from choosing models and managing costs to integrating AI into developer workflows and shipping production systems. I’m not just thinking about AI strategy in theory—I’m operating it at scale. Over the past few years, I’ve worked closely with teams navigating the shift from “experimenting with AI” to building it into their core product and operations. That includes decisions around model selection, build vs. buy, agent architectures, cost control, and how to structure teams and workflows to actually see ROI. My perspective is grounded in what works in practice—under real constraints, with real tradeoffs—not just what sounds good in a strategy doc.

Welcome to my profile! With a robust background in AI strategy and transformation, I bring over a decade of experience in product management and consulting across leading organizations like Amazon and EY-Parthenon. At Amazon, I spearheaded the development of AI and deep-learning powered forecasting platforms, collaborating with enterprise leaders to drive impactful decision-making. My role as Director of Product Management at Auxo further honed my skills in integrating AI into business processes, ensuring seamless adoption and scaling of AI systems. As a mentor for the AI for Leaders Program at The University of Texas at Austin, I have guided numerous professionals in navigating the complexities of AI implementation. Whether you're looking to enhance your AI strategy or transform your business operations, I'm here to help you achieve your goals. Let's connect and explore how we can work together!

I help people understand, build, and use AI in practical ways. Whether you’re building an AI product, improving your workflow, exploring automation, preparing for AI/data roles, or figuring out how AI applies to your business, I can help you turn broad ideas into clear next steps. I’ve worked on technology across very different environments: the Olympic Games, startups, and AI implementations for real businesses. I’ve scoped projects, built tools, designed workflows, evaluated business cases, worked with technical infrastructure, and used AI hands-on across products, data, automation, LLMs, prompts, agents, and operations. My goal is to make AI feel less overwhelming and more useful. I’ll meet you where you are and help you move forward with more clarity, confidence, and practical judgment.

As the current lead of AI strategy for a global tech firm, I operate at the intersection of high-level corporate transformation and hands-on technical implementation. My experience ranges from architecting long-term AI roadmaps to the practical deployment of autonomous agentic frameworks within enterprise workflows. This dual perspective—strategic and technical—is further sharpened by my ongoing Master of Science in AI at UT Austin, allowing me to bridge the gap between "boardroom" strategy and the underlying math and engineering of LLMs. I specialize in coaching professionals and leaders on how to move beyond AI hype toward scalable, ROI-driven transformation. Whether you are looking to build a technical career in AI, pivot your team's operations, or understand how to leverage agentic tools for competitive advantage, I provide the frameworks and technical rigor needed to lead in this rapidly evolving space.

Over the past two years, I’ve been building and implementing AI systems designed to improve operational efficiency across coaching, education consulting, and small-team service businesses. My work focuses on practical applications of AI in areas like talent operations, customer success workflows, knowledge management, and productizing expertise. This includes designing AI-assisted coaching systems, building custom knowledge bases and “AI doubles,” automating high-volume communication workflows, and helping teams integrate AI tools in ways that increase scale without sacrificing quality or authenticity. Before working directly in AI strategy, I spent over a decade as a mentor and advisor helping high-performing students and professionals navigate complex decision-making and career pathways. That background shapes how I approach AI transformation today: not as a purely technical exercise, but as a strategic one that sits at the intersection of people, systems, and judgment. I work with founders, operators, and independent professionals who want to move beyond experimenting with AI tools and instead design thoughtful systems that meaningfully improve how their organizations operate.

Most leaders know AI is reshaping how work gets done. Fewer know how to position themselves and their teams to lead confidently in that shift. My coaching helps leaders build practical AI fluency: how to use AI to communicate more effectively, make faster decisions, scale their thinking, and lead without getting lost in the technology. What makes this different: I don't just coach it, I've built it. The Zaradigm AI Practice Lab (zaradigm.com/ai-practice-lab) gives leaders AI-powered tools to practice real leadership scenarios between coaching sessions. This AI solution is built on actual methodology, not generic prompts. I've also automated business workflows, built AI-driven content and communication systems, and helped leaders integrate AI into how they operate and show up. If you want a thought partner who has done the work and can help you do the same, this is the right coaching.

With over two decades of experience in strategic growth and innovation, I specialize in leveraging AI to transform businesses. As the Incubator Director at the University of Southern California, I founded a highly-competitive startup accelerator, guiding over 250 companies across diverse industries like AI, SaaS, and healthtech to raise $350M+ and achieve significant market success. My role as a founder of multiple accelerator programs, including Hong Kong’s first funded startup accelerator, has equipped me with the skills to help businesses understand and improve their unit economics and market entry strategies. I also bring a wealth of knowledge from my time as a Senior Management Consultant at BearingPoint, where I advised Fortune 100 companies on tech strategy.