Projects & research
I learn by building.
The systems I run client and personal work on. Each began as a question about how people and AI should work together. The technical side (architecture, specs and experiments) lives in my R&D lab ↗.
My philosophy
The best technology doesn't replace people.
It gives them more room to think, create, connect and lead. I start with people and the work they care about, then bring in agents for the repetitive load. The goal: better days at work, not fewer people at work.
Human input
- Builds relationships
- Sets the direction
- Asks the right questions
- Makes the final call
- Designs the workflow
AI agent
- Chases the follow-ups
- Writes the first draft
- Digs through old notes
- Acts on the decision
- Copies between tools
People make the calls. Agents do the legwork.
- Human input Builds relationships
- AI agent Chases the follow-ups
- Human input Sets the direction
- AI agent Writes the first draft
- Human input Asks the right questions
- AI agent Digs through old notes
- Human input Makes the final call
- AI agent Acts on the decision
- Human input Designs the workflow
- AI agent Copies between tools
Human at the center
AI should amplify people, not replace them. A person stays in the lead where it matters.
Design thinking first
Start with people and their work, not the tool. Build the smallest thing that helps, then grow it.
Responsible by default
Accountability, privacy and cost, built in from the first prototype.
Recent work
Where I've been putting my time.
One thread runs through it all: helping people get real leverage from AI & agents, while keeping human judgment, creativity and connection at the center of the work.
Fractional Chief Systems & Innovation Officer
Growth Science Capital Holdings
Building the AI systems the portfolio runs on: team portals, shared brains, agents and how they're governed.
Founder & Agentic Systems Architect
RAIZOR
My agentic systems studio: workflow audits, automation sprints and custom builds for founder-led teams.
Startup Mentor
UF Spark · Wertheim College of Engineering
Mentoring University of Florida student founders, with the help of a custom-built mentoring hub.
Co-founder & Community Builder
GNV.AI
Growing Gainesville's AI community with lunch-and-learns, show-and-tells and hands-on sessions for the curious.
About me
Designer, builder and systems thinker.
Industrial designer by training at RISD, including project collaboration with MIT, then more than two decades of brand, web and product design, events and marketing automation. Now it's AI, full time. My edge is translation: between what leaders need, how teams work, the systems that help, and then building them.
From the blog
Updates on agents, AI and human work.
What I'm building, the tools I'm testing, and how teams can put agents to work without losing the human side.
November 1, 2026
How I Handed My Sunday Podcast Publishing Grind to an AI Assistant
In the featured image, you’ll see part of the automation in which my helpful Grunt Work bot (on Grok Bot) created a newsletter banner, ran a Make.com automation, and built an…
October 30, 2026
Agentic Portals, Custom Tools & Cost Savings
This week, I’ve been building a simpler version of ClickUp for one of consulting clients.
October 28, 2026
From Manual Drudgery to Agentic Workflow Design
In 2024-2025, I spent a year becoming a world-class Make.com expert, the kind of builder who would challenge Make’s own support team. I never build automations by hand anymore.
Open to collaboration
Let's build something together.
My GSC role is now fractional, so there's room for a few more conversations.
Fractional roles
Chief AI, systems or innovation officer for founder-led companies.
Advisory
A sounding board on where AI fits, what to build and what to skip.
Partnerships
Technical or startup partner on products with agents at the core.
Speaking & teaching
Keynotes, workshops and guest sessions on building with AI.
Need a team to build it?
Client projects, from workflow audits to custom agentic systems, run through my studio.
Stay in the loop
Follow along as I build.
Occasional notes on what I'm building and learning with AI. No spam, easy to leave.
Rather talk? Get in touch.