I don't speak about AI from the sidelines. I build with it.
AI Entrepreneur · Builder · Advisor · Founder, Pulsar Ventures
I'm an AI builder, fractional CTO, and founder helping startup founders and technical leaders rethink how they build, operate, and grow in the AI era. My perspective connects AI strategy with the realities of building systems, changing workflows, and operating organizations in an AI-first world.
Twenty-plus years in technology — software engineering, consulting, enterprise architecture, executive leadership, Amazon, and startups — now pointed entirely at building with AI.
My work spans engineering leadership, product strategy, consulting, and growth, giving me a cross-functional perspective on what it takes to build and operate AI-native businesses.
I connect business problems with what it actually takes to make AI work in the real world: finding the right problems, building practical solutions, and developing the capability inside teams to keep going after the talk ends.
My sessions work across technical and mixed audiences, connecting AI concepts with practical systems, processes, and execution.
Ideas I bring to the stage.
AI-First Mindset + AI-Native Toolset
AI as an operating layer rather than simply a feature — rethinking tools, workflows, and decision models around intelligence as a foundational layer.
Assist → Automate → Augment → Autonomy
How teams can move from using AI as a support tool toward embedding intelligence directly into workflows and operating systems.
GROW → BUILD → RUN
How organizations can integrate AI into strategy and execution through systems designed to operate with AI at their core.
AI Competency
Building AI capability from the individual to the team to the company — a structured path so the entire organization levels up, not just a few early adopters.
AI Transformation
A holistic approach across five pillars — People, Process, Product, Technology and Governance — to embed AI into how the organization actually operates.
Functional Use Cases
Customized to your industry — I speak your language, map AI to the problems you recognize, and ground every use case in the realities of your domain.
AI Builder Workshops
- ~200 students trained so far
- AI Foundations, Builder and Operator Series
AI Builders Meetup
- Ongoing monthly series
- 60+ founders and builders per session
- 8 sessions · 500+ attendees thus far
- SpeakerAI in your Industry, Georgia Mining AssociationMacon, GA · Apr 2026
- SpeakerNetworked AI @ Lifetime WorksFeb 2026
- SpeakerStorytellers Table — "How to talk to AI"Feb 2026
- SpeakerAI TinkerersJan 2026
- PanelistInstitute of Chartered Accountants IndiaAtlanta, GA · Jan 2026
- SpeakerProduct Camp (SCAD Show)Dec 2025
- Hackathon Winner2nd Place — AWS Builder LoftSan Francisco · Sep 2025
- SpeakerAI Tinkerers, Atlanta Tech ParkJan 2025
- Startup Founders
- Technology Leaders
- Business Operators
- Executives
- Builders
My sessions work across technical and mixed audiences, connecting AI concepts with practical systems, processes, and execution.
- Conference Keynotes
- Executive Briefings
- Workshops
- Panels & Fireside Chats
- Interactive Q&A
15–60 minute engagements, with workshops and interactive formats adapted to the audience and objective.
Bring a practitioner's view of AI to your stage.
For talks that connect AI strategy to the realities of building, operating, and leading in an AI-first world.