AI strategy • applied AI • national security
AI Solutions Director • Speaker • Builder
I lead AI strategy, build production-ready solutions, and help technical teams turn emerging technology into practical results. I also speak and lead workshops on applied AI, agentic systems, and rapid prototyping.
Ideas made useful
Talks, workshops, and panels on practical AI, leadership, national security, and building with emerging technology.
Auburn University INSY 5500 / 6500 • 50 expected attendees
Guest lecture on the data analysis behind a weather forecasting machine learning project, covering data collection, selection, preparation, quantile prediction, and verification.
Kiwanis Club of Decatur • 50 attendees
Presentation on AI for business leaders, focusing on history, current tools, and future agentic teams for AI.
Financial and Estate Planning Group • 25 attendees
Presentation on using AI in financial and estate planning, with examples of client meeting preparation, effective prompting, and protecting client data.
Better Business Bureau of North Alabama • 50 attendees
Workshop to enable North Alabama business leaders with skills to use AI successfully. Covered AI landscape, how to identify business value, workflows / demos, responsible AI use, and developing a 30-day AI pilot.
Spark Leadership Greater Huntsville • 30 attendees
Presentation to Spark LGH class of 30 college students. Focus on how to stand out with AI in the hiring process, how to use AI for interviewing, how to work well with AI, and how to stand out.
Cyber Huntsville / AI Huntsville • 70 attendees
Tech Tuesday presentation covering the evolution, use, and future of Agentic AI
Huntsville AI • 25 attendees
Presentation and led discussion on OpenClaw.
Leadership Greater Huntsville Management Academy • 50 attendees
Hands on demo using Replit for rapid prototyping with non-technical teams.
Leadership Alabama • 50 attendees
Panelist for Leadership Alabama discussing AI and cybersecurity topics.
AI Symposium • 60 attendees
Led workshop on effective AI prompting techniques and modern productivity tools, including DeepResearch, NotebookLM, and Replit.
NCMS Huntsville Chapter • 50 attendees
Presentation covering the rise of Generative AI and its implications for national security, specifically on the importance of compute and cybersecurity implications.
National Corporate Security Symposium • 200 attendees
Presentation covering the rise of Generative AI and its implications for national security, specifically on the importance of compute and cybersecurity implications.
Space and Missile Defense Symposium • 80 attendees
Presentation on novel laydown optimization approaches for missile defense.
Leadership Greater Huntsville • 20 attendees
Presentation covering AI tools for business leaders.
Cap and Gown • 25 attendees
Presentation on career paths for AI to high school students through Cap and Gown program.
Huntsville AI • 25 attendees
Presentation on deep research with ChatGPT and Gemini.
From idea to working software
Personal applications that show how I prototype, ship, and maintain useful products.
Weekly NFL game tracking dashboard with automated scoring.
Built a live dashboard and GroupMe workflow that automate weekly scoring, game tracking, and standings for a friends' league.
A household chore tracker with smart scheduling.
Built a shared chore system that schedules recurring work, records completion, and helps a household stay accountable.
Live college football scores and schedules.
Built a real-time college football scoreboard that consolidates ESPN schedule and score data into a fast weekly view.
AI Huntsville's event guide, demo hub, and volunteer shift signup.
Professional summary
I'm an AI Solutions Director and principal architect with six years of post-PhD experience developing AI solutions, leading high-performing technical teams, and shaping AI strategy for the national security sector.
My work spans generative and agentic AI, deep learning, MLOps, and rapid prototyping. I focus on earning executive alignment, mentoring technical talent, and directing the full lifecycle of complex AI/ML solutions from R&D through production.
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