When AI is no longer optional.
I'm the senior advisor mid-market and enterprise companies bring in when they need someone who has actually built it, understands governance, and can translate it to the boardroom.
Start with a 15-minute intro to see if we're a fit, or jump straight into a working conversation on a specific decision.
Four decades of pattern recognition. Hands still on the keyboard.
Pattern recognition
40 years of separating real from hype across every major tech shift. I've seen what sticks and what doesn't.
Hands-on builder
Daily multi-agent orchestration, RAG systems, and production AI. Not just strategy — implementation.
AI governance instincts
Former HIPAA Privacy Officer. Deep understanding of SOX, regulatory frameworks, and the AIGP landscape.
Fluent at every level
Architect, operator, boardroom. I translate between technical teams and executive stakeholders.
Willing to say no
Not everything needs AI. I'll tell you when to wait, when to build, and when to walk away.
Hand work off, don't take over
I build capability in your team. The goal is independence, not dependence.
The Brain Trust
Five AI advisors. Five different thinking lenses. Five different AI models, deliberately chosen so no single model's bias dominates. Each advisor analyzes independently, then peer-reviews the others' work. A Chairman synthesizes everything into one direct verdict.
This isn't a chatbot. It's a structured deliberation process that surfaces blind spots, challenges assumptions, and delivers a synthesized verdict with clear reasoning. I use it daily. I build custom versions for clients.
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Embedded Senior AI Advisor
Ongoing strategic partnership for organizations navigating complex AI transformation. I become part of your leadership rhythm — joining key meetings, advising on decisions, and ensuring AI initiatives align with business objectives.
- —Retainer-based engagement with flexible hours
- —Direct access to executive team and board
- —Strategic roadmap development and governance
- —Ideal for mid-market and enterprise organizations
AI Project Consulting
Focused engagements for specific AI initiatives — from discovery through implementation guidance. Strategy, design, and architecture — your team builds and runs.
- —Discovery, architecture, and implementation guidance
- —Typical duration: 3-12 months
- —Clear deliverables and knowledge transfer
- —Ideal for organizations with defined AI objectives
Principal AI Strategist (FTE)
For organizations ready to bring senior AI leadership in-house. An individual contributor role focused on strategy, architecture, and execution — not people management.
- —Full-time embedded role with strategic scope
- —IC position: no direct reports
- —Hands-on architecture and implementation
- —Selective: must be the right mutual fit
Enterprise experience, practical results.
lululemon athletica
Authored technical design, security review, threat model, pentest scope, and pilot checklist for a Dragonfruit AI video-analytics deployment, including responsible-AI and AI risk scope.
Active Engagement (under NDA)
Advising a regulated-industry client on AI governance policy, AI risk framework, vendor risk, and responsible-AI deployment.
Practitioner-Grade AI Fluency
Building multi-agent AI systems and AI-assisted workflows using Claude, GPT, Gemini, v0, GitHub Copilot, and Vercel — advising as a working practitioner, not a theorist.
Clearwire IPO
Delivered year-one SOX IT compliance with zero "material" or "significant" findings in under 5 months at 95th-percentile cost vs. peers (KPMG / Deloitte audit management).
InDemand Interpreting
Stood up the full HIPAA program — Privacy Officer designation, policies, training, and BAAs — supporting ~$10M in annual revenues.
Not the right fit
I'm not looking for C-level titles or people management responsibilities. I'm an individual contributor at heart — I do my best work close to the problem, not in meetings about meetings.
I'm also not the right fit for small businesses or solopreneurs looking for quick AI implementations. The work I do requires organizational complexity and budget to match.
If you need someone to run a team, manage vendors, or oversee a department, I can help you find that person — but it won't be me.
The short version
I've been in tech since 1985 — four decades, nineteen companies. AI is now all I do.
My background is unusual: deep enterprise roots at Amazon, T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless, lululemon, Clearwire, InfoSpace — paired with active, hands-on practitioner fluency in today's AI tools, multi-agent systems, and governance frameworks. Former designated HIPAA Privacy Officer. SOX IT lead for an IPO-stage public company. IAPP AIGP in progress.
I work remote or hybrid from the Spokane / Coeur d'Alene / Sandpoint corridor.
Let's talk.
Senior AI advisory engagements, Brain Trust consultations, and AI Strategist conversations.
Start with a 15-minute intro to see if we're a fit, or jump straight into a working conversation on a specific decision.
Remote or hybrid · Spokane / Coeur d'Alene / Sandpoint corridor