Full-stack engineer and AI consultant specializing in "First Principles" system design—utilizing bottom-up thinking to strip away architectural complexity and build hyper-efficient, deterministic solutions. Experience spans serverless architectures, real-time voice/vision systems, and high-throughput RAG pipelines.
OpenAI API user since the davinci-002/003 models and an early GPT-4 API tester. Helped shape the safety of future Claude models with safety and vulnerability reports through Anthropic's model safety program. Currently architecting edge-based AI pipelines and pushing the limits of local open-weight models.
Core Skills
Languages & Frameworks: Python; TypeScript; Node; React; Vite; Hono; Tailwind.
Lead AI integrations and bespoke automations for multiple clients, acting as a technical force multiplier for internal development teams.
Engineering Philosophy: Apply "Subtractive Design" (bottom-up thinking) to identify and remove the ~20% of architectural fluff that adds no user value, ensuring rapid deployment and deterministic outputs.
Local Research Lab: Built and operate a custom RTX 5090 AI server to test the latest open-weights (Wan, Qwen) and run production-grade local automations with ComfyUI and Python tools in containers.
Design secure MCP servers and connectors; guide model selection and migration; harden prompts and tools for consistent business logic.
Delivered an internal SDR call-grading system used by Energypal.
Architecting edge-based modular AI pipelines and tools that scale to thousands of users.
Selected Ventures & Client Work
Co-founder | Founding Engineer & AI Solutions, SimpliRFP.ca:
Co-founded a platform that scans Canadian public tenders and matches them to business profiles.
→ Built the entire pipeline from scratch, utilizing the latest OCR models and a custom vectorization strategy capable of processing thousands of documents per day with minimal compute overhead.
→ Led product, full-stack dev, and database architecture. Secured funding via Futurpreneur BC in Feb 2025.
Co-founder & Senior AI Engineer, DataRipple.ai:
Architected an AI phone assistant that listens to live calls and powers real-time dashboards, summaries, and actions; implemented modular model swaps, LiveKit integration, and MCP integrations.
Co-founder & AI Solutions Architect, NuLead.ai:
Helped found NuLead with core tech for autonomous outreach agents, CRM integrations, and safety rails.
Sales & Commercial Leadership
Remote/Hybrid | 2020 to 2023
Leveraging top 1% sales communication skills to explain complex technical architectures ("Why you should care") to stakeholders.
Sales Manager
Parkbench.com
Dec 2022 to Jun 2023
Re-hired to train salespeople alongside the CEO after ranking among prior top sellers.
Client Relationship Manager
North Equities Capital
May 2022 to Dec 2023
Managed high-stakes relationships in the capital markets sector.
Regional Account Manager
Parkbench.com
Jul 2020 to May 2022
Energy Advisor (remote)
Energypal
May 2023 to Sep 2023
Presented solar solutions; concurrently engaged as a client for internal SDR call grading.
Support Team Lead (Operations & Scale)
Shopify | Ottawa, ON
Jun 2015 to May 2017
High-Growth Scale: Managed up to 13 support reps during Shopify's rapid scaling phase; handled hiring, coaching, scheduling, and QA.
Operational Rigor: Led playbook improvements and escalations; maintained high CSAT across teams while collaborating on internal video projects with executive leadership.
Selected Projects
Live Call Grader: Real-time SDR compliance and coaching. Deterministic scoring with constrained prompts, streaming feedback, and post-call analytics.
Vision QA for Packaging: Image anomaly detection for production lines (e.g., packaged seafood). Combines classical vision and model-based detection.
Real-time Voice Interfaces: LiveKit-based service and booking flows with safety filters and fallbacks.
Document AI + OCR Pipeline: High-throughput OCR and chunking for public tender PDFs with de-duplication and vendor matching.
Agentic Integrations & MCP: Custom MCP servers with authenticated, tenant-safe access to CRMs, knowledge bases, and ops systems.
Education
Self-Taught Software Engineer. Ongoing study in machine learning systems, distributed systems, and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).