π PNW | π€ Director of AI
Building AI capabilities from zero to production in the automotive aftermarket. 10+ years turning ML/AI into real business value β from Wikipedia to PE-backed enterprise.
- ποΈ Built an AI function from scratch at a PE-backed automotive aftermarket company β team, strategy, infrastructure, all of it
- π― AI enablement for the enterprise β translating cutting-edge AI into practical business outcomes for executive leadership
- π Wikimedia Foundation β ML/AI infrastructure at scale
- π΅ Discogs β Software engineering for the world's largest music database
- π’ 10+ years remote β Building and shipping from the Pacific Northwest since 2015
- πΈ SunHypnotic β Experimental music label, operating since 2008
- π΅ Acoustic guitar β Alternate tunings, neo-electro-acoustic explorations
- π Trail runner β Pacific Northwest trails
- π Newfoundland dog dad
"Ship the thing that moves the needle." β I believe AI's biggest impact isn't in demos, it's in the boring, high-value problems nobody else wants to automate.
Random Facts
- Ran an experimental music label for 15+ years
- Previously lived on the Oregon/Washington coast for 7 years
- Powered by Yerba Mate and trail runs