I help people and companies punch above their weight by designing systems, building AI products, and turning complexity into clarity.
Right now, I’m an AI Product Manager at one of the largest healthcare companies in the U.S., where I lead enterprise automation and generative AI initiatives. I’m also the founder of GRAIN, a startup focused on transforming messy enterprise data into LLM-ready fuel. And I just wrote my first book, Punching Above Your Weight: How to Use AI Without Losing Your Mind, in a single week using the very tools I teach.
But none of this was supposed to happen.
I didn’t go to an Ivy League school. I didn’t come up through big tech. I’m a self-taught developer with a musician’s ear and a strategist’s mind. I earned my AI certification from MIT to prove to myself and to others that I could build at the highest level.
Since then, I’ve treated everything like an experiment:
My career. My book. My business. My art.
Here’s what that’s led to:
Launching an AI consulting brand
Creating a live looping show with synth, guitar, and visuals
Booking Hunter-gatherer on Chicago stages
Helping a $20B+ enterprise map its generative AI strategy
Reaching thousands of operators, product leaders, and founders through original content
What connects all of it is one belief.
With the right systems, ordinary people can do extraordinary things.
What I’m Building Now
📚 Publishing a trilogy of books on AI productivity, systems thinking, and creative momentum
🧠 Helping founders and operators build human-centered AI tools
🎸 Performing original music that blends analog soul with digital structure
📈 Growing GRAIN into a seven-figure company by 2026
Why “Punching Above Your Weight”?
I grew up watching Tyson fights with my dad. My hero was Ali.
A signed pair of Ali and Frazier gloves sits on a high shelf in my home, raised like a champion’s fists in victory.
Boxing isn’t just a metaphor. It’s a mindset.
To punch above your weight is to fight smarter.
To train with intention.
To stay standing when most people fold.
That’s what this site and this work are about.
Helping you scale your impact without losing your soul.
