start where you are
On your work, at your pace — focused 30–60 minute calls.
Wherever you are with AI — barely past a few ChatGPT questions, or you understand agents and MCP in theory but have never built one — I teach you the next step. I can keep the first lesson simple because I've been to the deep end: four MCP servers, a 3-layer multi-agent system, 81 tools in one server, 25 years of audited infrastructure.
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Never really used AI? Leave your first call already using it — the right tool for what you do, the right way to ask, and one workflow working tomorrow.
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Go from chatting with AI to putting it to work. We take one repetitive task from your world and map it end-to-end — with a clear plan to automate it, no coding required.
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You get the concepts but don't know where step one is. We pick the single smallest project that gets you a real, working thing — and we start it together on the call.
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You've built a thing or two that works — now make it stop falling over. The engineering habits that separate a fragile demo from something you'd actually trust: structure, safety, guardrails.
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Keep every decision, rationale, and lesson from evaporating when the context resets. We design an end-of-session sweep — including the "rationale blast radius" — sized to your project.
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Doesn't fit a box? Bring it. Weird integrations, regulated or high-stakes environments, trading and desktop apps, or a "should we even do this?" call. The first five minutes tell us if I can help — and they're free.
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When I strip a topic down to "just do this one thing first," it's because I know what the last twenty steps look like — and can save you from them. A few of the things I've put into production:
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My largest server exposes 81 tools to Claude over the Chrome DevTools Protocol. I've built the big version — so I know exactly what to leave out of your first one.
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A multi-agent system where one Claude session supervises another via file-based escalation. The kind of build we work toward — not where you start.
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An autonomous trading bridge with a kill switch on every order-placing tool and a full audit trail. These are the safety habits I teach from lesson one.
how I teach
Start small. Keep it safe. Don't break what works. Those three habits come from 25 years running audited, regulated infrastructure — utility, FDA, SSAE-16/SOC — where a failed test had consequences.
So I don't hand you a clever prompt and wave goodbye. On a call we take your work — a task you actually repeat, a build you've been circling — and I teach you the next concrete step on it, in a way you keep. You leave understanding why, not just what to paste.
Focused 30–60 minute calls, not 30-hour courses. You leave with the one specific thing you came for — chosen, scoped, and started.
$ Day job: AI Systems Engineer at a managed IT firm serving municipalities across New England — building MCP integrations for helpdesk, compliance, and workflow systems, and managing their Claude Teams account. Government-adjacent operations where controls aren't optional.
experience
MCP-based integrations for helpdesk, compliance, and workflow automation. Custom skill authoring, multi-agent orchestration, n8n workflows. Managing the org's Claude Teams account.
IT/OT server infrastructure: AD, DNS/DHCP, PKI, virtualization, storage, capacity planning, backup & DR. Designed DR plans that passed SSAE-16 audit. Maintained 99.99% uptime for an FDA-regulated client under SLA.
Managed cloud/hosting ops across SAP, SQL, Linux, and Windows — deployments, upgrades, incident resolution, DR. AWS Architecture training.
SAP Business One DI/UI API development, .NET applications, T-SQL, Crystal Reports. Built a Job Costing system conforming to DCAA/DCMA guidelines. Led a 6-month SAP deployment as PM.
Full IT oversight across multiple sites. Rebuilt the network (Cisco/SonicWall), held 99.99% uptime under FDA-regulated SLAs, designed automated offsite backup/failover, led a successful SSAE-16 audit. Cut scanning hardware costs $25K+/yr with VB.NET automation.
Earlier roles (2002–2007): IT recruiter, IT consultant, enterprise-software support, desktop support & implementation. Available on request.
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Tell me where you're stuck and I'll point you to the right one — or we start with Anything Else AI. Paid upfront — but if the first five minutes tell us it's not a fit, I refund you, no hassle.