About
I’m an AI-first engineer and product leader. I’ve led architecture and delivery for HIPAA-compliant platforms processing millions monthly, shipped full-stack products from MVP to scale, and aligned teams around clear roadmaps. I balance rigorous engineering with pragmatic product instincts to move fast without breaking trust.
Experience
Cylerity — Lead AI Engineer (Jan 2024 – Present)
Own architecture, AI systems, and team for a fintech-healthcare startup underwriting loans on $4B+ claims data; targeted AR reduction from ~45 to 1 day.
- Designed HIPAA-compliant infrastructure; built scalable training/inference for PHI at ~$4MM/month throughput.
- Overhauled Azure Data Factory pipelines; improved performance and maintainability.
- Shipped full-stack customer web app (Next.js, Node.js, Firebase, SQL Server, Azure App Service).
- Implemented Confluence/Jira workflows; supported fundraising (high 6 figures + 8-figure lending facility).
Skale.win — Founding Engineer/Head of Product (Jun 2024 – Present)
Stealth platform that simulates interviews and gives instant, role‑specific feedback. I led product and engineering from MVP, building it to adapt quickly as AI tools change
- Stealth GenAI for interviews and upskilling; built MVP and modular architecture.
- Integrated ElevenLabs, STT, reasoning models; on-demand prompt tuning for rapid iteration.
- Perplexity-powered tailoring; migrated to OpenRouter for multi-vendor flexibility.
- ~100 beta users; GTM Q3 2025. Stack: FastAPI, Next.js, Kubernetes, Azure, OpenRouter, ElevenLabs, Perplexity.
AI Engineering Consultant — Founder (Dec 2024 – Present)
I help teams ship AI features that make a real dent—clean data in, clear value out.
- Advisory and builds across healthcare, education, and innovation ecosystems.
- UMN Discovery Launchpad: AI ingestion + full-stack app; automated progress tracking & gap detection.
- Univise: RAG chatbot; 2,000 users in first week; best pitch at Transcend.
- SmartBenAI: HIPAA-compliant claims parsing using Gemini Vision.
Selected Projects
Cylerity Claims Underwriting Platform
A platform that helps healthcare providers get paid faster by advancing payments against insurance claims.
Skale.win GenAI Interview Platform
Practice interviews and faster candidate reviews with realistic conversations and instant feedback.
UMN Discovery Launchpad
A dashboard for founders and mentors that turns interviews and documents into a simple plan of next steps.
Univise (Academic Advisor AI)
A student helper that answers common advising questions and points to the right university pages.
SmartBenAI Claims Adjudication Automation
Reads insurance claim documents and pulls out the important fields to reduce manual data entry.
Skills
Product & Full‑Stack
AI/ML & Data
Cloud & Infra
Ops & Tooling