Experience

Building pragmatic AI systems end‑to‑end

From founding and shipping MVPs to architecting automation and ML into product.

Timeline

  1. Founder, Marketing Systems Architect & AI Product Engineer AvyraX-AI & YvarX1

    Austin, Texas

    June 2024 – Present

    • Engineered AvyraX-AI & YvarX1, spearheading an experimental LLM-to-LLM communication platform & an AI language model builder (Next.js + Vercel) to empower developers in seamless LLM deployment & scaling.
    • Achieved over $20k in funding with full responsibility for the architecture, deployment, & successful integration of Stripe to enhance transaction performance.
    • Orchestrated scalable infrastructures supporting real-time API integrations, resulting in a 30% increase in system efficiency by leveraging Python.
    • Directed product vision, engineering roadmaps, and deployment pipelines, positioning both companies at the forefront of AI infrastructure innovation.
  2. Chief Executive Officer, Lead Software Engineer Arlae Studio

    Austin, Texas

    November 2020 – August 2024

    • Developed AI assisted marketing pipelines using GPT-4 for apps like MomHive, Haven App and Blessed App, enabling automated content generation and smart scripture recommendation systems.
    • Collaborated with engineering teams from Trango Tech to deploy scalable AI modules for image classification and OpenAI driven chatbot flows for early-stage MVP.
    • Architected intelligent product landing pages and client portals with A/B testing logic, custom HTML/CSS/JS, and behavioral analytics tracking for data-informed growth loops.
    • Reverse-engineered competitor funnels and rebuilt them with custom automation stacks (Mailchimp), reducing manual labor by up to 70% and enabling scale for solopreneur clients.
  3. Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Digital Success Academy

    West Palm Beach, Florida (Remote)

    Jan 2024 – Jun 2024

    • Led cross-team collaboration between tech and sales for seamless customer experience.
    • Established Marketing Department, driving 70% lead-to-close rates while modernizing backend systems.
    • A/B tested 30+ ad variants using data scraping tools and Python scripts.
    • Deployed data pipelines ingesting consumer behavior from landing pages into real-time dashboards.
  4. Director of Marketing & Web Development United Methodist Church

    Central Texas

    May 2022 – Jan 2023

    • Managed 10-person multidisciplinary team across content production, SEO, frontend development and marketing automation.
    • Crafted template components for weekly sermons using advanced WordPress customization, resulting in 40% engagement increase.
    • Built internal dashboards using Google Data Studio to report weekly metrics.
    • Provided technical support and training for staff and volunteers.
  5. Quartermaster and Chemical Equipment Repairer (91J) United States Army

    Fort Hood, Texas

    Oct 2017 – Nov 2020

    • Diagnosed, repaired, and maintained complex chemical and quartermaster systems in mission-critical environments.
    • Led junior soldiers in maintenance operations under high-pressure scenarios, strengthening leadership skills.
    • Cross-trained in supply logistics and water treatment systems, applying systems-thinking foundational to software infrastructure.
    • Performed preventative maintenance using schematics, voltmeters, ohmmeters—practices transferable to hardware engineering.
  6. Web Content Engineer & Digital Marketing Assistant Vison2Reality

    Newport News, Virginia

    Sep 2014 – Oct 2017

    • Deployed digital marketing materials across email, social platforms, and web.
    • Shadowed lead developer and marketing manager on audience segmentation and funnel logic.
    • Collaborated with content creators on media distribution, handling file compression and metadata tagging.