Experience
Building pragmatic AI systems end‑to‑end
From founding and shipping MVPs to architecting automation and ML into product.
Timeline
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.