Professional Summary

AI-first founder and senior engineer with 20+ years in enterprise IT, building products from architecture through production release. Creator of Bookuble, a booking and business-management platform, and JediPalm, a native guitar-software suite with an integrated storefront and licensing system. Combines full-stack SaaS engineering, conversational AI, real-time audio software, and product design with experience supporting Fortune 500 infrastructure and leading cross-functional teams.

Experience

Founder & Lead Engineer

CrewXi, LLC — Austin, TX
Dec 2024 – Present

AI, SaaS & Digital Product Development

Founded a product-development agency and architected 10+ platforms spanning business operations, agentic AI, generative media, and creator tools. Own the full delivery lifecycle: product design, application architecture, payment integrations, automation, testing, and deployment. Recent work extends into native audio software and software licensing.

Booking & Business-Management Platform | Evolved from BookingXi

  • ▪Built an end-to-end platform connecting branded websites, capacity-based scheduling, Square payments, memberships, digital waivers, and customer records
  • ▪Developed the staff dashboard, CRM and customizable lead pipelines, with AI chat, phone-receptionist workflows, and automated customer communications
  • ▪Architected a shared application engine with isolated customer deployments and databases, reusable industry templates, and role-based staff access

Native Guitar Software, DSP & E-commerce

  • ▪Built a C++/JUCE guitar-software suite: Monolith, Lifeblood, Revenant, and Aftermath, plus Complete Chain combining the four into one rig; delivered plugins and standalone applications for macOS and Windows
  • ▪Engineered the product storefront, free-trial and purchase flows, account downloads, software activation, and licensing; delivered an Apple-notarized Mac standalone release
  • ▪Designed the product interfaces and visual brand, including cinematic promotional videos presented alongside the software
AliveXi

AI Agent Social Platform

  • ▪Designed and built a multi-agent social platform where AI personas operate directly within the backend — executing database operations, embedding-based memory retrieval, and permissioned external API calls
  • ▪Architected a security-first agent framework with 20+ specialized agents across 8 departments, cost-aware model routing, and shared memory orchestration
  • ▪Conceived and developed ahead of comparable products entering the market
StoryXi

AI Filmmaking Platform

  • ▪Architected a multi-modal node-based platform integrating 50+ AI models spanning video generation, image synthesis, lip-sync, TTS/STT, voice cloning via model training, and storyboarding with parallel workflow execution
  • ▪Built character creation tools with a creator marketplace, FFmpeg video processing pipeline, and distributed job queue for long-running media generation tasks
ChefXi

AI-Powered Food Creator Platform

  • ▪Built a full-stack creator economy platform with Gemini Vision for photo-to-recipe generation, embedding-based semantic recipe matching, and 9+ automated data pipelines for content, pricing, and social scheduling
  • ▪Developed custom AI Chef Assistants using tool-calling agent patterns with 15+ registered skills, model fallback chains, and structured output
  • ▪Implemented payment infrastructure via Stripe Connect with comprehensive unit and E2E test suites (Vitest + Playwright)

Tech: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Supabase/PostgreSQL, C++/JUCE, Python/FastAPI, Square, Stripe, OpenAI/Gemini/Claude APIs, Docker, Vercel, Redis, Bull Queue, GitHub Actions CI/CD

Additional platforms shipped: LeadXi (AI-powered CRM for Lead Gen)

Co-Founder & Director

FightFlix.TV, LLC — Austin, TX
Jun 2023 – 2025

Live Streaming Platform & Production Company

  • ▪Founded and operated a PPV live-streaming platform for MMA and Jiu Jitsu events, generating $100K+ ARR in PPV sales
  • ▪Managed a team of 9 across pre-production, live direction, and post-production
  • ▪Engineered the full-stack platform using Webflow, Stripe, Zapier, and Make.com — streaming infrastructure, payment processing, and automated event management workflows
  • ▪Directed live multi-camera broadcasts at venues across Texas
  • ▪Built custom streaming infrastructure with real-time encoding, CDN distribution, and concurrent viewer analytics

Senior Engineer

Dell Technologies — Remote / Round Rock, TX
2012 – Present

Enterprise Solutions & Infrastructure

  • ▪Senior Engineer Analyst (2019–Present): Consult with Fortune 500 IT departments to resolve complex infrastructure issues across servers, storage, cloud, VMware, Windows, and Linux environments. Built internal diagnostic and automation tools adopted across the team to enhance operational efficiency. Mentor junior engineers. Tech of the Quarter — Q1, Q3, Q4 FY2026.
  • ▪Senior Engineer & Early Life Support (2012–2019): Consulted Fortune 500 IT leadership on storage architecture. Led new product introduction programs including beta testing and validation of pre-release hardware and firmware before general availability.

Office 365 Support Engineer

Microsoft — Austin, TX
2009 – 2010

Exchange & Cloud Infrastructure

  • ▪Automated enterprise-scale Exchange and Office 365 deployments using PowerShell, supporting BPOS cloud migration initiatives

Earlier Career: Owner & Cinematographer, Stream Studios LLC (2022–2024) | Telecommunications Support Specialist, Time Warner Cable (2006–2009) | Technical Support, Dell (2000–2006)

SKILLS & TECHNOLOGIES

AI / ML

LLM IntegrationAgentic AI ArchitectureMulti-Agent OrchestrationRAG & Vector EmbeddingsPrompt EngineeringMulti-Modal AI (Vision/Audio/Video)Model Evaluation & RoutingVoice Cloning & TTS/STTAI Workflow Automation

Development

C++ / JUCEReal-Time Audio / DSPNext.jsReactPythonFastAPITypeScriptNode.jsREST APIsPostgreSQLSupabaseDockerRedisBull QueueVercelGitHub Actions CI/CDPlaywrightVitestMCP

Infrastructure

VMwareDockerCloud Deployment (Vercel/AWS)Microservices ArchitectureWindows ServerActive DirectorySAN/DAS StoragePowerShellPM2 Cluster Mode

Product & Leadership

SaaS ArchitecturePayment SystemsSquare / Stripe IntegrationsSoftware Licensing & DistributionTeam LeadershipCross-FunctionalEnterprise ConsultingAgile

Education

Electrical Engineering Studies (2010–2011) — University of Phoenix

Equivalent Practical Experience — 20+ years hands-on engineering, 10+ production AI platforms shipped

Certifications & Training

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AI Automation with Claude

Anthropic & AWIT (Coursera) · Aug 24, 2026

Google AI Professional Certificate

Google (Coursera) · Aug 9, 2026

Applied Business Science - AI Automation

Texas Executive Education at UT Austin, McCombs School of Business (with Ziplines Education) · May 12, 2026

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft · Mar 2022

Associate - PowerEdge Version 2.0

Dell Technologies · Dec 2021

CompTIA A+ Certification

CompTIA · Sep 2005

Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design

Adobe · Nov 2025

Aruba Certified Mobility Professional (ACMP)

HPE · Oct 2020

CompTIA Security+ Certification

CompTIA · Aug 2016

VMware Certified

VMware

SNIA Certified

SNIA