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A six-year-old with a Commodore 64, then a teenage web freelancer, then 8 years at IBM until the glass ceiling, then 4× CTO and founder through startup chaos. That's how I arrived at the Operator: someone who builds intentional systems that make AI pay off, proven in software (internal AI adoption, 90% of tasks via technology) and in music (Dark Beauty).

Credentials

  • 20 years in tech: IBM developer/PM, 4× CTO, founder
  • Runs an internal AI adoption mandate: 90% of tasks done with technology
  • Founder of Dark Beauty (music label/community helping independent artists)
  • Performed at Burning Man 3 times (also became a music lead on regional Burning Man events)
  • Writes publicly on applied AI adoption and “when not to use AI” at ai-operator.dev

Talk Topics

  • Why 95% of AI pilots die, and the boring system design that survives
  • Running a “90% of tasks” mandate from the inside: what actually changed
  • Feeling faster vs. being faster: measuring AI adoption honestly
  • The SME AI maturity ladder: where you really are, and the one next step
  • Knowing when not to use AI is a competitive skill, for a person and for a company
  • I build AI systems for companies by day and musicians by night: what each taught the other

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