Builder · Practitioner · Speaker
I'm a Total Rewards leader who built custom AI tools for HR — without a CS degree, a dev team, or a vendor. Now I help others understand what's possible.
Wanted to put this in one place for you. The handout below is the workshop walkthrough for building your own AI thinking partner. Grab it, work through it, and reach out with what you build.
If the session sparked something, or you're thinking about how this lands in your own work, I want to hear about it.
Real-time LOA tracking with carrier integration status, return-to-work timelines, and HR action queue.
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Executive-level workforce health: turnover, engagement, performance distribution, and integration tracking.
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Interactive visualization of commission rate structures across attainment levels for plan design comparison.
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Structured 5-day onboarding framework with task tracking, milestone management, and manager visibility.
View demo →All prototypes built using AI tools by a single practitioner. No development team. No vendor. Sample data only.
Upcoming
The journey from spreadsheet jockey to AI builder. What changed, what didn't, and what I'd tell my 2023 self.
Hands-on session. Bring your laptop. Leave with a working agent tailored to your team's workflow.
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TCCN + SWMHRA Joint Meeting · Co-presented with InnoVyne · 70 attendees
WorldatWork Total Rewards Summit · Minneapolis
A practitioner's lens for understanding how AI changes what it means to work, create, and lead. This is the Imagination Age.
Access
AI collapsed the barrier between idea and reality. You don't need a dev team, a budget, or permission. If you can describe what you want to build, you can build it. I'm not a developer, but that hasn't stopped me from building working applications my team uses every day. The means of creation shifted from institutions to individuals. Creation without permission.
Vision
It used to be about hiring the smartest person in the room. Now it's about hiring the person who asks "what if?" when everyone else is still asking "can we?" AI commoditized execution. What it can't do is want something that doesn't exist yet. The scarce resource isn't knowledge or technical skill. It's the ability to envision what hasn't been built.
Discipline
Every tool offloads thinking. GPS replaced MapQuest printouts. Calculators replaced long division. AI is no different, except the scope is broader. Offload without intention and your problem-solving atrophies. Offload strategically and your ceiling rises. The question isn't whether to use AI. It's whether you're still growing because of it or shrinking behind it.
Judgment
The market used to pay for what you knew. Now it pays for what you can evaluate. AI generates answers instantly. The premium is the person who knows when the answer is wrong, sees what's missing, and weighs a recommendation against context AI will never have. Knowing the regulation isn't the edge anymore. Understanding why it exists and when it doesn't apply is.
Courage
AI can optimize. It can rank options, model outcomes, surface patterns. What it can't do is care. It can't decide that something matters when the data says otherwise. It can't choose people over efficiency, long-term over quarterly, principle over precedent. The human role isn't to make decisions AI can't compute. It's to make decisions AI wouldn't even think to ask about.
Keynotes and breakout sessions on AI in HR. From the Five Dimensions to live demos of custom AI agents.
Booking for 2026Building hands-on sessions for HR teams ready to start experimenting with AI. Interested in bringing one to your organization? Let's talk.
Now developingExploratory conversations for HR leaders navigating AI adoption. Where to start, what to build, what to skip.
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