Speaking

Talks and workshops where people actually build.

I speak on AI agents, implementation, creative AI, and career leverage in an AI-shifted market. Every session is grounded in systems I run in production, and workshops end with attendees shipping something real.

Most AI talks are demos of someone else's product. These sessions come from a builder running multi-agent systems, an AI agency, and a 435-member community. The audience leaves with moves they can make Monday morning.

Signature Sessions

Three formats, all hands-on.

Hands-On Workshop90-120 minutes

Build Your First AI Operator: Ship a Working Agent in a Room Full of Builders

Attendees walk in with a laptop and walk out with a working AI agent. Live build, real tools, zero slideware theory. Built for conferences, accelerators, and teams that learn by shipping.

Best for: Builders, founders, technical and semi-technical teams

Fireside / Keynote30-60 minutes

Stay Valuable: A Real Conversation About AI and Career Leverage in STEM

A sober look at what AI actually changes about careers, what it leaves alone, and how to position yourself while the ladder is moving. Honest answers over hype in both directions.

Best for: Students, early and mid-career professionals, career programs

Corporate TrainingHalf day to multi-session

AI Implementation Training for Teams

Hands-on training for teams that want AI inside their actual work: creative teams, operations, and agentic workflows. Scoped to your stack and your use cases, from startups to enterprise.

Best for: Companies of any size, creative and operations teams

On Stage

Recent sessions.

Live Podcast + AI Workshop

Live audience recording followed by a hands-on AI workshop. Atlanta, May 2026.

Build Your Agent Workshop

Room of builders shipping their first working AI agent in one session. Atlanta, June 2026.

West HQ Live Q&A

Weekly live AI teaching and Q&A inside a 435-member community. Every Wednesday.

8+

years across cybersecurity, systems, and solutions engineering

6M+

content views in 6 months across AI, creative, and systems work

435

members in the West HQ AI community

ATL

based in Atlanta, available to travel

Booking

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