Charlotte, North Carolina
I build things that work - companies, and the AI systems underneath them.
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of CoMavenAI, a forward-deployed engineering firm. Three-time founder. Building the company that puts production-grade AI within reach of the mid-market.
"The mid-market doesn't need another AI demo or slideware pitch. It needs people who will learn the business, build the system, and stay accountable for whether it works."
The work now
Building an AI company around accountability.
Your vision, engineered.
CoMavenAI is a forward-deployed engineering firm. Our engineers embed with the client's team, work in plain English instead of requirements documents, and stay accountable through deployment and change management. It carries forward the team and the method built at Queen City AI, the Charlotte custom-AI firm Matt O'Shields and I started.
- A working system in about 90 days
- A human in the loop where judgment matters
- A measurable before-and-after
Headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts, with an engineering hub in Charlotte, North Carolina.
CoMavenAI is a member of Anthropic's Claude Partner Network.
The CEO mandate
Make the promise true.
I set the strategy, build the team and operating model, and make sure every customer promise becomes a measurable business outcome.
- Set direction. Turn a noisy market into a clear thesis and a company people can understand.
- Build the machine. Create the talent, cadence, partnerships, and standards required to scale.
- Own the outcome. Keep what we sell connected to production, adoption, and measurable value.
Operating history
The path to CoMavenAI.
Three companies founded, with go-to-market years at Uber and Oracle underneath - a bias toward the work that survives contact with reality.
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Aug 2026 - now
CoMavenAICo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Company strategy, team, operating model, and measurable customer outcomes. Charlotte, NC.
- Jun 2026 - Aug 2026 Queen City AICo-Founder and Head of Strategy The original team and forward-deployed method. Queen City AI became CoMavenAI in August 2026.
- Jan 2024 - Jun 2026 CraftedSenior Director of Strategy Led strategy and execution across the agency's brand, demand generation, and development teams, and drove its AI roadmap.
- Nov 2018 - Dec 2023 MakeMine, Inc.Co-Founder & Head of Growth A global manufacturing platform for consumer brands. Co-founded it and scaled it.
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Sep 2016 - Nov 2018
OracleDirector of Marketing, Oracle Data Cloud
Marketing leadership for Oracle's data-as-a-service business - helping brands connect data to measurable marketing outcomes.
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Apr 2015 - Sep 2016
UberSenior Marketing Manager
Growth marketing during Uber's rapid U.S. expansion - the operating tempo that shaped how I build today.
Selected writing
Notes from the build.
What forward-deployed engineering really means
Being in your Slack and your Jira is table stakes. What serving a client actually means: engineers who sit with the people who know the business.
Read on comavenai.com ↗Introducing CoMavenAI: your vision, engineered
Why we built a forward-deployed AI engineering company for the mid-market, and why production is the only proof that matters.
Read on comavenai.com ↗What is a Forward Deployed Engineer?
What the role actually does, why it matters now, and how mid-market companies can get the model without making the hire.
Read on comavenai.com ↗From the CoMavenAI feed
What we keep saying.
Short ideas from the CoMavenAI team. Each one links to the work behind it.
Start a conversation
AI should be doing more inside your business.
If you're past the demo and ready to talk about the operation, I'd like to hear what's getting in the way.