I build small, durable companies at the seam of design, applied AI, and capital, plus the internal tools that make them run. Below is the path that got here, and what it has become.
Born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio. I went to University School, then to Miami University’s Farmer School of Business, where I earned a B.S. in Supply Chain & Operations Management and led in student government. It set the pattern for everything since: a habit of collecting skills, built on operations, logistics, and the discipline of running things well.
I moved to Kansas and then to Boston to sell airplanes for Textron Aviation. It taught me how to sell something genuinely complex, build relationships that last, and carry a large territory on my own. Different city, different industry, more in the bucket.
Then I did something a little unusual: I went back to Miami for a master’s. I earned an M.A. in Geography with a GIS certificate and leaned hard into the analytical side, research, statistics, Python, and spatial analysis. Going back was itself a deliberate act of collecting skills.
At Pieces for Developers, an AI developer-tools startup, I sourced and led our partnership with Microsoft as a co-development partner for Microsoft Copilot. I saw early what agent orchestration could become, and got real exposure to building AI into business tools.
In 2024 I went independent, consulting for startups and investment firms while learning to build and ship in earnest. This is where the most has happened: more skills, more certifications, a wider network. I moved to Savannah, Georgia, and today I run Maai Designs, Maai Services, and Maai Machines, and I am the architect and builder behind MOCO.
Four operating ventures and a set of internal instruments, the same things you can orbit on the home spiral.
AI services for small business.
Editorial web & brand studio.
Private local AI on Apple silicon.
Multi-agent marketing platform.
Draft & answer RFPs faster.
Scoped quotes in minutes.
Investment diligence, structured.
Surface deals worth a look.
Find & filter property.
Grow Maai Designs into a business serving hundreds of small business owners. Upskill dozens of teams through Maai Services. And help deploy local AI infrastructure across the Southeast and the wider United States. I believe local AI, and real sovereignty over your access to models, is going to matter enormously.