Experience &
Milestones.
From McDonald's drive-thrus to early-stage startups. Same standard either way.
Founder & Principal Architect at VMG Systems
Chicago, IL
Independent AI infrastructure practice built around the Clean Slate methodology, shipping production-grade systems in 28 days. Built and operate a 10-service self-hosted AI OS as a proving ground for every system sold to clients. Current engagement: Interim Chief of Engineering at Genubi, where a 28-day Canary Launch achieved 4x latency reduction and 99.5% uptime from day one.
Technology Advisor at McDonald’s Corporation
Core contributor to the Automated Order Taker (AOT), McDonald’s AI-powered drive-thru voice system, now patent-pending and deployed across 14,000+ locations globally. Led development contributing to an 82% improvement in order accuracy. Engineered edge-to-cloud pipelines allowing localized hardware to communicate instantly with centralized AI models.
Director of Technology at Halverson Group, Inc.
Led technology strategy for a firm specializing in video analytics and ethnographic research systems for Fortune 500 clients including McDonald’s and Timberland. Architected and deployed video ethnography systems for McDonald’s Innovation Center Laboratory. Directed international deployments in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Inventor (Patent Pending) at Voice Recognized Data Analysis
Filed core patent for ‘Voice Recognized Data Analysis and Corrective Action System,’ outlining a proprietary framework for processing real-time audio input to trigger automated corrective actions.
B.S. Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
First Place at the UIC Engineering EXPO for ‘Wireless Price Tag Display.’
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