I have built and scaled a few technology products and companies, and work with organizations of all sizes to drive strategy, product development, and commercialization across AI, fintech, media, and data platforms. Not all of them worked out, but that's how you learn.
While building the projects showcased below, I kept a diary of every decision, every failure, and every workaround. This book is the byproduct of those notes: a practical account of using Claude and Anthropic's tools as your technical partner to build, scale, debug, and ship products that would have otherwise required months, a team, and a lot more money.
Every conversation. Every dead end. Every lesson. If you're considering taking the plunge, this might help.
An AI-driven contextual intelligence platform that reads corporate disclosures as a connected system. Built on the Dow 30 and their direct competitors -- 26,780+ SEC filings, 350M+ words analyzed -- with earnings calls, macro data, executive compensation, and political spending. Expanding to major North American and global markets.
contextquant.com →An automated daily cartoon strip about the AI industry. A pipeline fetches the day's top AI news, Claude generates a joke and image prompt, and the cartoon is published to the web and Instagram. Built end-to-end with AI-assisted development.
neuralstrip.com →A new transport layer for professional credentials. Traditional CVs are unstructured documents that ATS systems routinely fail to parse, filtering out qualified candidates for technical rather than merit-based reasons. Credentia.One replaces the document with a structured, machine-readable format -- Credentia.JSON -- and a two-part codec system for creation and interpretation/validation.
credentia.one →A price comparison platform for TVs, laptops, appliances, and home electronics across Canadian retailers including The Brick, Leon's, Visions and others. Prices updated multiple times per week. Affiliate-supported.
homegadgets.ca →Loyalty infrastructure that onboards small and medium businesses into existing bank loyalty programs with a frictionless approach to redemptions. No POS changes. No open banking dependency. Funded entirely by the existing loyalty system.
merchantlink.ca →A large-scale data ingestion platform that obtains and compares daily grocery prices across 2,500+ store locations in Canada from 20+ vendors, tracking 50,000+ prices updated regularly.
basketbrain.ca →AI-powered fleet management and predictive maintenance platform. Digital twin technology that predicts vehicle breakdowns days before they happen, optimizes fleet performance and reduces costs. Operating globally across trucking, transit, mining and more.
intangles.ai →A patented SaaS platform that reads frame-accurate data from broadcast playlist automation systems and coordinates digital advertising in real time across linear TV, OTT, CTV, and ATSC 3.0 environments. Clients included Comcast, Televisa and others. US Pat. 10,721,511 B2.
tmtlab.com →Managed a portfolio of AWS-hosted fan and partner engagement platforms spanning blockchain-based digital assets, professional player contracts, and event ticketing, operating under low eight-figure budgets and delivering $5M+ in annual OPEX savings for one of North America's premier sports and entertainment organizations.
I'm a mechanical engineer by training, with a Master of Engineering Management from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MBA from York University's Schulich School of Business. I also completed the Program on Negotiation and Leadership at Harvard.
My career has moved between building my own companies and working inside large ones. I've co-founded four ventures with two exits, and held senior roles at TELUS and Bell Canada, among others. Earlier I worked in with heavy machinery at Husky Injection Moulding and Fiat Avio (now Siemens), Ingersoll Dresser Pumps, as well as with a Honeywell & Allen Bradley system integrator for the Oil & Gas sector.
More recently I've focused on advisory work -- supporting venture-backed companies across AI, fintech, and media with strategy, product development, and commercial scaling.
Fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian. Two US patent applications, one issued. Based in Toronto.
