J O S E P H
How can technology and humans Co-create
ABOUT ME

I believe humans are designed so uniquely and that's something we should celebrate. The unique experiences that people have are so important because having diverse perspectives helps you reach novel conclusions.

One of my favorite side effects with AI coming in is that it's forcing everyone to become a polymath. You can't just be good at 1 thing anymore, you have to be creative and bridge multiple gaps together. Even more so, I love how people are starting to recognize the shortcomings of AI — how humans are uniquely positioned to make decisions, think about what's important, and be the main source of love to other people.

Now it's kind of weird to throw love into tech and AI, but that's why I do it. Love is sacrifice, business should be about sacrifice and giving people what they need. I'm a former founder who's raised and built systems that are still running today. I invest in people and don't expect returns. I think the most fruitful thing we can contribute is ourselves. To be present and to be raw. To build without regret but ship with great empathy.

I treat every day like my last. And on my last day, I won't think about how much money I made or what companies I built. No, I'll think about the people I've impacted and the people who have poured into me.

BLOGS
Mar 2026
The Art of Networking
Feb 2026
Human Formation in an Artificial World
Feb 2026
Human Enduring Skills
Feb 2026
Gen Z Has Superpowers
Feb 2026
Avogrenades
Feb 2026
Why Steve Jobs Was The GOAT
Feb 2026
The Greatest Problem Solvers
EXPERIENCE
MLOps Engineer
Stealth Startup
July 2025 - Current | Phoenix, AZ
Skills: Python, ETL Pipelines, Data Engineering, LLM Agents, Regex, Stakeholder Communication
  • Data Engineering & ETL: Architected a custom Python-based ETL pipeline to ingest and synthesize 16M+ messages from disparate, sparse datasets; implemented complex regex-driven normalization and data-bridging logic to transform unstructured conversational data into a unified, queryable format.
  • ML Implementation & Strategy: Developed an LLM-based agent to analyze thousands of customer interactions, identifying key semantic patterns and performance bottlenecks that served as the primary "North Star" for the startup's data-driven operational strategy.
  • Stakeholder Impact & Communication: Translated deep-dive data analysis into actionable sales intelligence, uncovering a single conversation metric responsible for 90% of revenue; collaborated with stakeholders to retrain the sales team, resulting in a 120% increase in conversion rate and enhanced lead qualification.
Co-Founder
AI Lab at Biola University
Feb 2024 - Feb 2026 | La Mirada, CA
Skills: FullStack, Python, MLOps, AI/ML, Cross-functional Leadership, Policy Compliance
  • Orchestrated Cross-Departmental Compliance: Navigated the legal, IT, and HR hurdles of a 100-year-old institution to establish the university's first framework for AI integration, ensuring all administrative and academic deployments met strict security and policy standards.
  • Developed Technical Automation Workflows: Built and deployed custom serverless agents for non-technical users using Python and the Gemini API to solve operational bottlenecks, replacing hours of common FAQ and communication tasks with automated systems.
  • Mentored student teams to victory in a $250,000 global AI hackathon, leveraging that success to secure strategic corporate partnerships and collaborating with Marketing to rebrand the university as a premier hub for emerging tech innovation.
  • Facilitated High-Leverage Talent Development: Coached 100+ faculty, students, and conferences on "human-in-the-loop" methodologies, focusing on practical AI literacy that prioritizes individual agency and real-world career readiness.
DevOps Product Dev Intern
Samaritan's Purse
May 2024 - Aug 2024 | Boone, NC
Skills: C# .NET, Docker, Jenkins CI/CD, Kubernetes, OpenLens, Agile Scrum
  • Developed and deployed a canary monitoring system across 17 databases in three data centers using MVC C# .NET, Docker, and Jenkins CI/CD that resulted in a 20% increase in overall uptime.
  • Enhanced DevOps capabilities, streamlining deployments and boosting system reliability through cluster management, load balancing, CI/CD, and monitoring with OpenLens that allows future developers to test dependencies and fallbacks.
  • Practiced Agile Scrum methodology, learned by reading PRs from Senior Engineers.
INTERESTS
Organizational Network Analysis
Cooking
Jazz Drumming
Basketball
Philosophy
Cybernetics
Startups
Unicycling