AI and cloud architect · CFA Charterholder
I help founders and CTOs turn AI prototypes into reliable products.
I'm an AI and cloud architect and a CFA charterholder. I build and run my own products with AI coding agents, and I help founders and CTOs get theirs from a working demo to a system customers rely on, remotely.
Title
AI and cloud architect · CFA Charterholder
Cloud
AWS Solutions Architect
Service area
Remote, anywhere
01. The problem
Your AI demo worked. Production is a different system.
A working prototype is not a product customers can rely on. Jobs fail halfway, models change, costs drift, and nobody owns the data path. Retries, approval steps, evaluation and a cost check are the work.
I've built AI and data systems at large companies, and now I build and run my own products with AI coding agents. I help founders and CTOs take theirs from prototype to production, remotely.
02. What I do
I help founders and CTOs turn AI prototypes into reliable products.
AI product architecture review
About 1 to 2 weeks. I review how your AI product is built and give you a written plan: what to fix first, where jobs can fail, which steps need retries or approval, and where the cost goes.
Learn morePrototype-to-production sprint
2 to 4 weeks. I take one critical path from prototype to production in your stack. Your team owns it, with a short runbook.
Learn moreFractional AI and cloud architect
A monthly engagement. I review designs and what your team and its agents ship, make the model and build-versus-buy calls with you, and keep reliability and cost in check. Weekly check-in and async help.
Learn more03. Track record
Track record
What I've worked on, and what each job taught me about shipping.
Adviser
Co-Founder
2024 – 2024StartupCo-built a virtual investment adviser for underrepresented groups, turning natural conversation into personalized financial visualizations people could actually use.
Capital One
Quantitative Analysis Manager
2020 – 2024FinanceLed ML-driven liquidity forecasting across finance, data engineering, and compliance teams.
FI Consulting
Senior Consultant
2019 – 2020FinanceEarned the CFA charter while contributing to financial data series work with the Office of Financial Research, translating policy and market context into usable analytical outputs.
Effective World
Chief AI Scientist
2024StartupLed AI and data science initiatives to improve audience intelligence and campaign optimization, connecting model outputs to operational marketing decisions.
Fardabook.com
Founder & CEO
2011 – 2014StartupFounded and scaled a textbook-focused online bookstore, owning product, operations, and go-to-market from zero to running business.
05 — Writing
Thinking in public.
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