Founder and AI consultant · CFA Charterholder
Put AI agents to work in your company, with review and controls.
I'm a CFA and a solo founder. I run my own products with a crew of AI agents, part time, next to a full-time job. I help founders and small teams set up the same kind of system, remotely.
Title
Founder and AI consultant · CFA Charterholder
Cloud
AWS Solutions Architect
Service area
Remote, anywhere
01. The problem
Your AI demo worked. The workflow still eats the week.
A working prototype is not a system your team can leave running. The handoffs, the review, and the cost check are the work.
I've built AI and data systems at large companies, and now I build and run my own small products with AI agents. I help founders and small teams set up the same kind of system, remotely.
02. What I do
Put AI agents to work in your company, with review and controls.
Agent workflow audit
About 1 to 2 weeks. I review one workflow and give you a written plan: what to automate, what to keep human, which tools, the review rules, and what can go wrong.
Learn moreBuild sprint
2 to 4 weeks. I set up one agent workflow end to end in your stack. Your team owns it, with a short runbook.
Learn moreFractional AI-ops lead or CTO
A monthly engagement. I run the agent setup, review what the agents ship, pick tools, and keep costs 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.
Agents & Automation
Grok Bot vs OpenClaw
Hosted Grok versus self-hosted OpenClaw for beginners who want to automate work. Both sides, no pick — start free, upgrade when a wall shows up.
8 min read
LLMs in Production
Grok 4.6 costs, limits, and evals vs the models I actually pay for
Grok Build is the coding-agent product. Grok 4.6 is the model that powers it. Official evals, API costs, and limits — copied from xAI, not rounded.
11 min read
AI Engineering
Grok Bot vs Claude Desktop
A both-sides compare of conversational Grok and Claude Desktop for beginners who want to automate work. No pick, no eval table.
9 min read