Professional Experience

Work Experience

  1. Pendoah.ai (formerly Fleek) logo

    CTO / Head of Engineering

    Pendoah.ai (formerly Fleek)

    February 2022 - Present|Houston, TX

    Lead product, engineering, and cloud operations across AI SaaS offerings for legal, healthcare, warranty, and enterprise automation.

    • Architected and launched Lawli.ai agentic GenAI legal platform (Azure + GPT-4), cutting contract lifecycle time ~90% and research time ~70%; achieved ~$2M ARR in year one.
    • Implemented supervised/semi-supervised clause extraction and obligation tracking yielding ~95% accuracy; designed human-in-the-loop review workflows and enterprise integrations (DocuSign/Salesforce).
    • Delivered predictive maintenance and edge/cloud orchestration for Fortune-100 energy operator reducing downtime 25–35%; built telemetry → retraining pipelines enabling on-demand model refresh and 30% faster anomaly detection.
    • Built HIPAA-compliant RAG pipeline + SMART-on-FHIR integrations reducing denials ~15% and enabling projected $30M+/yr recoverable revenue.
    • Productized WarrantyGains/Belligent solutions recovering $5M+ reimbursements in pilots and reducing manual processing by >70%.
    • Implemented multi-cloud batching and spot orchestration, reducing inference cost ~38% while sustaining production scale.
    • Scaled engineering from 8 → 70+ and implemented SAFe + DevOps, improving delivery velocity ~30%.
    • Designed and deployed multi-agent RAG systems for legal document intelligence (Lawli), cutting contract review time ~90% through autonomous clause extraction and obligation tracking agents.
    • Led agentic AI orchestration for life sciences compliance automation (GALSI), implementing supervisor-worker agent patterns with human-in-the-loop review workflows.
    • Architected production RAG pipelines with vector databases for 10M+ document retrieval, achieving ~95% accuracy through hybrid search and re-ranking strategies.
    • Implemented AI governance frameworks for HIPAA-compliant healthcare AI (ProVal), including model risk management, audit trails, and explainability controls.
    Azure OpenAI
    Azure AI Search
    AKS
    LangChain/LangGraph
    RAG
    Docker
    Kubernetes
    GitHub Actions
  2. Perry Homes logo

    Chief Information Officer

    Perry Homes

    June 2017 - February 2022|Houston, TX

    Owned enterprise technology strategy and delivery for cloud migration, CRM/ERP modernization, and AI-enabled sales & construction transformation.

    • Led cloud + data transformation enabling revenue growth from $800M → $1.71B (113%).
    • Designed and deployed Dynamics 365 CPQ/CX with AI forecasting, driving ~$50M incremental revenue.
    • Executed on-prem → Azure migration improving scalability 50% and reducing OpEx 20%.
    • Power Platform automation cut paperwork 70% and approval time 40%; DevOps halved release cycles.
    Azure
    Dynamics 365
    Power Platform
    DevOps
    Data Platforms
    AI Forecasting
  3. Omnicom / Credera logo

    Director / Principal & Practice Director, AI & Cloud Consulting

    Omnicom / Credera

    Oct 2016 - Jun 2017|Houston, TX

    Owned regional delivery for AI/ML and cloud strategy engagements across finance, pharma, insurance, retail and aviation.

    • AI-Driven Customer Insights for $50B asset management firm: built cloud AI platform for segmentation + recommendations; increased retention 20% and cross-sell 15%.
    • HIPAA Compliance Automation for $20B pharma client: designed ML classification of sensitive data reducing manual effort 50% and improving compliance 20%.
    • AI-Enhanced Fraud Detection for $30B insurer: reduced false positives 40%, halved detection time, saving ~$15M annually.
    • Secured and executed multi-cloud migrations and cloud-native SaaS programs improving delivery efficiency and regional revenue growth.
    Azure
    AWS
    Machine Learning
    Fraud Analytics
    Healthcare Compliance
    Enterprise Architecture
  4. PwC logo

    Director, Strategy & Enterprise Architecture / AI & Cloud Consulting

    PwC

    May 2013 - Oct 2016|Houston, TX

    Led Fortune-500 transformation programs in pharmaceuticals, insurance, banking and consumer goods.

    • R&D Transformation for $35B pharmaceutical enterprise: migrated R&D systems to AWS + AI for drug discovery/clinical trials; reduced cost 20% and accelerated delivery 15%.
    • Intelligent Automation for $40B insurer: built AI + RPA claims/underwriting platform producing ~$10M annual savings and reducing processing time 35%.
    • Data Warehousing & Analytics for $50B consumer goods company: delivered Redshift warehouse integrating 8 sources, improving decision speed/accuracy 15% and contributing to ~10% sales uplift.
    • Secure Mobile Banking for $50B global bank: engineered scalable mobile banking architecture increasing adoption 20% in year one.
    AWS
    Azure
    AI/ML
    RPA
    Amazon Redshift
    Data Warehousing
    Enterprise Architecture
  5. Accenture logo

    Sr. Manager, Strategy & Architecture

    Accenture

    2010 - 2013|Houston, TX

    Led cross-industry digital and data transformation programs across retail, energy, mining, and healthcare.

    • Modernized enterprise BI and reporting for a $10B retailer, improving inventory/merchandising decisions.
    • Led IT integration for a $50B energy merger, unifying ERP/CRM/data platforms and establishing shared-service architecture.
    • Designed telemedicine and clinical data modernization for a $20B healthcare provider enabling remote care workflows and HIPAA-aligned data exchange.
    • Directed applications outsourcing and modernization for a $15B mining client, reducing run costs and improving system reliability.
    Enterprise Architecture
    SQL Server/BI
    ERP/CRM
    M&A IT Integration
    Program Delivery