The career behind it
Thirty years, new industries, working systems left behind.
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- Architected and deployed full-stack production platforms solo, using Next.js, Supabase, Clerk, Stripe, Vercel, and GitHub.
- Built AI-assisted development workflows into a repeatable shipping process, including local LLM deployment (Ollama, LM Studio) and prompt engineering for administrative automation.
- Partnered with the BuildUp Labs incubator in Portugal on DEPROGRAM™ scaling strategy.
- Ongoing operations, marketing, and project support for multiple concurrent small business clients: CRM systems, client communications, scheduling, and follow-through across accounts.
- Redesigned a client's inbox and communication workflow, recapturing over 10 hours per week.
- End-to-end production for B2B conferences, executive gatherings, and community events: vendor sourcing, contract negotiation, budget development, on-site leadership.
- Strategic consulting on programming, sponsor partnerships, and operational playbook development, with AI tools in daily use for research, drafting, and workflow optimization.
- Individual and group practice since 2021, developing the AHHAH Method™, the framework that now underpins DEPROGRAM™.
- Certified NLP Master Practitioner and RTT practitioner.
- Licensed residential real estate practice, from listing strategy through closing coordination.
- This license and hands-on real estate experience now anchor the product design behind TakimPronë.
- Directed a $1M+ fire-stopping compliance project across a 1-million-square-foot occupied government facility: 12,000+ fire-rated penetrations over 8 floors, coordinating 15 to 25 technicians and four state agencies.
- Raised inspection pass rates from 65 to 95 percent through revised quality protocols, cut tenant disruption 40 percent with phased work plans, and delivered on schedule with zero safety incidents.
- Acquired a failing restaurant generating $350K with negative margins and grew it into a $1.95M hospitality destination with 15 percent net profit.
- Launched an events program producing 100+ annual weddings, corporate retreats, and brand activations, including the U.S. Ski Team and Tito's Vodka, at the 255-seat venue.
- Led 30 to 60 staff with full P&L responsibility, then closed strategically in the pandemic after maintaining profitability through 2020.
- At Sunday River, built custom room-mapping software from scratch that let the team map guest rooms to individual needs for events exceeding 1,000 attendees.
- Simultaneously ran 8 to 12 concurrent events: ski races, weddings, corporate retreats, and government functions with security protocols.
- At Gould Academy, led the annual fundraising auction, golf tournaments, and alumni and parents' weekends, exceeding fundraising goals by $60,000, and built a custom event-management system documenting every step of the planning process.
- Led product innovation and global sourcing for a premium home-fragrance company, spearheading a new line of plug-in fragrance devices from concept to market.
- Managed international supply chains across China, Europe, and the U.S. for fragrance oils, glass, packaging, and retail merchandise.
- Introduced Gantt-chart project management and cross-functional systems coordinating design, production, marketing, and sales.
- Owned and scaled a multi-state sales and marketing consultancy, personally managing national accounts including Bed Bath & Beyond, David's Bridal, and Party City.
- Supported a team of 30 independent road representatives across a territory from Maine to West Virginia, and ran three permanent showrooms in Massachusetts, New York, and Washington.
- Designed and built proprietary merchandise-scanning software that managed inventory and ordering for 60 different manufacturers, in the showrooms and on the road.
- Founded and led a peace-and-reconciliation import initiative uniting 50 Irish companies, 25 from Northern Ireland and 25 from the Republic, and built a U.S. distribution network for Irish artisanal goods.
- Organized the New York event presenting a bronze peace-dove sculpture, inscribed with “peace” in 99 languages, to Senator Kennedy and Jean Kennedy.
- Produced 20+ annual celebrity fundraising events featuring artists including BB King, Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, and Rod Stewart.
- Coordinated marketing campaigns, sponsorship development, and media relations, the start of three decades of fundraising work.