// systems i'm building
Projects
Engineering work spanning maritime operations, software, hardware, and AI. Each project is rooted in a real operational problem.
01 / INDUSTRIAL AI
DigitalRound
Industrial AI inspection and maintenance system
↗ thedigitalround.com
Problem
Industrial maintenance inspections are manual and fragmented. Knowledge lives in people's heads and walks off the ship when experienced engineers retire or change crew. There is no system — only tribal memory.
Solution
AI-assisted maintenance rounds that capture, encode, and surface operational knowledge. An intelligent system that remembers everything, surfaces what matters, and helps operators make better decisions faster.
Components
- LOOP AI assistant
- Knowledge base ingestion
- Offline-first mobile app
- Equipment tracking system
- Maintenance history log
Vision: "The industrial operating system for maintenance."
Problem
Organizational hierarchy suppresses honest input. People don't say what they think in meetings — they say what's safe. Important operational problems go unreported. Decisions get made on incomplete information.
Solution
A structured anonymous communication platform that creates a safe channel for honest input. Purpose-built for the things people won't say on record — without sacrificing structure or signal.
Applications
- Corporate meetings and briefings
- Safety reporting (maritime, industrial)
- Public discussions and governance
- Team retrospectives
- Whistleblower-adjacent use cases
03 / PRODUCT ENGINEERING
SmoothStraw
Consumer product engineering and patent filing
↗ smoothstraw.com
Problem
Conventional drinking straw design hasn't changed in decades. Poor lip ergonomics cause strain. Standard geometry ignores the biomechanics of how people actually drink — especially for daily use with hot or cold beverages.
Design Process
- Problem identification and user research
- Ergonomic geometry design
- Rapid prototyping
- Manufacturing exploration
- Patent filing
Why It Matters
SmoothStraw is a case study in physical product engineering. It demonstrates the full arc from observation to intellectual property — the same skills that apply to designing a valve override, a deck fitting, or any mechanical consumer product.
17 / STEM · CREATIVE
Propeller Pals
Maritime STEM storytelling through systems thinking
↗ propellerpals.com
Concept
A maritime-themed world where characters represent mechanical systems — propellers, pumps, valves, generators. Each character teaches how their system works, how it fails, and why it matters to the ship.
Goal
Make systems thinking accessible and engaging at an early age. Teach the language of engineering through narrative — so that a kid who grew up with Propeller Pals thinks naturally about how systems interact.
Technical Angle
Demonstrates engineering creativity and the ability to translate deep technical knowledge into accessible format. The same skill that makes a good instructor, a good technical writer, and a good founder.
Concept
Patriotic apparel brand built and operated by AI agents. Product creation, fulfillment coordination, and marketing pipelines run autonomously — minimal human overhead.
Model
Print-on-demand with AI-generated designs and automated ad targeting. Proof of concept for a fully AI-operated e-commerce brand from zero to revenue.
Concept
Automated short-form video generation and distribution pipeline. AI writes, produces, and publishes content optimized for algorithmic reach across social platforms.
Tech
LLM-driven script generation, AI voiceover (TTS), automated video assembly, and scheduled publishing. End-to-end content pipeline with no manual bottlenecks.
Concept
Personalized AI companion platform with context-aware, character-driven interactions. Built on modern LLM infrastructure with persistent memory and personality consistency.
Approach
Characters maintain coherent long-term context across sessions. Revenue model built around subscriptions and premium interaction tiers.
08 / AI METRICS
AgentLeaderboards
AI agent performance rankings & benchmarks
↗ agentleaderboards.com
Concept
Real-time leaderboards tracking AI agent performance across tasks, models, and use cases. Infrastructure for the autonomous agent economy — making agent capability legible.
Value
As AI agents proliferate, the market needs trusted performance data. AgentLeaderboards becomes the reference layer for buyers, builders, and benchmarkers.
Concept
Marketplace for programmatic OOH ad placement. Real-time bidding, geographic targeting, and analytics for physical billboard inventory — the efficiency of digital ads applied to the physical world.
Opportunity
OOH advertising is a $30B+ market still largely sold manually. Programmatic infrastructure brings it into the modern ad stack.
10 / CRYPTO
TEMPTtoken
Crypto token platform at the intersection of AI and on-chain incentives
↗ tempttoken.com
Concept
Token issuance and community platform built for the next wave of on-chain incentive models. AI-native from the ground up — token mechanics designed around autonomous agent participation.
Angle
As AI agents begin transacting on-chain, TEMPTtoken positions early in the infrastructure layer for agent-to-agent economic activity.
Concept
Mobile and web app serving MEBA union members. Job boards, contract info, benefits tracking, and communication tools for working mariners — built by someone who's one of them.
Edge
Domain expertise is the moat. As a licensed Chief Engineer and MEBA member, the product is built from lived operational experience — not user interviews.
Concept
Multi-agent orchestration and workflow binding. Infrastructure for coordinating fleets of specialized AI agents across tasks, domains, and toolchains.
Origin
Born out of running 16+ AI agents in production simultaneously. MoltBinder is the coordination layer that makes large agent fleets tractable.
Concept
AI-curated news briefings with automated ingestion, summarization, and delivery. Cuts the noise — surfaces only high-signal developments across chosen topics.
Model
Subscription-based delivery across channels. The AI does the reading so you don't have to — and it never gets distracted by outrage bait.
14 / CONSUMER AI
DigitalTwinDating
AI-powered dating with digital twin matching
↗ digitaltwindating.com
Concept
Dating platform built around AI-generated digital twins. Match with a real person, get to know them through their AI first — reducing friction, filtering mismatches, and lowering the social stakes of early interaction.
Why Now
As AI companions normalize, the gap between AI interaction and human connection becomes addressable. Digital twins bridge it authentically.
15 / FINTECH
TailorBird Capital
AI-powered investment research & capital platform
↗ tailorbirdcapital.com
Concept
AI-driven investment research and capital allocation platform. Tailored portfolio intelligence built on real-time data ingestion, autonomous analysis, and personalized allocation recommendations.
Edge
Combines quantitative signal processing with LLM-driven qualitative analysis. Designed for individual investors who want institutional-grade research without institutional overhead.
Concept
Autonomous security operations for the AI-native era. Continuous threat monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and incident response — run by AI agents, supervised by humans.
Origin
Built to protect the fleet itself. FULKDefense grew from internal security tooling into a standalone platform — the same agent that guards these systems is the product.
// skunkworks
Experiments & Labs
RAFTS
Robotic Autonomous Floating Transport Systems. Modular robotic platform concept for near-shore maritime operations.
CNC Plasma
CNC plasma cutting builds and fabrication experiments. Custom parts, tooling, and structural metalwork.
IoT Systems
Sensor networks and embedded systems for operational monitoring. MQTT, edge compute, and industrial protocol experiments.
Hardware Builds
Miscellaneous hardware tinkering — custom PCBs, Raspberry Pi clusters, vehicle electronics, and mechanical prototypes.