99% Failures1% Still Here
🎯 Serial Failure Collector & Occasional Optimist
If failure really is the mother of success, I'm running a whole kindergarten. Good news: I'm still standing — I trip a lot, but somehow I keep falling forward.
Let's Build Something Good- CEO (Chief Endurance Officer)
- Professional Stumbler | Hope Dealer
- Tinkerer in Financial Economics
- 15+ years in the wild
“Optimism isn't my nature; it's my rebellion.”
Graduated From the School of Oops
I set out to fix systems and broke a few more.
Every mistake handed me another degree in humility — the kind you don't hang on a wall.
I've built, failed, hired wrong, and been wrong plenty.
Every wrong turn taught me one thing: failure isn't the opposite of success — it's the fee.
And money is logical. People aren't.
After enough wins and wipeouts, I stopped chasing "perfect" and started building what matters: people, purpose, and the kind of laughter no slide can explain.
I still believe in people — not because it's easy, but because it's the only way any of this makes sense.
Turns out the best things I've built weren't companies — they were connections.
Success feels lighter that way. Almost human.
Numbers Don't Lie
The metrics, the impact, and the humans behind them
15+ Years Of Glorious Fails & Comebacks
Every year taught me something no degree could. Success gave dopamine; failure built the muscle to try again.
20+ Crazy Ideas Backed & Executed
Everyone said "too risky." I said "why not?" Some crashed spectacularly — all taught me to believe when others don't.
∞ Pivots, Only a Few on Purpose
The best plans? Usually stubborn accidents. I eventually called them "strategy."
1 Goal That Never Changed
To keep trying, even when logic says stop. Because hope is a better fuel than fear.
99 gave up along the way. 1 kept going — that math still counts as progress.
I stopped chasing wins when I realized failure had better stories.The bruises fade, but the lessons don't.— Philosophy 101: Taught by life, graded by time.
Someone once gave me a chance I didn't deserve.
I promised I'd pass that luck forward — one person, one coffee, one "you've got this" at a time.
Most won't remember me, and that's fine. I just hope they remember how it felt to be believed in.
Fancy Papers & Real Scars
Where academic achievements meet street-level bruises
Academic Track
- 2022
Ph.D. Financial Economics
Learned every model. Then watched reality ignore all of them.
- 2017
B.S. Business Administration
Learned textbook strategies. Real business never read those books.
- 2014
B.S. Psychology
At least this one explains why I keep doing this to myself.
Certifications
- Supply Chain ManagementTo study global chaos — and accidentally join it.
- Real EstateTeaches two things: timing and therapy.
- Health InsuranceBasically an advanced course in patience and paperwork.
- Tech & Device RepairFixing laptops is way simpler than fixing people.
AI & Automation · the homework, with receipts
- Claude AcademyTwenty courses in six days. The badges are real; the sleep was not.20 badgesSep–Oct 2026
- Gemini & GoogleFive educator exams. Turns out teachers cram too.5 certificatesvalid to 2028
- n8n Verified CreatorMy chores learned to run themselves. n8n noticed.Through MADIADView profile (opens in a new tab)
- Meta Business PartnerMeta checked the agency’s homework and signed it.Through MADIAD
- Deploying Claude Enterprise with confidence: The five decisions that shape your rolloutOct 1, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Building effective human-agent teams (beta)Sep 30, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI Fluency for small businessesOct 1, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI Fluency for nonprofitsOct 1, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Teaching AI FluencyOct 1, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI Fluency for buildersSep 30, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI Fluency for creative workOct 1, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI Fluency for educatorsOct 1, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI Fluency for pK–12 educatorsOct 1, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI Fluency for studentsOct 1, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI Fluency: Framework and foundationsSep 29, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- AI capabilities and limitationsSep 30, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Claude 101Sep 26, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Claude Platform 101Sep 30, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Introduction to Claude CoworkSep 29, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Introduction to Claude TagSep 30, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Claude Code 101Sep 29, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Claude Code in actionSep 30, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Introduction to Model Context ProtocolSep 30, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Model Context Protocol: Advanced topicsSep 30, 2026Verify (opens in a new tab)
Each row opens the issuer’s own verification page.
- Google Certified Educator Level 1Dec 30, 2025Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Google Certified Educator Level 2Dec 31, 2025Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Gemini Certified EducatorDec 31, 2025Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Gemini Certified FacultyDec 31, 2025Verify (opens in a new tab)
- Gemini Certified University StudentDec 31, 2025Verify (opens in a new tab)
Each row opens the issuer’s own verification page.
Principles I (Try to) Live By
The compass that sometimes points north, sometimes spins wildly
Truth over Comfort
Awkward truths age better than sweet lies. Failures or rare wins — better shared than hidden.
Progress by Stumbling
Falling forward still counts as motion. Every crash is just experience in disguise.
Lift as You Climb
Failure taught me empathy; wins taught me gratitude. Climb higher, but leave a hand reaching down.
Actions Prove Everything
Words are auditions. Actions get the role. Talk less, show up more.
WHAT I ACTUALLY DO
Applied AI. Not Just Talked About.
I advise, coach, and walk alongside business owners as AI moves into their day-to-day — inside the mess, not on a whiteboard. Here's what actually takes up my days.
I Try It Before I Recommend It
I put Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini through real business problems myself, and note what survives the week and what breaks by Wednesday.
Consulting on AI-Driven Operations
We sit down and map how the work really runs, then find the repetitive parts AI can carry without breaking what already works. I don't write code; the keys stay with you.
Coaching People to Work With AI
The hard part is dividing the work: what stays with people, what goes to AI. I coach you and your team until that split feels normal.
Working Through the Same Problems?
If you're figuring out where AI fits — or how to make it hold up beyond the demo — let's compare notes. I'm still learning too, and honest talk beats polished pitches.
Start a ConversationStill Think This Might Work Out? Me Too!
I've stumbled enough to know progress rarely looks graceful.
But if you're still here, odds are you believe — like I do — it's worth trying anyway.
Let's make something real. Even if it explodes, at least it'll be interesting.
Let's Talk