Private AI Systems for Operators and Executives
25 Years of Building Things
Midwest Roots. Global Systems.
Career Journey
2000 to 2004
Walmart
Progressive management roles. Learned operations, accountability, and team leadership from the ground up.
2004 to 2008
Best Buy
General Manager of a ~$45M store with ~200 employees, one of the youngest GMs in Best Buy history. Then District Customer Experience Lead supporting a ~$400M district. First taste of real P&L ownership.
2008 to 2010
Future Health (Acquired by ChiroTouch)
COO of a VC-backed healthcare software company. First exposure to software-driven operations and tech at scale.
2010 to 2018
Creative HR Solutions (Partner)
Increased billings by 137% within 2 years. Built recruiting systems, implemented ATS, Microsoft 365, SharePoint. Learned how to systematize a service business.
2010 to Present
AGC Consulting
Consulting, deal structuring, and business operations advisory. The thread that connects everything.
2017 to 2020
Huegerich Construction (COO)
Turnkey hotel construction. Global supply chain and FF&E procurement. Building physical things at scale.
2020 to Present
BraveHart Development (Partner)
Served as CEO; now Partner overseeing the AI stack, investor relations, and deal structuring, with day-to-day operations led by our operations leadership. We operate 17 franchise locations (15 Scooter's Coffee and 2 Hawaiian Bros), and we developed two hotels managed by Hart Family Hotels: the Sleep Inn & MainStay Suites in Franklin, Wisconsin, and the Holiday Inn Express in Marion, Iowa.
2020 to Present
Hart Family Coffee (Partner)
Scooter's Coffee franchise operations. 15 Scooter's Coffee locations operated. The daily operations grind.
2023 to Present
Hawaiian Bros (Partner)
Added 2 Hawaiian Bros locations to the portfolio. Multi-concept, multi-unit operator life.
2024 to Present
The Builder Phase
Taught myself to build, then built φ, a multi-tenant AI platform that runs real businesses: agentic workflows, a custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, and self-hosted infrastructure I operate myself. On top of it, a portfolio of live products: The Manual Store (revenue-producing and largely automated), BuildMySheet, Old Dogg New Tricks, and more, with CropYield AI and Prep & Plate launching. What began as solving my own operational problems became production software. Now I build for others.
What I Talk About
Real Estate & Development
Physical development, construction, deals, hotel builds, FF&E, procurement
Multi-Unit Operations
Scooter's Coffee, Hawaiian Bros, franchise ops, people systems, P&L, scaling
AI & Automation
Actual tools built and deployed. Real results inside real businesses. Not theory.
Operator Mindset
Leadership stories, hard lessons, accountability, systems thinking. 25 years of wins and failures.
The Numbers
25+
Years Operating
400+
Team Members
17
Locations Operated
9+
Products Shipped
$45M
Full P&L Accountability
100%
Revenue Growth in 1 Year