AI Consultant for Des Moines Operators and Iowa Businesses
David Pedelty is a central Iowa founder-operator and AI systems builder serving Des Moines and surrounding markets. He helps operators and growing businesses turn AI from scattered tools and demos into production systems: automation infrastructure, private operating systems, agent workflows, and practical AI-enabled products that can be owned, audited, and improved over time.
Practical AI implementation for real businesses
The work is not slideware, generic prompting, or a "transformation" deck that lives in a folder. It is implementation: data flows, automations, internal tools, AI assistants, workflow design, and the operating layer underneath the day-to-day business.
Most teams already have AI tabs open. The gap is the connective tissue — getting models, data, and humans to act on the same picture so work actually moves. That is the layer this practice builds.
What I build
Six engagement types that cover most of what operators actually need.
Private AI operating systems
A central, owned layer that runs your workflows, models, and data — not a stack of disconnected SaaS subscriptions.
AI automation & workflow infrastructure
Background jobs, integrations, and agent pipelines that move work between tools without humans copy-pasting.
Internal command centers & dashboards
Operator-grade interfaces where leadership sees what is actually happening across the business in one place.
Customer-facing AI assistants
On-brand assistants for sales, support, and lead capture, tied to your real data and the people who own the outcome.
MCP & agent infrastructure
Custom Model Context Protocol servers and agent workflows so your AI can read, write, and act on your real systems safely.
AI implementation audits & build plans
Map current workflows, identify high-leverage automations, and produce a practical, scoped build plan you can act on.
Why work with a founder-operator
David combines 25 years of operating experience with hands-on AI systems engineering. He has spent his career inside multi-unit operations, hospitality, food and beverage, real estate development, SaaS, and e-commerce — and now builds the systems that run on top of operations like these.
The advantage is simple: the person designing the AI also understands what a P&L, a shift, a job site, and a customer experience actually look like. Recommendations are scoped to what real teams can adopt, not to what looks good in a demo.
Serving Des Moines and central Iowa
David works with businesses in Des Moines, West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Waukee, Ames, and the broader central Iowa region. Engagements are typically a blend of remote work and on-site sessions for discovery, leadership alignment, and rollout.
This is a service-area page for organic search visibility — not a claim of a physical Des Moines office.
Proof from live systems
Honest proof points from production work — not case-study fiction.
- 40+ private repositories built solo
- 9 live production web apps across multiple custom domains
- A multi-tenant AI platform with an events → outcomes → confidence learning loop
- The Manual Store: live e-commerce with an on-brand AI sales assistant
- BuildMySheet: AI spreadsheet generator
- BraveHart Development: multi-brand operator site with a live AI catering agent
- CropYield AI: built and launch pending carrier approval
- Oakbridge: community-bank AI command center, built and deployment-ready
See the full list on the portfolio page.
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Ready to make AI useful inside your business?
If you operate in Des Moines or central Iowa and want a practical conversation about what AI implementation could look like for your business, start here.