AI Expert & Builder

Building the future
with AI systems

Director of Engineering turned AI builder. I design and build AI products, infrastructure, and expert-synthesis systems that turn frontier research into actionable intelligence.

Projects

AI-native products and infrastructure built to solve real problems at the intersection of intelligence and engineering.

Experts

An AI expert-synthesis system that ingests media from leading AI thinkers, extracts structured claims, and surfaces cross-expert agreement and disagreement. Turns the firehose of AI discourse into a navigable knowledge graph.

NLP Knowledge Graphs Claude RAG

Synari

An AI-powered CRM and sales platform that uses intelligent automation to streamline customer relationships, surface insights from interactions, and drive revenue through data-informed decision making.

AI/ML Full-Stack SaaS Sales

SwarmStack

AI agent infrastructure for building, orchestrating, and managing multi-agent systems. Provides the plumbing and coordination layer that lets teams deploy reliable autonomous agent workflows at scale.

Agents Infrastructure Orchestration Python

Skills & Technologies

Deep experience across the AI stack, from model integration to production infrastructure.

AI / LLM Platforms

  • Claude / Anthropic API
  • OpenAI / GPT Models
  • Self-hosted LLMs
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Fine-tuning & RLHF

AI Infrastructure

  • Vector Databases
  • RAG Pipelines
  • Agent Orchestration
  • Embedding Systems
  • Knowledge Graphs

Engineering

  • Full-Stack Development
  • Cloud Architecture
  • DevOps & CI/CD
  • Distributed Systems
  • Data Analytics

Leadership

  • Engineering Management
  • Technical Strategy
  • Organizational Scale
  • SAFe Agile
  • Team Development

Experience & Education

Engineering leadership grounded in data, scaled through people.

Professional

Director of Engineering at Vivint Smart Home, leading AI-driven platform and organizational scale initiatives. Extensive experience building and scaling engineering teams, with a deep commitment to mentorship and transformational leadership.

Published author on DevOps culture, cloud cost optimization, and the intersection of leadership and high-performing engineering organizations.

Education & Credentials

  • MBA, Data Analytics concentration -- LSU Shreveport (4.0 GPA)
  • SAFe 4 Certified Agilist
  • Published: "The Powerful Effect of Transformational Leadership on DevOps"
  • Published: "4 Ways to Control Cloud Costs"

Let's connect

Interested in AI products, infrastructure, or collaboration? Reach out.

shawn.naegle@gmail.com