Services

What I can help with

Overview

Built around your problem, not a package

Most of what I do falls into the six buckets below. But I don't sell a fixed menu. Every project starts with a conversation about what you're trying to do and whether AI, or a custom app, is even the right tool for it.

You're working with one person who has actually built this stuff, so you skip the layers of account managers and get straight, plain answers. I'm based in the New River Valley and work with clients wherever they are.

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Core services

The six things I do most

AI Strategy

If you're not sure where to start, start here. I look at your operations and data, find where AI could actually earn its keep, and hand you a prioritized plan, including the parts not worth doing.

  • AI readiness assessment
  • Opportunity-identification workshop
  • ROI analysis for AI implementation
  • Technology-stack recommendations
  • Implementation roadmap
  • AI ethics & governance framework
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Machine Learning

The core of the work: building models that predict, classify, or flag the things you care about, trained on your own data so the output reflects how your business actually behaves.

  • Predictive analytics models
  • Customer behavior analysis
  • Sales forecasting
  • Recommendation systems
  • Anomaly detection
  • Natural language processing
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App Development

A model nobody can open isn't worth much. I build the whole application around it. Web and mobile software your customers or team actually use, with AI wired in where it genuinely helps rather than bolted on for show.

  • Custom web applications
  • Mobile apps for iOS & Android
  • Internal tools & dashboards
  • AI-powered features: chat, search, recommendations
  • APIs & integration with your existing systems
  • Prototypes & MVPs for new ideas
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Process Automation

The boring, repetitive work, like sorting documents, copying data between systems, and answering the same email, is exactly what software is good at. I find those tasks and take them off your team's plate.

  • Workflow analysis & optimization
  • Robotic process automation (RPA)
  • Document-processing automation
  • Intelligent chatbots
  • Custom AI-powered tools
  • Integration with existing systems
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Academic Research & Grants

As a working academic, I help research teams add credible AI and synthetic-data methods to their proposals, and build the proof-of-concept models that make a grant panel believe you can deliver.

  • Grant-proposal AI methodology
  • Custom fine-tuned models for research
  • Synthetic data generation
  • AI ethics framework for research
  • Technical writing for AI sections
  • Implementation support for research teams
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Creator Analytics

For creators and influencers: I dig into your engagement data to find what your audience actually responds to, so your content and growth decisions are based on evidence instead of a hunch.

  • Custom engagement-analysis models
  • Content-strategy optimization
  • Audience-growth prediction
  • Personalized content recommendation
  • Competitor-analysis automation
  • Instagram analytics & tracking
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Featured

A few specialties worth calling out

Synthetic Data Generation

Realistic artificial datasets that preserve the statistical properties of real data while ensuring privacy and compliance.

Applications

  • Research augmentation: expand limited datasets while preserving privacy
  • Model training: diverse data for more robust models
  • HIPAA-compliant healthcare: research without privacy concerns
  • Software testing: data that mirrors production

Custom Fine-Tuned Models

Specialized AI models fine-tuned for your domain, going beyond generic pre-trained models to deliver superior performance.

Benefits

  • Domain expertise: models that understand your field
  • Higher accuracy: optimized for your use cases
  • Less data needed: efficient learning from smaller sets
  • Competitive edge: proprietary, tailored models

Research Grant AI Consulting

Strengthen proposals with AI methodology consultation, technical writing, and custom model development for NSF, NIH, and other agencies.

Services

  • Methodology development: innovative AI approaches
  • Technical narrative: compelling articulation for reviewers
  • Proof-of-concept: preliminary models showing feasibility
  • Budget planning: realistic resource allocation

Make-vs-Buy AI Consulting

Strategic guidance on whether to build custom AI in-house or use existing platforms, with a clear analysis of costs and trade-offs.

Assessment factors

  • Technical requirements: your needs vs. available solutions
  • Cost analysis: detailed TCO comparison
  • Capability assessment: your team's ability to build & maintain
  • Strategic value: advantages of custom development
By domain

Specialized expertise areas

Healthcare

Predictive modeling for patient outcomes, synthetic medical data, and workflow optimization with full HIPAA compliance.

Education

Accreditation automation, student-success prediction, intelligent grading assistance, and administrative optimization.

Retail & E-commerce

Customer segmentation, inventory optimization, demand forecasting, and personalized marketing.

Creator Consulting

AI for creators to optimize engagement, analyze audiences, and build data-driven growth strategies.

Synthetic Data

Custom datasets that preserve privacy and statistical properties for testing, training, and research.

Make-vs-Buy

Cost-benefit analysis and roadmaps to decide between custom development and existing platforms.

How it works

How a project usually goes

01

Figure out the problem

We talk through what you're trying to do, look at the data you have, and decide whether this is even an AI problem in the first place.

02

Agree on a plan

I write up what's worth doing, in what order, with a rough sense of cost and payoff. You decide what's in.

03

Design it

I work out how it fits your existing systems (which model, where the data comes from, how it connects) before writing the real code.

04

Build and hand it over

I build it, test it, and get it running, then train your team so they can use and maintain it without me.

05

Check it's working

Once it's live we watch how it performs and tune it. A model that was right last year isn't automatically right today.

Pricing

Three ways to work together

Project-Based

For specific AI initiatives with clear scope and deliverables.

  • Fixed scope and timeline
  • Detailed project plan
  • Clear deliverables & milestones
  • Fixed pricing structure
  • Implementation guidance
  • Post-project support available
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Consulting Sessions

For strategic advice and knowledge transfer.

  • Single or packaged sessions
  • Expert guidance and advice
  • Knowledge transfer to your team
  • Documented recommendations
  • Follow-up Q&A support
  • Option to expand the engagement
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Questions

A few things people ask

A general-purpose model is trained to be okay at everything. A fine-tuned one is trained on your data to be good at one thing. In practice that means:

  • Domain-specific training on data relevant to your field.
  • Tailored architecture optimized for your requirements.
  • Metrics that matter for your objectives, not generic benchmarks.
  • Data efficiency: strong performance from smaller datasets.
  • Integration support so the model fits your workflows.

  • Privacy compliance for regulated industries.
  • Data augmentation to overcome limited data.
  • Edge-case testing for robust models.
  • Balanced datasets to address class imbalance.
  • Software testing without exposing sensitive data.

  • Methodological innovation that sets your proposal apart.
  • Enhanced data analysis surfacing deeper patterns.
  • Interdisciplinary appeal for cross-disciplinary funding.
  • Scalability demonstrating broader impact.

  • Engagement analytics beyond standard metrics.
  • Audience-insight models for content strategy.
  • Content optimization for timing, captions, and hashtags.
  • Growth prediction and competitive analysis.

It varies by scope, complexity, and duration. Typical ranges:

  • Project-based: $5,000–$75,000
  • Monthly retainer: $3,000–$10,000 / month
  • Consulting sessions: $150–$250 / hour or packages
  • Research grant consultation: from $2,500–$5,000
  • Custom model development: $8,000–$30,000
  • Creator analytics package: from $1,500

Those are starting points. I'll give you a real number once I understand what you actually need.

Next step

See one of these fitting your problem?

Tell me a bit about it and I'll let you know if it's worth pursuing, and roughly what it would take.