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[ ABOUT JOHN ]

I lead AI and technology strategy at Power Digital — building proprietary platforms, deploying enterprise AI tools, and creating the infrastructure that connects them.

[ BACKGROUND ]

SVP of Innovation at Power Digital Marketing, a digital marketing agency with 500+ clients and 900+ employees. I lead AI strategy across the organization — from IRIS (our AI agent orchestrator) to Signal (real-time KPI intelligence) to the MCP Gateway that connects all internal AI systems.

I scaled the innovation team from 2 to 100+ across product, engineering, data science, and operations. My approach: build the cockpit before the copilot — create the data infrastructure and governance frameworks that make AI deliver measurable outcomes, not just impressive demos.

[ APPROACH ]

Cockpit before copilot

Every AI project starts with the data infrastructure. I build the measurement systems, governance frameworks, and feedback loops first — then layer intelligence on top. The AI that ships is the AI that works in production, not in a demo.

Workflow data is the moat

Tooling is not a moat. Every company wrapping models in thin UX is doing table stakes. The advantage is structured operational data across 500+ clients — a knowledge graph that makes every AI system smarter.

Build the MCP, not just the agent

I architected our internal MCP Gateway before connecting to external agent ecosystems. Small, reusable, single-responsibility context servers. Every AI system connects through one endpoint with centralized access control.

[ BY THE NUMBERS ]

100+

PERSON TEAM SCALED

500+

CLIENTS ON PLATFORM

55+

AI CASE STUDIES

80%+

CLAUDE UTILIZATION

[ RECOGNITION ]

AWARDS

  • Bronze Stevie — Technical Professional of the Year
  • San Diego Top Tech Exec Award
  • 3x Top Tech Executive nominee
  • Snowflake Data Cloud Now — AdWeek 2024

CREDENTIALS

  • Cornell Product Management Certificate
  • Optimizely Platform Certification
  • BBA Entrepreneurship, San Diego State University
  • Entrepreneur Mentor, Lavin Entrepreneurship Center