How I work

An FDE owns the path from messy workflow to trusted production system.

Forward deployed means I run the whole loop inside your business — not a slide deck, a system carrying real operational responsibility. Most AI fails because it is built before the problem is understood. I run it the opposite way.

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↻ The loop runs again

Decide what should be automated — and what should not.

Deterministic software

When the rules and inputs are predictable.

An agent

When the objective is clear but the inputs, path, or required actions vary.

A human in control

When the decision carries material ambiguity, accountability, or irreversible consequences.

Then prioritize the lengthy, high-volume workflows where the improvement is large enough to matter.

The 30-day plan

One build. Every week adds capability to the same system rather than starting over.

Week 1 · Days 1–7

Audit the workflow and stand up the first agent.

By Day 7, you know which steps become deterministic software, which become agents, and which stay with a person — and a first version runs.

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Week 2 · Days 8–14

Turn the demo into a system that can recover.

By Day 14, the agent produces predictable outputs and resumes after failure.

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Week 3 · Days 15–21

Make the system measurable and economically viable.

By Day 21, you know how it fails, what it costs, and whether it is improving.

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Week 4 · Days 22–30

Deploy it inside the business.

By Day 30, it runs in production — integrated with real data and permissions, with human review and rollback.

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Deployment: make it work inside the business.

Deployment is where software begins carrying operational responsibility.

1

Integrate with what already exists

Build over your current data and systems rather than starting a large replacement project.

2

Test inside a controlled environment

Use a sandbox within your own infrastructure to run, inspect, and debug safely.

3

Increase autonomy gradually

Begin with the smallest useful action and grant more authority only after the system proves reliable.

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