AI Strategist, Colorado State University
I make AI work inside a university.
Governance and gateways, committees and commits. I'm the person campus calls when "we should do something with AI" has to become something people actually use.
Selected work
All projects →CSU AI Gateway
A self-service portal that gets university researchers API access to frontier AI models, with hard budget caps and automatic chargeback billing. A vending machine for API keys, minus the surprise invoices.
LiteLLM · FastAPI · React · Azure AI Foundry
AI Strategy & Governance
The half of the job that doesn't fit in a repo: governance that makes real decisions, guidance people actually follow, and enough allies that adoption doesn't depend on one person.
Governance · Policy · Data classification · Change management
David's Brain
A self-hosted memory system that every AI assistant I use shares. Claude, ChatGPT, and my own agents all read and write the same brain. Mine.
MCP · Postgres · pgvector
OpenAlex MCP Server
An MCP server that lets campus AI agents query the OpenAlex scholarly database live, instead of guessing from documents somebody uploaded last semester.
MCP · Python · Azure Container Apps
Campus AI Agents
Production knowledge agents for university teams, and the method that keeps them answering accurately instead of confidently.
Agent platforms · RAG · Knowledge design
02 — Writing
Field Notes.
Responsible AI governance should create safe paths to yes
Good AI governance does more than say no to risky tools. It gives people a safe way to do the work they were going to do anyway.
What the CPR Summit taught me about AI and compliance
A room full of compliance professionals. A show of hands. And a gap between what AI can do and what's actually being used.
Why this site exists
A place to show the work, write down what building it taught me, and prove that 'AI Strategist' is a real job and not just a LinkedIn title.