# David Edwards

> David Edwards is the AI Strategist at Colorado State University. He turns "we should do something with AI" into systems people actually use, and the governance and adoption that make them stick.

Every project and post is available as raw markdown by appending `.md` to its URL.
Full site content in one file: https://davidedwards.ai/llms-full.txt

## Projects

- [David's Brain](https://davidedwards.ai/projects/davids-brain.md): 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.
- [CSU AI Gateway](https://davidedwards.ai/projects/csu-ai-gateway.md): 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.
- [AI Strategy & Governance](https://davidedwards.ai/projects/ai-strategy-governance.md): 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.
- [OpenAlex MCP Server](https://davidedwards.ai/projects/openalex-mcp.md): An MCP server that lets campus AI agents query the OpenAlex scholarly database live, instead of guessing from documents somebody uploaded last semester.
- [Campus AI Agents](https://davidedwards.ai/projects/campus-agents.md): Production knowledge agents for university teams, and the method that keeps them answering accurately instead of confidently.

## Writing

- [Responsible AI governance should create safe paths to yes](https://davidedwards.ai/writing/responsible-ai-governance-should-create-safe-paths-to-yes.md): 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](https://davidedwards.ai/writing/what-the-cpr-summit-taught-me-about-ai-and-compliance.md): 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](https://davidedwards.ai/writing/why-this-site-exists.md): 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.
- [What the Microsoft Foundry Claude question actually taught us](https://davidedwards.ai/writing/what-the-microsoft-foundry-claude-question-actually-taught-us.md): Data governance at a university isn't one problem. It's legal risk, technical residency, and trust, all wearing the same trench coat.

## Contact

- Email: david@davidedwards.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidedwardsweb/
- GitHub: https://github.com/doofusdavid