An operator who builds what's next.
I've spent three decades building companies in digital. Every one of them started with a problem I saw from the inside. Today that problem is AI: powerful, cheap to start, and very easy to lose control of.
Why local government, and why now.
Public offices sit on some of the most sensitive data anywhere: court records, property and tax rolls, election systems, and case files. Their staff are already using AI, often without a policy, a budget line, or a way for leadership to see it.
Through Buildtelligence and the ThinkFreely platform, I help cities, counties, and constitutional officers get ahead of that: clear data boundaries, governed tools, cost discipline, and the ability to change providers without rebuilding everything. Responsible AI, done in a way you can explain at a public meeting.
The same discipline built That! Company into the white label partner behind more than 750 agencies: do the work well, protect the client's trust, and build systems that outlast any single vendor.
How the work path unfolded.
President, GTCS
Started in technology as the internet went mainstream.
Vice President of Operations, Pringle Development
Seven years leading operations as an executive in the homebuilding industry.
Founded Buildtelligence Web Solutions
A digital marketing firm, renamed That! Company in 2010.
The white label pivot
Repositioned That! Company to serve agencies, becoming the confidential partner behind their SEO, PPC, social, and reputation work.
Founded ValuedInput
A review and reputation platform for small businesses and agencies.
Buildtelligence & ThinkFreely
Bringing governed, vendor-independent AI to municipalities, counties, and constitutional officers, while That! Company serves 750+ agency partners.
Principles I keep coming back to.
The operating habits behind every company I've built.
The Rule of Sevens
Seven years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes. Priorities get clear fast when you picture the clock running out.
1 + 1 = 3
You can't be your best flying solo. The right team creates more than the sum of its parts.
Consensus through debate
I'd rather be argued with than agreed with. Good decisions survive a real fight.
Follow the thinking.
Think Freely is where I write about what we are learning at Buildtelligence and ThinkFreely, in plain language.