Taking on 1–2 pilot projects this quarter

I build the AI systems your company talks about but hasn't shipped.

I'm a software engineer and AI architect who builds AI automation systems for growing companies — real, working software, not training slides or a strategy deck. We start with one workflow and prove it in two weeks.

Fixed-scope pilot: map your highest-friction workflow, ship one working automation
2 weeksstart to finish
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Software engineer & AI architect
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Working system, not a slide deck
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No obligation call
Get a free 15-min call
Tell me where your team spends time on manual, repetitive work. I'll tell you exactly what I'd build first — no pitch, no obligation.
I respond within one business day
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You're on my calendar.
I'll reach out within one business day to set up a time. Looking forward to learning about your team's workflow.
How it works

Four steps from conversation to working system

No lengthy discovery process, no procurement cycle, no strategy deck before anything gets built.

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We talk for 15 minutes
You describe where your team loses time to manual, repetitive work. I listen for the highest-friction workflow.
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I scope one pilot
A fixed 2-week engagement scoped to your workflow. One real workflow, one working deliverable — no ambiguity.
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I build it — and it works
I write the code myself. On delivery day, the automation runs live, in front of your team, doing the actual job.
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We decide what's next
If it's worth continuing, we move to an ongoing engagement — more automations, maintained and expanded monthly.
The offer

One fixed-scope pilot. One real deliverable.

Not a retainer, not a discovery workshop, not a roadmap. A working piece of software your team can see and use.

The 2-week pilot
Scoped to your workflow on the call — no pricing menu
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    I map your team's highest-friction manual workflow
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    I design and build one real automation around it
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    It's live and working in front of your team by day 14
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    You own it — I write the code, not a template
Every business is different, so I quote after I understand the actual workflow — not off a rate card.
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Tight, not vague
The pilot targets one workflow, not "AI transformation." That's what makes two weeks realistic.
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Built, not advised
I'm a software engineer and AI architect — I write the automation myself. No handoff to a separate dev team.
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A sales tool for the real work
If the pilot proves out, it becomes an ongoing engagement — building and maintaining more automations over time.
Who I work with

Companies with 10–100 employees and real manual bottlenecks

Professional services
Distribution & logistics
Manufacturing
Healthcare admin
Insurance & financial services
Any team drowning in quoting, scheduling, or document work
You're a strong fit if there's a decision-maker I can talk to directly — an owner or leader, not a procurement layer — and your team has clearly manual, repetitive work: quoting, scheduling, follow-up, document processing, reporting. You probably have zero internal AI capability today. That's the gap I fill.
About me

I'm a software engineer and AI architect with years of experience building production-grade systems. I take on a small number of AI implementation projects outside my day job — real, hands-on builds, not slideware.

I'm not a consultant who outsources the work or hands you a strategy document. I write the code myself. That means what you get after two weeks is something that actually runs — built by someone who ships software for a living.

I keep the pilot scope tight on purpose. One workflow, one working system, two weeks. If it proves out, that's the foundation for an ongoing partnership — not the other way around.

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Software engineer & AI architect, not a slide-deck advisor
Years of professional software engineering experience designing and building AI systems — I architect and build it myself, end to end.
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Pacific Northwest based
Local, available, accountable. Not an offshore team you'll never talk to again.
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Two weeks, fixed scope
Not a multi-month engagement with no clear end. You'll see a working result by day 14.
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Scoped to your workflow, not a menu
No rate card. I quote the pilot after I understand what's actually manual on your team.
Let's talk

Find out what's worth
building first

Drop your name and email. I'll reach out to schedule 15 minutes — no agenda, no pitch, no obligation.

or reach me directly
(509) 724-0210 Stephen.Thoen@pnwaiautomations.com
Got it — talk soon.
I'll reach out within one business day to find a time that works.