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Daniel Graham
Forward-Deployed Engineer · Enterprise AI Operator
Open to: Leadership, forward-deployed engineering, or contract · Remote or relocate anywhere · Travel is fine

I’m a technical problem solver who can take an ambiguous business problem, work directly with stakeholders, design the architecture, build the frontend and backend, integrate the customer’s existing systems, and get the solution deployed. Proof: 90-day FDE for a commercial earth mover — ChatGPT Enterprise + Claude Enterprise, 14 live production apps, $70K/year vendor overspend found in 30 days. 20+ years Fortune 500 delivery (Eli Lilly, Humana, Southwire, Simon Property Group, State of Indiana). SAFe 5.1, US Army Top Secret clearance background, US citizen. AgentHive Inc. and 70+ production AI apps are supporting proof of build velocity.

Experience
90-Day Enterprise AI Deployment (via First Deploy AI)
2026
Commercial earth-moving company · via First Deploy AI
  • Led a 90-day forward-deployed engagement embedding AI, systems integration & automation across ops, accounting, estimating, sales & field for a heavy-civil construction + trucking operation.
  • Deployed ChatGPT Enterprise and Claude Enterprise company-wide and shipped 14 live production applications across accounting, sales & operational intelligence.
  • Architected integrations across Trimble Vista ERP, B2W, Samsara & Propeller Aero; designed leadership dashboards for real-time operational and financial visibility.
  • Identified $70K/year vendor overspend in first 30 days via MSP cost-benchmark analysis.
Chairman & Founder
Feb 2025 – Present
AgentHive Inc. / First Deploy AI
  • Shipped 70+ production AI applications on Netlify. Run a hybrid human/AI executive team.
  • ClawLock — TypeScript MCP server (14 tools, AES-256-GCM + Ed25519) published to npm. First Deploy AI — done-for-you AI deployment in 48–72 hrs.
  • Portfolio: SocketSnap (CV, live w/ Stripe), AI Pricing Calculators, ClueLySafe (published Chrome ext), ClawScan (agentic pen-testing), HiveBriefcase (W3C DID + Base L2).
Technical Project Manager
Aug 2025 – Feb 2026
KloudStax · Remote
  • Rebuilt a broken PMO into a full-lifecycle PM system for a GCP Premier Partner; built a Salesforce-to-SmartSheets pipeline for real-time leadership tracking.
  • Wrote a custom GPT copilot inside SmartSheets for AI-assisted planning, status generation & data synthesis.
Senior IT Project Manager (Contract)
Apr 2023 – Dec 2024
Fortitude Systems · Healthcare Enterprise
  • Led network-wide Okta / SSO deployment; migrated hundreds of apps. Drove SSO-for-Apps across acquired companies to 76.6% completion — all critical apps but one behind Okta.
  • Spearheaded AWS server migration; cut daily stand-ups from 10–20/wk to 2–3/wk.
Earlier Career
JDC Group / Southwire — Sr. Program Mgr, OT/IoT, greenfield OT network & ICS security (2021–23) · Tata Consultancy Services — Sr. Technical/Business PM, SAFe 5.1 Lean-Agile across Eli Lilly & Humana; Power BI analytics for global pharma manufacturing (2019–21) · Randstad / Eli Lilly — Cisco ISE network security across LRL infrastructure (2017–19) · Anchor Point / Simon Property Group — Cisco Meraki wireless to 120 malls; Allegion enterprise mobility (2015–17) · State of Indiana — infrastructure across 92 county offices, 700 staff (2011–15) · US Army — Special Weapons, Top Secret clearance (1986–88).