Guy P.

AI Consultant | Agentic AI, AI Development, Full-Stack Developer

AI & Custom Software Development | LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI | Expert-Vetted I love helping businesses build kick-ass AI and custom software products. That passion has helped earn Valere an Expert-Vetted Top 1% badge on Upwork. I'm Guy, CEO and founder of Valere. Before starting Valere, I spent 15+ years building, consulting on, and launching consumer software products, including two acquisitions,one involving an app with 15 million users. Today, I help companies build better software and put AI to work in meaningful ways. We start by understanding your workflows, systems, people, and goals. Then we design and build around that context, whether you're launching a product, automating a process, modernizing software, or helping your team adopt AI. We define success around business outcomes and make sure your team can use what we build. Our experience spans 300+ production deployments and $900M+ in measured client impact. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, Johns Hopkins University, United Rentals, Mars, iHeartMedia, and CarShield. Platforms we've built have helped clients raise $70M+ in venture and institutional funding. WHAT MY TEAM BUILDS ✔ AI agents & workflow automation: Systems that automate business processes, coordinate tasks, and connect with your existing tools. ✔ LLM applications & RAG systems: AI assistants, enterprise knowledge search, and applications grounded in your company's documents and data. ✔ Custom software & SaaS platforms: Business applications, customer-facing products, and enterprise platforms, from discovery through production. ✔ Web applications: Websites, dashboards, portals, and platforms built with React, Next.js, Angular, and Vue. ✔ Mobile applications: Native and cross-platform apps built with React Native, Flutter, Swift, and Kotlin. ✔ Machine learning & data solutions: Predictive analytics, NLP, computer vision, and data pipelines. ✔ Integration & modernization: APIs, connected applications, cloud migrations, and upgrades to existing software. ✔ UX/UI & product design: Discovery, user research, accessible interfaces, prototypes, and design systems. ✔ Cloud infrastructure & DevOps: Deployment, scalable infrastructure, managed operations, and ongoing maintenance. Core technologies include Python, Node.js, .NET, PHP, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, and dbt. WHO I WORK WITH Venture-backed startups, PE-backed companies, mid-market businesses, and Fortune 500 enterprises across healthcare, finance, sports, fitness, education, and other industries. You might have a product idea, a process slowing your team down, software you've outgrown, or an AI initiative that needs to move beyond a prototype. We help you define the next step and deliver it. WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE US ⭐ Business understanding before development. We learn your operations, users, and goals before recommending what to build. ⭐ Clear measures of success. We define outcomes upfront so you can see how the work supports your business. ⭐ One partner through the full lifecycle. Strategy, discovery, design, engineering, deployment, training, and ongoing improvement. ⭐ Production experience. Hundreds of deployments, from early-stage products to platforms used by established enterprises. ⭐ A multidisciplinary team. 225+ global professionals across AI strategy, data science, engineering, UX/UI, and product management, with U.S.-based oversight and 24/7 global coverage. ⭐ Practical training. We help your people use AI in their daily workflows. ⭐ Recognized expertise. Upwork Expert-Vetted Top 1%, AWS Advanced Tier partnership, and recognition from Clutch and G2. HOW WE HELP COMPANIES BECOME AI-FIRST Understand: Identify opportunities, capture business context, assess readiness, and define a practical roadmap. Dactic helps capture the knowledge behind your workflows and decisions. Build: Design, develop, integrate, and deploy AI and custom software through Valere Labs. Adopt: Help your team use the technology through Valere Learning, role-specific training, AI coaching, and ongoing improvement. You have one partner connecting business strategy, development, and adoption, with each stage informed by what we learn about your company. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM ME I care deeply about what we ship. You'll get honest recommendations, clear communication, and a team that takes on work we know we can deliver well. Our hiring, engineering, design, and QA processes have been refined over years of building real products. We bring that experience to your project while staying focused on what your business needs. There's a lot of heart that goes into building something impactful. That's the part I love. Tell me what you're building or which process you're trying to improve. Send me a message, and let's talk through the next step.