Dane L.

I helped grow recurring revenue for a nonprofit training organization from approximately $1,500 to $10,000 per month while building the operational systems needed to support that growth. For more than a decade, I have helped innovators turn complex ideas into practical products, processes and systems. My background spans mechanical engineering, product development, market research, software development and business automation. I approach automation the same way I approach an engineering problem: understand the requirements, identify the bottleneck, build the smallest useful solution, test it and improve it based on real results. My work has included: • Evaluating thousands of market and licensing opportunities through automated research workflows • Producing and submitting more than 80 product sell sheets to major consumer brands within one week • Developing technical documentation supporting intellectual-property filings, product pitches and licensing discussions • Building enrollment, payment, contact-management and event systems for a nonprofit organization • Creating structured software workflows for complicated healthcare intake and authorization processes • Teaching product development and design methods to mechanical-engineering students at Cal Poly I can help with: • Business-process and workflow automation • Custom internal tools, dashboards and web applications • Market and competitive-research systems • Lead generation and CRM pipeline automation • AI-assisted documentation, reporting and content workflows • Airtable, N8n, Make automation and Google Workspace integrations • Python, Django, PostgreSQL and React development • Product-development and engineering workflow systems My engineering background is particularly valuable when a project involves physical products, manufacturing, technical data or a process that is too specialized for a generic automation template. I do not begin by proposing a massive software platform. I start by identifying the most expensive or repetitive part of the workflow and building the smallest useful system that improves it. Send me a description of the process, bottleneck or project you are working through, and I will help determine the most practical first step.