Michael L.

I build reliable AI document processing and business process automation systems for teams stuck with manual data entry, fragile workflows, and disconnected tools. Using Python, APIs, and carefully designed review checkpoints, I turn PDFs, forms, reports, and operational data into validated outputs and maintainable workflows. Before I build, I clarify the actual business problem. My senior product-management work with Nike, Momentive (SurveyMonkey), Tektronix, and other organizations helps me turn ambiguous requirements into a workable scope, make sensible technical tradeoffs, and keep stakeholders aligned through delivery. Clients bring me in to: • Automate document-heavy business processes • Extract and validate structured data from PDFs and reports • Stabilize an automation that is unreliable or incomplete • Connect AI models, APIs, spreadsheets, and document outputs • Design human-review steps for workflows where accuracy matters Typical delivery includes: • Python and Flask applications • AI document processing and PDF data pipelines • OpenAI and Anthropic API integrations • Google Sheets and Docs automation with Apps Script • Microsoft Word and VBA output automation • Validation, logging, documentation, deployment, and handoff Recent work includes: • Business process automation for a team improving a repetitive operational workflow • A Python/Flask application for multi-step lab-report PDF analysis • A long-running system that analyzes client test data, creates charts, generates patient-friendly results in the patient's native language, and formats reports in Microsoft Word • AI-assisted Google Sheets and Docs reporting workflows • Mid-project debugging and stabilization of an existing team's automation On Upwork, I'm Expert-Vetted and Top Rated Plus with 100% Job Success and more than $300K earned across 45 jobs. If you have a document-heavy process, fragile automation, or stalled AI initiative, send me the current workflow and the result you need. I'll help identify what should be automated and the most practical way to build it.