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    Los Angeles · Founder & Managing Director | Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

    I build software worth using.

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    Jay Burgess, illustrated portrait
    Jay Burgess · Founder & Managing Director | Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
    $50M+

    Verified client results across a fifteen-year career.

    From Fortune 500 transformation to production agentic AI for regulated organizations, every engagement converges on measurable commercial results.

    $50M+
    Career Impact
    $2.7M
    Client Impact
    15+
    Years Experience
    MBA · MS
    Graduate Education
    Track record

    Where the work was done.

    Confidential Client

    Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

    Designed and built a production agentic AI platform from the ground up, governing complex regulatory decisions for a regulated organization. One of the first production deployments of agentic AI architecture at this scale.

    • $2.7M revenue generated via automated compliance governance and audit-ready reporting
    • Built a multi-agent orchestration layer handling complex regulatory decision trees with full audit trails
    • Designed a System Inventory and User Management Registry for the VP of Compliance & QA
    • Evaluated and negotiated enterprise AI vendor contracts; client held MSA leverage throughout
    • Developed BurgessEval, a proprietary evaluation framework for measuring LLM compliance accuracy

    Revuity Systems

    Founder & Managing Director | Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

    Founded and operate an operational systems company serving clients across growth, finance, and mission-critical operations. Function is the primary revenue engine, delivered through Forward Deployed Engineering; Helm and CollabX are selective secondary services.

    • Deployed production AI systems for multiple clients including Dr. York's SRLP equity leadership platform
    • Built a full Founder Operating System and Company Operations Manual (McKinsey-style, SCR framing)
    • Developed and maintains a growing catalog of vertical SaaS products including VoltIQ, WealthOS
    • Formalized build stack: Claude Code as primary development infrastructure with Supabase + Netlify

    P3 Cost Analysts

    Strategic Advisor

    Managed a 75-client advisory portfolio spanning cost reduction, vendor negotiation, and operational data analysis across multiple industries. Built proprietary analytical frameworks used across client engagements.

    • Managed and grew a 75-client consulting portfolio simultaneously
    • Delivered measurable cost reduction outcomes across healthcare, hospitality, and retail verticals
    • Built repeatable analytical playbooks for procurement optimization and vendor benchmarking

    Adobe

    Enterprise Engagement

    Data Science & Revenue Analytics

    • 86% reduction in reporting turnaround time via automated analytics pipeline redesign
    • Built revenue attribution models for SaaS subscription products
    • Delivered executive-facing dashboards and decision-support tooling

    Walmart

    Enterprise Engagement

    Data Science & Pricing Strategy

    • 37% improvement in project completion rate via process redesign and analytical tooling
    • Built ML-assisted pricing and markdown optimization models for retail inventory management
    • Contributed to $50M+ portfolio of documented commercial impact

    Araya Rose

    Advisory Engagement

    Data Architect · Management Consultant

    Designed enterprise data systems and advised senior data teams, with every engagement measured against a single standard: less spend and less time.

    • Architected data systems end to end, from ingestion and modeling through reporting and decision support
    • Advised senior data and analytics teams on architecture, tooling, and delivery practices
    • Focused engagements on cutting cost and cycle time by streamlining operations and removing redundant infrastructure
    The standard

    The architect who scopes the work is the architect who ships it.

    Active builds

    What's in production.

    Production · Confidential Client

    Compliance Decision Support System

    AI Governance · Regulated Industries

    A production agentic compliance decision engine governing complex regulatory workflows for a regulated organization. Combines multi-agent orchestration, LLM-powered document analysis, and full audit trail generation into a single governed platform. $2.7M in new client revenue generated within three months. Built using the CoALA architecture pattern with custom evaluation frameworks (BurgessEval) for compliance accuracy measurement.

    Active Development

    VoltIQ

    Vertical Data Intelligence

    AI-powered business intelligence platform for vertical market operators. Designed for teams that need fast answers from their operational data without a full data engineering stack.

    Active Development

    WealthOS

    Financial Intelligence · Private

    A personal and family wealth operating system. Portfolio tracking, wealth-building scenarios, and decision support for high-income earners building long-term asset structures.

    Active · Client

    SRLP Platform. Dr. York

    Equity Leadership Development

    AI-augmented leadership archetype inventory and development platform for equity-centered practitioners. Full-stack build with assessment engine and personalized reporting.

    The company

    Revuity Systems

    LA-BASED · SYSTEMS COMPANY · EST. 2022

    Revuity Systems is built on a deliberate thesis: stability over reach. Not a growth-at-all-costs agency. Not a dev shop. A precision operator, one founder, Claude Code as build infrastructure, referral-only systems practice, and a growing catalog of self-serve vertical software tools.

    Every product and client engagement runs through the same principle: build systems that outlast the people who build them. That means documented architecture, governed AI behavior, and business logic that doesn't live in someone's head.

    Credentials

    Education & certifications.

    Graduate Education

    MBA. Organizational Management

    Eastern University

    Graduate Education

    M.S. Data Science

    Eastern University

    Graduate Education

    M.Ed. Education

    Loyola Marymount University

    Graduate Education

    AI Engineering

    Harvard University

    Certification

    Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer

    Microsoft

    Certification

    Databricks Data & AI

    Databricks

    Certification

    Certified Agentic Engineer

    Revuity Systems

    Operating principle

    Build systems that outlast the people who build them.

    Stability over reach. Fewer clients, longer engagements, deeper outcomes. Documented architecture over tribal knowledge. Governed AI behavior over vibe-based deployment.

    A note from the founder

    A system's value isn't in how new it is. It's in whether you can rely on it. I've watched organizations fall in love with the technology and forget to build the guardrails that keep it honest. That gap is where most AI projects fail.

    My practice is built around a different frame: stability over reach. Fewer clients, longer engagements, deeper outcomes. Documented architecture over tribal knowledge. Governed AI behavior over vibe-based deployment.

    The goal is always the same: when I'm done, the system runs. When I leave, it still runs. That's the brief.

    Jay Burgess, illustrated portrait
    Jay BurgessFounder & Managing Director | Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

    Los Angeles native. 15+ years across Walmart, Adobe, and enterprise systems. Builds companies and the systems that run them.

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    Let's build something worth building.

    Email jay@revuitysystems.com