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Why Go Local?

The Shift to Local AI: Why We’re Building The Catalyst Without the Cloud In January 2025, a Chinese AI research group called DeepSeek released a family of open-weight language models that changed the conversation around what’s possible with local, non-cloud AI. DeepSeek-R1 was trained using approximately 2,000 Nvidia… Read More »Why Go Local?

The Catalyst Whitepaper

As the release of DeepSeek and other open-weight LLMs resets expectations around model performance and infrastructure demands, we’re witnessing a shift in how capital is being allocated in the AI arms race. The assumption that running powerful models requires a warehouse of GPUs is starting to crack—and that… Read More »The Catalyst Whitepaper

New Fangled Gadgetry

I Built CI/CD Before It Had a Name They didn’t have names for this when I was doing it. In 2004, I developed a web application deployment process for Campbell-Ewald to replace a chaotic, developer-run system that led to constant broken builds, inconsistencies between environments, and an overall… Read More »New Fangled Gadgetry

Why am I doing this?

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Solid question. I started What Comes Next to answer that question for myself. The Catalyst is the natural extension of that—the spark that moves us from inertia into real transformation. As of February 2025, Generative AI has reached “buzzword” status. Every day, another startup rolls out an old… Read More »Why am I doing this?

Reflecting on a Year of AI and Digital Transformation Lectures

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Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of speaking on AI, digital transformation, and cross-cultural collaboration at multiple industry events. Each presentation deepened my understanding of how organizations struggle with AI adoption—and how those struggles have evolved in just a short time. At the PMI Great Lakes… Read More »Reflecting on a Year of AI and Digital Transformation Lectures