NAVY VETERAN · AI ENGINEER · BS DATA ANALYTICS · BUILDER

Joshua Tibbetts

I build production AI systems that work under constraints
that don't forgive sloppiness.

5 Production Systems
14 Months Building
8 Years Navy
120+ DB Tables

Production Systems

All production. All serving real users. All built solo.

AI OPERATING SYSTEM

IRIS / Telos OS

Multi-persona AI executive assistant. 4 concurrent specialized agents with shared memory, autonomous operations, and 25+ scheduled heartbeat crons running overnight research, maintenance, and synthesis.

4 Agents 120+ Tables 204 Embedded Docs 25+ Crons
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AI FITNESS COACHING

BillyFit

Autonomous AI fitness coach via Telegram. 5-tier deterministic intent routing saves ~70% of API costs. 12-tool agentic coaching loop with forced read-before-respond safety. Zero-LLM crisis handler for safety-critical paths.

5-Tier Intent Routing 70% Cost Savings 12 Tools Real Users
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AI PHONE AGENT

FrontLine

Production voice AI handling live inbound staffing calls. Multi-step agentic workflow: speech-to-text → intent classification → database operations → response generation → text-to-speech. Automated screening, resume intake, job matching.

Live Calls 5-Step Pipeline Auto-Screening $3.26/day avg
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Frameworks & Methodology

I don't just build. I think about how to build.

Z-Based Design

Start with the most powerful AI model available. Progressively shift to cheaper and more deterministic solutions as the problem stabilizes. Let intelligence find the shape, then harden it.

Steersman Build Method

Define. Delete. Ship. Measure. Trust + Release. Five steps. No sixth. Every system I build follows this cycle.

Human Context Protocol

Structured context delivery for AI systems. The difference between an AI that knows what to do and one that asks.

The Lattice Ontology

Node, Lattice, Mesh — Beer's Viable System Model made nameable. One node type, two modes. The system doesn't change; your ability to see it does.

Live RAG Demo

A business advisor built on Hormozi's published frameworks. Real vector search. Real retrieval scores. Real cost tracking.

LIVE

ACQ Advisor

Ask it about offers, pricing, leads, or scaling. Watch the pipeline metrics in real time.

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From Submarines to AI

2011

Teen Mania Ministries

Straight out of high school. Call center → grounds supervisor → warehouse manager. Learned leadership by doing the work nobody else wanted.

2016

US Navy — Nuclear Submarines

Electrician's Mate Nuclear. SSBN-733 USS Nevada. Qualified Engineering Watch Supervisor, QAI, N14S. Ranked #1 E-5 aboard. Used data analysis to drive training quality, enabling the boat to pass ORSE. Kept handwritten notebooks full of AI system architectures during off-watch hours.

2022

Naval Base Guam — RADCON

Radiological Controls Technician. Led the team that certified the base for emergency nuclear operations. Planned and executed drills. Documented everything.

2024

Honorable Discharge → Builder

Separated September 2024. The submarine notebooks finally had a runtime. Started building immediately.

2025

Ascent AI Automations

BS Data Analytics (WGU, 2026). 5 production AI systems in 14 months. BillyFit, IRIS, FrontLine, JobLink, ACQ Advisor. The throughline is systems — understanding them, building them, making them work under constraints that don't forgive sloppiness.

Let's build something.

Port Orchard, WA — building things that work.