The Work · AI Workbench

AI Workbench & Certification Stack

28 years building at the frontier of every technology era — now verified by five industry-recognized AI certifications from Microsoft, IBM, Google, AWS, and DeepLearning.AI.

The Five Major Stars

The AI Certification Stack

Five verifiable credentials spanning generative AI, fundamentals, productivity, cloud deployment, and frontier agentic AI — the signals that separate practitioners from tourists. Click a star.

Microsoft & LinkedIn Learning✓ Verified

Career Essentials in Generative AI

Generative AI foundations, responsible AI practices, Microsoft Copilot tools. LinkedIn Learning credential with verifiable digital badge.

How I use this: Copilot integration across my development environment. Responsible AI practices applied to every product I ship — from McTweak.ai's student-facing code environment to CourtKraken's client data handling.

IBM SkillsBuild✓ Verified — Credly

AI Fundamentals

Natural language processing, machine learning, deep learning, and AI ethics. IBM SkillsBuild credential with Credly-hosted verifiable digital badge.

How I use this: The formal foundations behind the AI agents I orchestrate daily. Understanding NLP and ML at the architecture level means I don't just use these tools — I understand why they work and when they'll fail.

Google — Coursera✓ Verified — Coursera

AI Essentials

Prompting mastery, AI productivity workflows, and responsible AI. Coursera credential. Access to Google's 150+ company hiring consortium for career certificate graduates.

How I use this: Gemini is a core part of my multi-agent workflow. This certification validates the prompting discipline and AI productivity practices that let me deliver "Good, Fast, AND Cheap" — all three, simultaneously.

Amazon Web Services✓ Verified — AWS

Certified AI Practitioner

Foundation models, security, machine learning fundamentals, and cloud AI deployment. The most targeted credential for IT and cloud-integrated roles.

How I use this: Bridges AI fluency with cloud deployment infrastructure — the technical layer behind Forward Deployment Engineering. Paired with Google AI Essentials, this signals exactly what employers seek in 2026: AI fluency + cloud AI deployment capability.

DeepLearning.AI · Andrew Ng✓ Verified — Coursera

Agentic AI

Autonomous multi-step AI execution, agent orchestration, and frontier AI capabilities. The cutting-edge credential most professionals won't encounter for another 1–2 years. Andrew Ng's name carries significant weight with technical hiring managers.

How I use this: This is my daily workflow. I orchestrate multi-agent AI systems across Claude, GPT, and Gemini to architect, develop, test, and deploy full-stack applications. This credential validates the frontier methodology that lets me operate as a one-person engineering team with enterprise-grade output.

"Research from 2026 indicates that recognized AI certificates result in measurably stronger employer callback rates compared to listing 'AI skills' without a credential. These five certifications are not decorations — they are verifiable signals that I operate at the cutting edge of the AI-integrated workforce."— AI certification research, labor market analysis

28 Years at the Frontier

I didn't adopt AI. I've been here all along.

Building at the frontier of each technology era since 1996. AI is the latest — and most powerful — wave.

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1996 – 2002

Web 1.0

Built the original NOAA/NMFS website. HTML, databases, network administration, interactive web components. Before "web developer" was a job title.

2000 – 2013

Flash / Interactive

ActionScript, Flash, interactive curriculum. Created FlexMath — adaptive learning software that produced record-breaking achievement gains. Before anyone called it "EdTech."

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2013 – 2023

Modern Web

HTML5, JavaScript, Canvas, PHP, MySQL. Ported FlexMath to modern stack. Built school CS programs. Unity, Unreal, Blender, Adobe Creative Suite.

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2023 – Present

AI-Native

Claude, GPT, Gemini, Copilot. Agentic multi-agent workflows. 5 AI certifications. Building and shipping production software at 10× speed.

"In 2005, FlexMath took years to build in PHP and MySQL. In 2025, I built CourtKraken in weeks. Same quality. Same rigor. 10× the speed. The AI certification stack validates the methodology that makes this possible."

The Agentic AI Workflow

Six steps, orchestrated

How I orchestrate multi-agent AI systems to architect, develop, test, and deploy full-stack applications — typically delivering production-quality software 5–10× faster than traditional development cycles.

1

Architect

Claude (Anthropic) for strategic design, system architecture, and complex reasoning

2

Build

GPT / Copilot (OpenAI / Microsoft) for rapid code generation, iteration, and debugging

3

Create

Gemini (Google) for content generation, visual assets, and creative problem-solving

4

Deploy

Ship to production via Cloudflare Pages, managed hosting, cloud infrastructure (AWS)

5

Measure

Data-driven assessment — the same rigor that produced CDE-verified FlexMath results

6

Iterate

AI-assisted optimization, feature expansion, and continuous improvement with real users

Good, Fast, and Cheap.

The old adage that in software you can only pick two has been shattered by this agentic AI workflow. I deliver all three — and the five certifications above validate the methodology that makes it possible.

The Proof

What I can build you in a week

With my AI-integrated workflow, I build and deploy in one week what used to take a team of five engineers a quarter.

A Complete CRM Platform

CourtKraken — scheduling, student management, analytics. Live at courtkraken.com

A Full CS Curriculum

McTweak.ai — complete course with character ecosystem and interactive coding environment

A Business Web Platform

Evolution Tennis Academy — website, software, and pedagogical infrastructure

A Multi-Page Portfolio Site

This website — responsive design, 15 positions, 16 references — built in a single session

Interactive Coding Environments

Code Tweaker — desktop and mobile versions for students to learn by modifying real programs

5AI Certifications · MS · IBM · Google · AWS · DL.AI
5Production Products Currently Live
28Years Building at the Frontier
10×Development Speed vs. Traditional Cycles

Complete Technical Inventory

Every tool in the working stack

AI & Agentic Workflow

Claude (Anthropic)GPT (OpenAI)Gemini (Google)Copilot (Microsoft)Prompt EngineeringAgent OrchestrationResponsible AI

Languages & Web Development

JavaScriptHTML5CSS3PHPMySQL / SQLPythonC++ActionScriptTailwind CSSCanvas / WebGL

Creative & Production

PhotoshopPremiere ProAfter EffectsAdobe AnimateVideo ProductionBlender (3D)

Game Engines & Interactive

UnityUnreal EngineRoblox StudioGDevelop5GameMaker Studio 2

Platforms & DevOps

AWSCloudflare PagesGitVS CodeNetwork Admin

Pedagogy & Coaching

Direct InstructionInductive PedagogyCurriculum DesignWorkshop PedagogyInstructional CoachingModel TeachingData-Driven Assessment

Certifications & Credentials

USPTA #83949PTR #117513ACE CertifiedCA Credential: MathCA Credential: Econ

The combination is the differentiator

Most people with AI certifications have never shipped a product. Most people who ship products don't have verified AI credentials. I have both — plus 28 years of deployment receipts, a Master's in Education Technology, and 16 professional references who will confirm all of it.

Full Resume Project Portfolio 16 References