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Hi, I'm Lonna.
So nice to meet you.

AI Engineer
Production MCP tooling · evaluated AI systems · operational data layers
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A little about me

I like building things that
make life easier.

I make messy work feel easier. I'm drawn to the messy middle — the place where ideas, people, tools, and unfinished processes all meet.

My path has moved through training, business ownership, project work, operations, and now AI systems. At every stop, I found myself doing the same thing: watching how work really happens, noticing where things could be more efficient, and building something that makes the job easier.

These days that means engineering AI infrastructure: a schema-driven tool server that gives language models safe, validated access to live data, agentic workflows that select tools and preserve state, and deterministic pipelines that turn raw field telemetry into something a model can trust. AI-assisted development is my default workflow — I use AI to build AI, and it shows in how fast things ship.

I'm also deepening the foundation formally: currently pursuing my PhD in Artificial Intelligence, because the systems I want to build next deserve more than intuition.

I care about useful things. Tools that answer the question. Systems that make the next step obvious. Technology that feels less like noise and more like assistance.

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AI tools I built, running in production
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clients, in a business I founded
$0K
found in one audit
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languages — English & Kreyòl
Where I've been

Every chapter taught
the next one.

Teaching enterprises

Instructional systems design came first — launching training sites and learning how people genuinely adopt software.

Founding my own thing

A beauty business, built from zero to 140+ clients — the brand, the booking flow, the retention system, all designed in-house.

Leading delivery

Project leadership across 50+ accounts taught the value of looking closely — one careful audit returned $100K to the business.

Engineering with AI

Today it's AI infrastructure — a 31-tool server giving models validated access to live data, agentic workflows in production, and AI-assisted development as the daily default.

Going deeper — PhD in AI

Currently pursuing a doctorate in Artificial Intelligence. The next systems deserve rigor, not just instinct.

What I love

The things I keep
coming back to.

I like the moment when the fog clears. When the messy spreadsheet becomes a clean answer. When a dashboard finally shows the thing everyone kept asking about. When a process that used to take hours suddenly takes minutes.

Useful AI

I'm interested in AI that actually helps — tools that understand the work, check the data, and make decisions easier without adding more noise.

The easier way

Every process has one. Understanding how things work — then making them quicker, lighter, easier — is the part that feels like play.

The lightbulb moment

Designing the guide, the walkthrough, the aha. Teaching is design at its warmest — it's where everything built comes alive.

A little guide

Meet my page guide.
It knows me well.

A friendly little helper, hand-stitched to answer questions about my work. Go ahead — it likes questions. (The full AI systems live in the projects below.)

Hi there! I'm a little guide Lonna stitched together to keep you company while you browse. Happy to share about her AI work, her favorite projects, or what lights her up. What are you curious about?
The work

A few things I've made.
All of them alive.

Real projects — the code, the demos, the stories. Click into whichever kind of proof you like best.

Field Operations Scorecard

Every job scored on health and next action — hundreds of moving pieces, one clear and trusted view.

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312 jobs · 94% on-time
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The need

Leadership wanted one trustworthy answer to "how are the jobs doing?" — available any moment, no meeting required.

The approach

React + Next.js over a deterministic scoring engine — operational telemetry ingested, validated, and ranked so risk surfaces before it costs money.

The result

312 jobs · 94% on-time

Status meetings became status glances.

AI Operations Tooling

A Python/FastMCP service exposing 31 schema-enforced tools to LLM orchestrators — validated, stateful, fully logged.

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31 tool contracts · production
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The need

Language models are only as trustworthy as their context. The system needed verifiable, auditable access to live operational data.

The approach

A Python microservice on FastMCP: strict JSON schema enforcement on every tool contract, source-freshness validation at runtime, and end-to-end execution logging.

The result

31 contracts · 100% auditable

Every model answer traceable to a current, validated source.

Contractor Invoicing

A deterministic ingestion pipeline: GPS-verified time capture validated, structured, and transformed into accounting-ready records.

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$198K · 92% approved
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The need

Field time for a 100+ contractor fleet deserved a smooth path from jobsite to accounting.

The approach

Spatial validation at capture (GPS bounds checking), rule-based payload enrichment (per-diem auto-tagging), and structured export to accounting — clean data in, clean data out.

The result

$198K processed · 92% approved

Weekly invoicing, now a non-event.

Project Prep Command

A readiness engine — crews mobilize informed, equipped, and cleared.

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stage-gated · fleet calc
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The need

Mobilization day goes smoothest when every box is checked before the trucks roll.

The approach

A stage-gated readiness funnel with a 17-truck fleet calculator, telemetry, and weather context built in.

The result

7 segments · 1 green light

Crews arrive ready. Day one runs like day ten.

Mobile Field View

The whole job in a foreman's pocket — status, risk, maps, work orders.

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read-only · any device
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The need

Foremen work on their feet. The full picture should travel with them.

The approach

A fast, read-only React view — job status, material context, maps — that loads beautifully on any phone.

The result

1 pocket · 0 callbacks

The answer is already in hand.

Reporting System

Briefs and reviews that write, design, and send themselves.

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4 cadences · 0 manual hours
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The need

Leadership reads best when the right story arrives at the right rhythm — daily, weekly, monthly.

The approach

Apps Script + Gmail HTML, designed like a publication: clear hierarchy, real signals, scheduled delivery.

The result

4 cadences · 0 manual hours

It sends at 6am. People actually read it.

For the curious

There's a terminal.
Of course there's a terminal.

Try help, story, numbers, kreyol — or, if you're hiring, sudo hire-lonna.

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