AI Product Consultancy

Bringing philosophical rigor to AI development

Expert guidance for organizations building AI systems with purpose and precision

Experience that matters

With over 20 years building products across SaaS, digital signage, and enterprise communications, I bring a perspective grounded in both philosophical rigor and practical execution.

I co-founded Automotive Broadcasting Network, a national SaaS media platform powering 12,000+ automotive endpoints across interactive systems, digital signage, and OEM networks, and led it through acquisition by Spectrio. As VP of Product Management at Spectrio, I spearheaded platform consolidation across multiple legacy systems, modernized our flagship CMS with AI-enhanced workflows and advanced analytics, and directed product strategy across the company's SaaS and digital-experience platforms.

Today, I'm deeply immersed in AI—researching, prototyping, and developing practical applications that connect emerging technology to real operational value. I help organizations design intelligent product ecosystems and go-to-market strategies that elevate customer experience without sacrificing sustainability or thoughtfulness.

R.J. Orndorff LLC

How I can help

AI Strategy & Product Planning

Strategic guidance on where and how AI can genuinely improve your operations, avoiding hype and focusing on measurable outcomes.

Operational Intelligence Tools

Building custom AI assistants and workflow automation that help teams work more effectively and make better decisions.

Technical Product Leadership

Interim leadership and advisory for teams navigating complex technical product decisions and organizational change.

R.J. Orndorff LLC

Current Work

PM Operations Copilot

Agentic assistant exploring the boundaries between human judgment and machine orchestration in complex project management. Automates meeting intelligence and status aggregation while preserving the critical human role in risk assessment and stakeholder navigation—investigating what aspects of leadership can be augmented versus what must remain irreducibly human.

Multi-agent orchestration · Claude · Function calling

Currently exploring pilot opportunities with enterprise teams · Request GitHub Access →

Email Intelligence Platform

Knowledge archaeology for the digital age. Transforms 20 years of Apple Mail archives into searchable intelligence, raising fundamental questions about memory, context, and the persistence of knowledge. What patterns emerge when we can finally search our entire communicative history? What does it mean to "know" something that exists only in our past correspondence?

Vector embeddings · Semantic search · ChromaDB

Production prototype - exploring enterprise applications · Request GitHub Access →

Retail Automotive Marketing Agent

Examining the tension between scale and authenticity in local marketing. Manages web properties, advertising, and campaigns across hundreds of dealerships while preserving the local character that makes each one distinct—exploring whether personalization at scale is genuine or performative.

Image generation · Content synthesis · SEO optimization

In development - leveraging 15+ years of automotive industry expertise · Request GitHub Access →

M&A Due Diligence AI Agent

Epistemological experiment in automated analysis. Ingests virtual data rooms to perform comprehensive due diligence while confronting the limits of pattern recognition without lived experience. Where does machine analysis end and human judgment begin? What risks are visible only to those who've built companies, not just those who've read about them?

Document parsing · Cross-reference mapping · Structured extraction

Early prototype - focused on buy-side PE/VC use cases · Request GitHub Access →

JobScout 1.0

Investigating information asymmetry in hiring markets. As candidates and companies both adopt AI, does the system move toward equilibrium or simply escalate a new arms race? Autonomous agents continuously analyze and score opportunities across multiple sources using semantic similarity and multi-factor evaluation. The open question is whether algorithmic matching can enhance human agency—or whether optimization inevitably compresses individuals into searchable variables.

Agentic job discovery · Vector embeddings · Claude API · Multi-factor scoring

Private beta - Built by a PM for PMs who value quality over quantity · Request GitHub Access →

Philosophical Text Reading Companion

AI-enhanced deep reading that respects the irreplaceable value of struggle with difficult texts. Provides scaffolding without shortcuts—context-aware explanations and Socratic dialogue that make dense philosophical works accessible while preserving the cognitive effort required for genuine understanding. Can AI help us think more deeply, or does it only help us think faster?

Contextual retrieval · Argument tracing · Dialectical prompting

Concept exploration - bridging rigorous philosophy with AI-enhanced learning · Request GitHub Access →

Active Research

Exploring AI applications in operational intelligence, supply chain visibility, and technical workflow automation. Focus on tools that solve real problems without creating new ones.

R.J. Orndorff LLC
R.J. Orndorff LLC

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