ServiceNow

I help businesses transform with the power of AI. Your workflows and data connected with AI is driving real ROI, and I have the distinct privilege of helping to tell that story and kickstart action.

I am delighted to leverage my deep understanding of AI technologies and automation success to enable ServiceNow customers to transform employee and customer experiences, ensuring seamless integration and maximum value from the latest AI innovations. 

As an Advisory Solution Consultant at ServiceNow, I'm part of a team of AI specialists who work to help our clients understand and leverage the latest AI and automation capabilities of the ServiceNow Platform. 

Together, we conduct training sessions, workshops, proofs-of-concept and explorations that explain, demonstrate, and showcase the transformative potential of AI and Intelligent Automation.

Advisory Solution Consultant - AI Specialist

AI MISTAKES

AI MISTAKES is on a mission to foster a shared learning journey through the landscape of artificial intelligence. I demystify AI by illuminating the unexpected outcomes and common missteps that arise when working with these tools. By reframing mistakes as valuable learning opportunities, we aim to build a resilient and curious community of lifelong learners while building essential skills for the future. 

AI MISTAKES is not just about gaining technical proficiency; it's about embracing the trial-and-error process as an essential part of innovation. The goal is to empower individuals and organizations to explore, experiment, and expand their understanding of AI, turning each stumble into a step forward on their AI journey. In addition to sharing knowledge, AI MISTAKES offers tailored guidance to individuals and organizations looking to enhance their AI capabilities and building programs that empower the people at all levels to perform and delivery results using the AI tools, techniques and strategies.

Founder

PepsiCo

Innovation can happen anywhere, and when it does you must foster it, help it develop, and grow! We work with colleagues around the world to activate innovation that extends to all parts of the company. Whether it is Improving the products and capabilities we have, or enabling new ideas for products and capabilities yet to come, we activate success. Great ideas come in so many sizes and even the smallest can have an outsized impact.

With a small team of talented people we are relentlessly striving to empower the people of PepsiCo to perform like never before and in ways never before imagined.  Some of our current avenues of exploration are tech scouting, prototyping, building platforms, growing education through exposition events, and especially facilitating design thinking and ideation sessions.

The part of this work that I find most engaging, is working towards helping others develop continuous improvement practices in whatever they do. It might take the form of new technology, process improvement, culture change, or people engagement at every level. I believe that by encouraging the use of DevOps, agile practices, new ways of working and people empowerment, we will unlock never before seen levels of creativity, productivity and satisfaction while improving peoples lives and bringing ever more smiles to our customers.

Senior Manager - Technology Innovation & Incubation

Across the globe and focusing on optimizing the value stream, I work with partners and providers to deliver cloud and datacenter compute capabilities to our ever changing and innovative business.

I'm currently focused on enabling faster infrastructure delivery and better infrastructure agility, particularly with hybrid cloud computing connectivity to suit the strategic needs of an evolving portfolio of consumer products.  

With an excellent team of experienced architects and engineers, we are developing new solutions that enable better technology solutions in far flung and often remote manufacturing and distribution facilities. 

Beyond being involved in transforming our infrastructure services, I also work toward bridging the divide between operations and application development in order to provide for continuous improvement across our application portfolio. I believe that by encouraging the use of practices typically associated with manufacturing and software development, we can enhance our infrastructure delivery and support disciplines substantially. Coupling developer best practices and best of breed configuration management tooling is a powerful combination allowing incredible productivity gains and faster time to market with rapid delivery of services.

Specialist - Infrastructure Architecture & Engineering

Working with multiple teams across the world to deliver the best of Intel hardware and Microsoft Windows to PepsiCo, striving to develop and engineer flexible and modular enterprise automation. Evangelizing the use of PowerShell across Intel servers and clients as well as working with application teams to drive toward a dev-ops culture. In concert with our worldwide infrastructure management partner, we provide engineering and support for Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012. 

Project initiatives are the biggest part of my responsibility, varying from hardware integration to operational management to infrastructure automation to workload optimization (hardware/virtual/ordering configuration). Integration is probably the most interesting part of the puzzle because there is an incredible diversity of systems and application that need to be brought together.

A key responsibility is working with our multiple sourcing providers to ensure security compliance and best practice implementation. In bringing about a secure and well managed environment, I especially enjoy working directly with hardware and software vendors to ensure our technological future. I get to work with leaders in our industry to bring to bear the latest hardware standards, improve service management, evaluate new hardware, software and cloud solutions.  Partnering with so many different organizations, I frequently provide feedback to vendors on problems and improvements needed as well as ensuring that the vendors are providing solutions that are in the best interest for all involved.

The part I most enjoy about my current role is sharing information with those around me and helping others to understand how they can best leverage the Windows and Intel world to deliver best in class services, analysis and information.

Associate Specialist - Windows Engineering Lead

Windows Server Engineering
   - Developed and Implemented transition plans to move from Dell server hardware to HP server hardware for all new systems.
   - Defined new Intel hardware standards (windows and linux) for implementing new HP Blade and Rack systems
   - Implemented new hardware monitoring system architecture and infrastructure
   - Delivered Windows Server 2008 R2 automated build to support existing Dell hardware and future HP hardware.
   - Implemented automated RAID provisioning as part of automated server build capabilities.
   - Delivered USB based windows installation process to enable worldwide server build capability in low bandwidth locations worldwide.
   - Drove enterprise firmware update agreements to establish business approved 'maintenance window' to improve blade environment stability and performance

Windows Client Engineering
   - Served as consultant as part of a small task force assembled to improve Windows 7 boot performance to speed adoption of the new platform
   - Brought server build 'best practices and lessons learned' over to client build automation to improve delivery quality and speed
   - unified server and client Windows PE environment to implement PXE based install process throughout the enterprise
   - Met with multiple vendors during client hardware RFP process.
   - Evaluated desktop, laptop, ultrabook and tablet systems for RFP process and provided specific rating and details to procurement team to assist with RFP processes and selection.

Responsible for Windows on Intel Engineering
   - Brought together disparate team of server and client windows engineering to build a framework for future build automation.
   - Put together a common PowerShell framework allow for modular build scripting and execution.
   - Worked with a cross-cultural/cross-country team of engineering in 3 separate locations to bring about a successful Windows 7 migration project and Windows Server 2008 R2 platform.

Infrastructure/Operations Senior Analyst - Windows Engineering Lead

Responsible for the enterprise automated server build of Windows Server 2003 and 2008.  
   - Re-engineered the existing OEM OS setup process with flexible hardware agnostic images based process, establishing a long term supportable process through the remainder of the OS life-cycle. 
   - Encouraged the additional and utilization of the Standard 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 to decrease licensing costs but provide for high-memory configurations of hardware.
   - Unified 32-bit installs and 64-bit installs into a single scripted process to further enhance consistency across version (standard, enterprise/32-bit, 64-bit)
   - Unified installation process to be consistent across virtual hardware and physical hardware
   - Built an extensible windows update mechanism to allow progressive and continual windows updates to be added to build configuration upon enterprise approval.
   - Implemented new "build check" process to allow server build tasks to be completed at a lower stage in the provisioning process and ensuring consist build results.

Responsible for the enterprise security standard implementation of Windows Server 2003.
   - Researched, Implemented CIS policy settings across new and existing Windows 2003 servers to achieve the management designated score benchmark using local policy to effect the major change on a server-to-server basis. 
   - During the remediation efforts, over 3000 servers were successfully reconfigured with minimal business impact.

Responsible for enterprise backup, recovery and business continuity capabilities.
   - Engineering an automated installation and configuration process for Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery allowing for a hands-off backup solution.  
   - Completely designed, coded and implemented a cross-platform (windows/unix) automated shutdown and start-up process across 7 different systems to support power interruption at distribution facilities leveraging a UPS comm card.

Associate Analyst - Windows Server Engineer

- Assist with server build development and engineering for Windows Server 2003
- Assist with server build development and engineering for Windows Server 2008
- Provide consulting to application teams for hardware specifications
- Assist with development of an ASP website front-end to collect server order and relevant information and input it to a workflow data software system.
- Assist with security remediation efforts by collecting data
- Develop and keep current all server build documentation
- Update ANSI C code for internal server build components

Contractor: Systems Engineer

Self-employed

Perform a wide variety of services for clients, 
 - network design 
 - system setup and maintenance
 - website hosting
 - website design and maintenance
 - E-commerce website development and solutions
 - PC/server Hardware
 - special project consultation and management
 - Computer education and training
 - database design
 - application development (JAVA/ASP/PHP)
 - backup/disaster recovery planning
 - business intelligence consulting
 - security remediation and compliance consulting

As an independent IT consultant I've worked on solutions large to small. (3 PC through hundreds of PC and several servers; 4 page brochure websites, to large, content managed e-commerce sites). At the end of the day, it's about providing the IT services that a business needs to best utilize computing resources to grow and run.

Information Technology Consultant

Texas Woman's University

• Deployed, administered, maintained and supported the computer/electronic systems of the department.  
• Ensured physical and virtual security of systems.  
• Optimized dispatch computer operations; designed and implemented video and security monitoring station for remote monitoring of campus locations.  
• Planned, designed and implemented computer based emergency alert system as stop-gap measure until direct student notification contractor chosen.  
• Integrated web based parking permit registration system.  
• Initiated RFP for upgrade of new fire/burglary alarm central station receiving computer system. Coordinated implementation of entry access security solution across multiple locations around Texas.
• Worked with state of Texas Department of Public Safety to prepare for next generation federated information system implementation.

Systems Engineer

Conroe Medical Education Foundation

Administer, maintain and support a network of over 75 computers.  Actively troubleshoot problems in the Unix and Windows NT/2000 Server environment.  Other jobs included Internal BI systems for tracking patient visits and several databases for tracking inventory, employees, patient visits, and lab tests.  Rebuilt website for residency program.

Information Systems Manager

Learn from MISTAKES with AI | Tech Transformation | Innovation | Cloud | DevSecOps

Are you struggling to demonstrate the business value of technology?

With over 25 years of experience driving innovation and architecting complex systems, I've seen fantastic technology fail because it did not adequately address the user needs of the people it was built to serve.

I specialize in creating clarity amidst complexity - bridging the gap between technology capabilities and business priorities. My superpower is quickly grasping the heart of ambiguous problems and rallying teams to deliver solutions that create measurable value.

If you are a technology or business leader tired of:

❌ Chasing the latest hype while struggling to justify budgets

❌ Translating technobabble for skeptical executives

❌ Watching projects derailed by misaligned priorities

I can help you cut through the noise to build innovation strategies and technology roadmaps that move the needle for your organization and fully leverage AI and automation.

My approach combines systems thinking, design practices, and technical fluency to:

🎯 Uncover the root causes of business problems

🎯 Rapidly validate solution ideas

🎯 Deliver technology that users love

🎯 Continually optimize to drive outcomes

I've applied this formula to industry leaders like PepsiCo and helped clients build and integrate critical IoT, cloud, data, DevOps, and AI capabilities. 

Let's connect for a discovery call to explore if my expertise can help unlock value in your technology investments.

Daniel Lemire

Tonight I opened the digital factory. 

Friday night is pretty much always creator time.

Most often, that means new video content for YouTube (and here on LinkedIn, and X). 

But tonight, something new is joining the creation workshop. 

This past week, I installed and turned on a brand new state of the art 3D printer, and I’ve already started work on my first project!

My research, analysis, and planning for 2026 to be the year physical AI. So what better way to keep tabs on the latest developments than by enabling brand new hardware that will be able to fully leverage all the great 3D models that we can already generate with AI. 

Just a day ago, Meta released a new Segment Anything model that further helps to separate and capture 3D objects. 

It’s exciting to see what’s coming, and I’m looking forward to some great new opportunities (and the content benefits that come with it) to literally build with AI in 2026. 

Let me know what you would try out if you had the chance, and especially let me know if you’d like to consider partnering up for exploring and building with AI in 2026.

ServiceNow AI Consultant | AI MISTAKES | Transformation | DevOps

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After spending the last several years building apps with AI, it still amazes me how this is even possible. 

I’ve shifted to different apps and solutions over the years, but there's always another new idea that lets me test what’s possible. 

Lately, it’s incredible how little I have to do to finish an app. Most of the time now, I don’t even have to ask it to test the app; it’s already doing it!

So consider this: if there is a small app that solves a specific problem you would be willing to pay $20 or more for, it might be time to try an agentic coding platform.

And if you are already working with ServiceNow, you really must see the Build Agent in action; it’s truly remarkable.

Why do some AI initiatives accelerate while others stagnate?

After working with dozens of enterprises on their AI transformations, I've noticed a pattern that rarely gets discussed:

It's not about the technology...it's about the questions we ask.

Here's what I mean:

Instead of asking "How can we use AI?"
Ask "What problem are we truly trying to solve?"

Instead of "Which AI tool should we buy?"
Ask "How will this create value for our customers?"

Instead of "How much can we automate?"
Ask "Where does human expertise matter most?"

The most successful transformations start with these fundamental questions. They treat AI not as a silver bullet, but as a powerful tool in a broader strategy.

The organizations that thrive don't chase AI for AI's sake. 

Focus on:
• Clear business outcomes
• Employee empowerment
• Customer value creation
• Measured, intentional implementation

AI is a means to an end, not the end itself.

What questions are you asking in your AI journey?

This image reminds me of Thanksgiving celebrations as a kid, and when I look at it, it evokes emotions because it brings back that childhood experience.

Way back when I was in elementary school, Thanksgiving activities included coloring, and they always included a cornucopia.

I have rarely seen a cornucopia in person, and we do not have one in our home, despite it being the regularly used home for Thanksgiving festivities (mainly because we have a table that seats 14). 

Anyway, what's interesting about this image, and the effort I put into generating it with AI, is that in the past, if I had wanted to do this post, it would have taken hours of effort to share this with you in the visceral way that I am doing right now because of image generation.

The image's reality is not the point; your emotional reaction is.

I am using AI to invoke something beyond an image. This is the case with almost anyone who uses AI to generate images or video... It's all about our reaction.

They’re powerful because they make us feel something real.

As we step into this season of gratitude, that's the reminder worth holding onto: Technology can generate the picture, but only people generate meaning.

So if this simple AI cornucopia stirred a memory for you, that's not artificial at all.

That's human, and that's something worth being thankful for.

The results are in, and they speak for themselves.


The G2 community ranked ServiceNow ITSM the leader in nine market categories.

As I was reading through the comments, it’s clear that the platform does what it was engineered to do. No solution is a magic wand, even with the power of AI. 

I have the pleasure of working with our customers every day, showing what's possible and helping drive value, but what I appreciate most is how AI is solving not just problems for the enterprise but also for the platform team. 

From “having a sidekick that takes care of the grunt work” to ensuring “nothing slips through the cracks,” see what users say they love most about our ITSM: 

http://spr.ly/60427NtNA


And before I go, I need you to know that ServiceNow isn’t just winning with ITSM; we’re winning across Enterprise Workflows. 

If the work you do must be done, there's nothing like it for delivering for your employees, customers, and the whole organization.

Benchmarks are NOT reality.

We can argue about which benchmarks matter and how people *feel* about using or interacting with an AI all day long, but this is what we have right now and they are definitely relevant even if they don't tell the whole story.

I have several observations about this latest set of scores:

1.) It gets exciting when all the scores go up

2.) I get concerned when a benchmark hits 100% though, because it means we can no longer effectively compare the performance against that benchmark going forward. 

3.) Check out that ARC-AGI-2 score leap (particularly relevant to agentic AI)

Associate Professor at The Wharton School. Author of Co-Intelligence

Whoa. This new GDPval score for GPT-5.2 is a very big deal.

GDPval is probably the most economically relevant measure of AI ability, suggesting that in head-to-head competition with human experts on tasks that require 4-8 hours for a human to do, GPT-5.2 wins 71% of the time as judged by other humans.

Previous best was under 50%.

Incredible new AI advancements are happening. 

In fact, there has been enough innovation over the last 12 months to last for the next 12 years of tech implementation projects.

Now is the time to take action. 

In 2026, AI pilots will be separated from AI performers. 

Let’s break it down: http://spr.ly/6040CJcgi

Oneiro Technologies, Inc

I founded Oneiro Technologies to provide turn-key automation systems for your e-commerce, distribution, fulfillment, or manufacturing operation.

I developed an innovative approach for warehousing which requires 15% of the labor and 50% of the space. Sound expensive? You might be surprised to hear about a typical 18 month payback.

Oneiro Technologies' purpose is to make innovative material handling solutions accessible to all. I bring robotics, augmented/extended reality, fulfillment software, and AI to operations of all sizes by being lean and having strategic partnerships. We are nimble and able to adapt to your needs.

I have been able to save millions of dollars per year for distribution and fulfillment operations by pursuing technology that truly works. It isn't easy to be cutting edge but it's my passion to develop a trusting relationship with both our clients and our suppliers.

I can offer what most can't...a world class solution fit to the needs of your operation with focus and agility.

Founder & CEO

ShipStork

ShipStork is a new type of 3PL fulfillment business.

Built from the ground up with a tech forward approach. We embrace automation and use it curate an amazing merchant experience. 

The consumer is our main focus. We will delight every step of the way from the time the order is placed until it is received. If it needs to be returned we make that a delight as well.

I believe this is what the fashion industry needs, tech forward fulfillment.

Stay tuned as we share the journey.

Co-Founder

DCS - Designed Conveyor Systems LLC

DCS is a great organization with an amazing close knit culture. 

My role here was to concept and sell cutting edge automation systems for e-commerce warehouses. Some people called my ideas crazy, some loved them. It was fun keeping the team on their toes. 

Together we built some amazing things through solid partnerships with OEM suppliers and clients alike.

We did a lot, providing fully integrated systems encompassing high speed pouch, case, tote & pallet 
handling. This included accumulation, merging, sortation, distribution, order fulfillment, inspection, verification, high density storage, WMS interfacing, truck loading & unloading, and robotic deployment.

I left DCS because it was just time to pursue my own crazy dreams of founding my own business.

Sr. System Sales Consultant

Intelligrated

I worked with Dave Stinson along with the awesome and eccentric Western Region team. Dave brought me in to build a controls team from scratch for the region. It was a great challenge of building a new team while concepting and selling automated systems to new customers.

As the principal engineer I was responsible for approving designs from both Mike Smeltzer's concepting team and Tim Lasko's engineering team. After a few rounds of back and forth, a white board full of dry erase marker notes, and Kevin Gray saying something hilarious, we would settle on something that would work for the customer.

We executed projects for citrus, almond, wine and various other industries. We even executed a project in a cold storage (-15 degree) facility. Yep that was cold...

Great team and great memories!

Principal Engineer

Barry-Wehmiller Design Group

Becoming a Director at Design Group means you know how to lead and you have a solid client base.

During this time I was located in the Modesto, CA office. We had a lot of projects focused on wineries both big and small. My team of project managers and engineers knew how to get the job done and be entertaining as well. Late night working sessions were often accompanied by a showing of Super Troopers or some other slapstick comedy.

We developed budgets for customers and helped them justify big spending projects by calculating the IRR.

The project management team was a well oiled machine executing projects as big as $30MM. They were masters at negotiating OEM equipment purchases and herding the cats (team members) as PMs do best. At one point our little office of 12 had a significant portion of the Design Group nationwide staff working on our winery projects. 

The mechanical engineering team spearheaded the first 3D laser scanning and facility design that I know of and were great at developing user friendly layouts in CAD. FAT tests were rock solid. 

The electrical engineering team knew NEC, UL and NFPA 79E compliance like the back of their hand. They programmed Allen Bradley PLCs in their sleep and some even loved it enough to automate things at home.

It was a pleasure leading this team.

Director

Accountable for managing all aspects of industrial engineering projects from conceptual design through execution.  

The majority of projects managed were in the consumer beverage industry i.e. bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, beer and wine.

Project Manager

Accountable for all aspects of electrical engineering, controls engineering, and mechanical engineering for multiple high speed packaging lines.  This included hard-to-handle bottles such as light weight PET water bottles and reverse tapered wine bottles.

Project Engineer

Anheuser-Busch

PLC, HMI and simulation programming for utility systems, brewing process and packaging lines.

Engineer

I Automate Warehouses with Robots and AI --> Let's double your capacity with only 25% of the labor \\ System Integrator with over 25 years and $250MM of capital project experience \\ Founder of Oneiro Technologies

Your warehouse has orders to get out the door, quickly and accurately. Perhaps you have considered new automation but are unsure about what works for your specific needs. 

That’s where I help. Oneiro Technologies is a turn-key provider of automated solutions. I implement solutions tailored to your business. Focused on flexibility and scalability so that it works for you today and into the future. 

If you operate a warehouse, you face challenges every single day. I am not a consultant that only tells you how to fix your problems. I will develop solutions and implement those solutions. I cook what I eat so, I am with you throughout the entire process. 

If you have the desire to get more orders out the door with greater accuracy while lowering your expenses, consider this an invitation. 

Let’s kick things off with a free discovery session. It’s an opportunity for open dialogue, where I’ll listen and ask questions to understand your needs better. This session is commitment-free – it might just leave you with valuable insights to ponder or actionable ideas for future endeavors.

Curious? Reach out directly or book a time through the link in my profile. Let's explore what's possible together.

——

About me. 

Have you ever had a nickname?

I was once dubbed “The Wolf” by a colleague. No, not the one from Wall Street but in reference to the problem-solver from 'Pulp Fiction.'

Why the comparison? Because I fix the very problems that give fulfillment warehouses and manufacturing facilities sleepless nights.

But I won’t label myself as an “expert” as there are no experts.

So, who am I? I am a turn-key system integrator with a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that allow me to develop creative solutions for your most nagging problems.

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