Dan Loris · Builder & independent consultant
Building
What’s Next
From ideas to things people use.
I help established businesses put AI to work and connect the systems their teams depend on. I also help founders build useful websites and products.
We start with what needs to change, then shape the plan, design the experience, and build what people will use.
What’s Next? In your inbox.
Useful tools, clear explanations, and lessons from building.
From the workbench.
Selected work.
A closer look at the products, websites, and systems I’ve worked on.
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Razorfish
Campaign delivery, performance analysis, product operations, reporting systems, and team development at Razorfish, building on earlier account coordination at Publicis Sapient.
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Precision CPA
An accounting website, client portal, and editorial workflow that keeps people in control of AI-assisted content.
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Skipify.ai
Product direction, user experience, and growth for a real estate data platform.
View case studyWhat I can help you build.
Useful tools.
Better ways to work.
These services can stand on their own or work together. Start with what your business needs to achieve. We’ll work out the right combination of planning, design, and building.
AI agents & automation
Reduce manual follow-up and repeated work with AI assistants and automations connected to the tools your team uses.
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Websites & digital experiences
Help the right customers understand your offer and get in touch, with a website built around their needs.
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Digital products & internal tools
Test a new business idea or give your team a better way to do a job, with a prototype, application, or internal tool.
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Operations, workflows & CRM
Keep requests, customer information, and responsibilities in order so work can move forward without constant chasing.
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Dashboards, reporting & insights
See what is working, where work is getting stuck, and what needs attention, with reporting built around your decisions.
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AI strategy, training & advisory
Decide where AI and better workflows can help, make an implementation plan, and prepare your team to use what changes.
Explore serviceYour business in the AI era
Start with the work.
Make AI useful.
Your team may need a better way to find information or fewer repeated steps in its day. A new business may need a first version people can try. I help you choose a useful first project, build it around the tools you use, and test it with the people doing the work.
Explore AI implementationPlan the change with your teamFrom The Journal
Understand the idea.
Put it to work.
Clear explanations, practical methods, and lessons from building. The Journal helps you make sense of new technology, think through your options, and take the next step with your own ideas.
Choose the right job for an AI agent.
Decide where fixed rules are enough, where AI interpretation helps, and where an agent needs room to choose its next step.
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Write a website brief people can build from.
A practical website brief connects the visitor's task, the business goal, the evidence, and the first release.
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Before you build an internal knowledge assistant
A practical way to prepare company documents, permissions, and test questions before investing in an AI assistant for your team.
Read the piece →A good place to start
Get oriented.
Then get moving.
A meeting summary people can trust.
Use an approved transcript.
- Decisions
- Owners
- Due dates
Then compare accuracy and review effort.
Find your first useful AI project.
Start with the work you already do. Use the AI Opportunity Map to choose one task, set boundaries, and plan a useful test. Work through it here, then save your plan.
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