AI systems · Local-first · Governed agents

AI Systems Architect

Technical AI systems leader who architects and ships governed AI platforms across local devices, customer-controlled infrastructure, cloud services, and enterprise workflows. Founder of TARX — a local-first operating system for private multi-model AI: on-device memory, model routing, MCP, and human-in-the-loop controls.

Austin, TX Agentic systems Local & private AI Governance Deployment

Overview

Compressed from the AI Systems Architect resume. Full PDF embedded below.

What I do

Combine agent architecture, model orchestration, retrieval, privacy controls, evaluation, technical product definition, and AI-native engineering workflows. Best fit for AI Systems Architect, Enterprise AI Solutions, Forward-Deployed AI, Applied AI Platform, and technical implementation roles where architecture, governance, and system outcomes matter.

  • TARX as an OS for controlled AI: persistent state, governed agents, private memory, evidence, multi-surface deploy.
  • Translate enterprise search, legal research, insurance support, and marketplace workflows into AI system requirements.
  • Align executives, engineering, design, security, privacy, legal, vendors, and operators around production-ready operating models.

Recent GitHub workstream: local Computer runtime (desktop + CLI), governed agent contracts, MCP multi-model routing, and public architecture references for local-first / Palantir-adjacent policy routing. Product wedge: private multi-model runtime, not another cloud wrapper.

Selected path

  • TARX — Founder / AI Systems Architect (2023–present)
  • LexisNexis — Principal AI Experiences / AI Systems & Product Strategy
  • State Farm — Conversational AI Research Consultant
  • Charles Schwab — Sr. Manager UX, Conversational AI & Mobile
  • Target — Sr. Lead, Retail Innovation Experiences
  • AT&T / MyANumber — Technical Lead, Identity Protocols (NumberSync patent)

Key repositories

Live links from GitHub (wantzjt + tarx-ai), focused on the recent local-first / multi-model / governance stream. Updated 2026-07-30.

Runtime · JavaScript · 2026-07-29

tarx-ai/tarx-desktop

Mac desktop app for TARX — local-first AI on your computer (Apple Silicon beta).

runtimegithub
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Architecture · TypeScript · 2026-07-29

wantzjt/palantir-aip-local-first

Independent reference architecture for Palantir Foundry and local-first AI: policy routing, offline resilience, evidence, and edge inference.

architecturegithub
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Identity · Profile · 2026-07-29

wantzjt/wantzjt

Profile repo: AI systems architecture, governed agents, local-first AI, and enterprise implementation.

identitygithub
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MCP / Models · TypeScript · 2026-06-30

tarx-ai/tarx-mcp

TARX remote MCP server surface (mcp.tarx.com) — multi-model routing and tool access.

mcp / modelsgithub
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Product · TypeScript · 2026-07-29

tarx-ai/tarx-web

TARX Screens — web product for tarx.com (chat, marketing, Machines).

productgithub
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github.com/wantzjt →    github.com/tarx-ai →

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