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Patrick Neiler

Applied AI Engineer · Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer

patrickneiler@gmail.com | 818-694-4285 | linkedin.com/in/patrickneiler | patrick.wrkspce.online
VoPro™ mini (live demo): vopro.wrkspce.online

Summary

Applied AI infrastructure engineer and three-time co-founder with 15+ years shipping enterprise software. Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer at wrkspce, where I took VoPro, a voice-to-operations platform for construction field teams, from zero to a signed, live enterprise pilot (try VoPro™ mini: vopro.wrkspce.online). I build systems that improve LLMs rather than just use them: recursive self-improvement loops where sparse expert feedback becomes a data flywheel for continuously more accurate structured output. YC-proven shipping speed (Distro AI), full-stack depth (TypeScript, React, Next.js, microservices), and repeated zero-to-one launches across construction tech, legal tech, health tech, and SaaS. I speak on applied AI at NY/LA Tech Week.

Experience

Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer at wrkspce

Feb 2025 – Present

United States

  • Took VoPro from zero to a signed, live enterprise MVP pilot with Quintessential Construction Management (QCM): the platform's first production deployment, running on the customer's own enterprise subdomain. Try VoPro™ mini, a lightweight live demo of the production implementation: vopro.wrkspce.online
  • Engineered VoPro's recursive self-improvement mechanism: sparse expert feedback gates convert field corrections into training signal, creating a data flywheel that makes structured output more accurate with every use.
  • Enabled automated jobsite task creation by mapping speech to Procore schemas via Zod-validated agent workflows: OpenAI function calling against a comprehensive Procore schema library turns field conversation into validated Procore objects (tasks, RFIs, punch items, daily logs).
  • Packaged VoPro as an importable SDK with runtime schema-driven UI and swappable integration providers, enabling multiple vertical apps (accountability, cleaning ops) on the same agentic spine.
  • Productionized the VoPro System & Platform Design as a deployable workspace and services offering via the Agentic Launchpad partnership with TheAgentic.

Independent Consultant / Contractor

Jun 2023 – Sep 2024

United States

Client: Distro AI (Y Combinator) — Full Stack Engineer

Jul 2024 – Sep 2024

Brooklyn, New York

  • Led development of the core agent architecture for retrieval of obscure products and parts across whole manufactured HVAC systems, cutting typical part lookups for wholesale manufacturing sales teams from minutes of manual catalog search to seconds.
  • Conducted the pilot launch with realtime user feedback, triage, and resolution.
  • Developed the agent in TypeScript using LangChain, Postgres, SQL, and Next.js.
  • Built and maintained the Distro AI unified monorepo workspace adopted by the team.
  • Implemented Next.js server actions, AI state management, and React Server Components for the production AI Assistant feature generator.

Client: Carben Construction — Product Engineer

Jun 2023 – Jun 2024
  • Transitioned WhatsApp-based project management to a custom-built procurement system spanning multiuser workflow and AI product research for construction materials.
  • Replaced scattered chat threads with a shared, multiuser procurement workflow so stakeholders could source, review, and move material orders in one system.
  • Built AI product research into the materials workflow so the team could evaluate products inside procurement instead of hunting catalogs by hand.

Senior Software Engineer at Simplist

Jun 2021 – Mar 2023

Manhattan, New York

  • Led product architecture and frontend delivery for Sonar, a mortgage-lending SaaS product, through production launch.
  • Refactored applications into a maintainable, themeable system with full configurability across 100+ Angular components.
  • Implemented WebSocket message-driven microservice architecture for reliable realtime lending workflows.
  • Developed a CSS-variables theming system as a single design-token source of truth, removing 10,000+ lines of redundant CSS.
  • Led a team of three frontend engineers to on-time delivery under tight timeline constraints.

Co-Founder at Trax Health

Jun 2017 – Mar 2021
  • Developed two multi-platform applications (web, iOS, Android) using Ionic and Angular for health-data monetization, delivering fully functional cross-platform MVPs.
  • Built connectivity to 170+ EHR systems and formats, enabling users to connect electronic health records from diverse providers.
  • Implemented encryption, anonymization, and consent management for sensitive health-data security and privacy, positioning an investor-ready MVP.
  • Enabled users to access and monetize their own health data with a working monetization model.

Frontend Engineer at iTradeNetwork, Inc.

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021

Los Angeles, California

  • Rapidly designed and developed a React.js application launching an open marketplace connecting farmers and alternative buyers; reached production release within 10 days during COVID-19 supply chain disruption.
  • Spearheaded a React.js component library initiative adopted across the organization, accelerating frontend development.

Lead Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters

Jan 2016 – Feb 2020

Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Built and shipped the responsive web application (TypeScript, Angular, Redux, Azure, PowerBI) for the 3E legal billing platform, leading frontend delivery through the successful 3E 3.0 launch; the product line was valued at $800M in enterprise sale.
  • Engineered a metadata-driven frontend framework, in partnership with the lead architect, that became the pattern for scalable application delivery across the 3E platform.
  • Designed and built the Angular and React.js component library and design system adopted organization-wide, unifying UI delivery across the product suite.
  • Led a team of three engineers shipping legal technology products on the $800M 3E product line.

UX Developer at NBC Sports

Aug 2011 – Mar 2016

Culver City, California

  • Designed and built the NBC Sports Event Portal, a responsive Angular.js web app streamlining event planning for NBC Sports operations.
  • Designed 50+ interactive prototype pages improving functionality, UX, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Shipped 20+ features optimizing performance and UX for travel and scheduling workflows at scale.

Co-Founder at Supertrainer HQ

Dec 2009 – Jan 2012

Los Angeles, California

  • Built and shipped Supertrainer, a business management platform for personal trainers, to production deployment.
  • Raised $75,000+ in angel investment and grants while managing execution across an eight-engineer team.

Skills

AI & Agents: Applied AI Infrastructure | Agentic Systems | Agent Workflows | AI Agents | LLM Applications | OpenAI Function Calling | Recursive Self-Improvement | Data Flywheels | Metareasoning Systems | Voice AI | Voice-to-Operations | JSON Schema | Zod | Schema-Driven Validation

Engineering: TypeScript | React | Next.js | React Server Components | Angular | Microservices | WebSockets | SDK Design | Runtime-Driven UI | CSS Architecture & Theming | System Architecture | Platform Architecture

Product & Domain: Zero-to-One Product Development | Full-Stack Engineering | Frontend Engineering | Product Engineering | Enterprise Software | SaaS | Construction Tech | Procore Integrations | Integration Providers | Speaking / Thought Leadership

Speaking

  • Panel speaker, New York Tech Week 2026: The Impact Room (future of agentic AI)
  • Host, "AI on the Rocks," Tech Week LA 2025

Education

BFA, Communication Design, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2007