AI systems your team will actually keep using
I build applied AI systems for businesses that weren't built around AI, for operators who need more output without more headcount. Human-in-the-loop automation designed around the workflow your team already knows, built to keep working long after launch.
Frederick Aya
Bot · replies are generated- Hi, I'm the assistant on Frederick's site. Ask about his applied-AI work, his writing, or his background.
Before we start
Quick context so Frederick can follow up if it makes sense.
Used only to follow up if the conversation calls for it. Privacy.
What I do
- Compliance & bid automationDocument-heavy ops
Turn a sprawling compliance library into a system that drafts and assembles bids fast: retrieval over your real documents, structured outputs, and a human approval step before anything goes out. Built for regulated, paperwork-heavy functions.
- Safety & quality management systemsRegulated operators
AI-supported Safety and Quality Management Systems for operators who can't bolt a generic SaaS onto a regulated workflow. The system captures how the team already works and routes the right information to the right step, with maintenance built in.
- AI-literacy onboardingNon-technical teams
A structured onboarding service that gets non-technical operators genuinely fluent, so the tools you adopt actually get used next quarter, not abandoned after the demo.
How I work
- 01Capture how you actually work
Before any model call, I map your real inputs and the process your team already follows, the messy version, not the clean diagram.
- 02Structure and route
Fragmented data and documents get structured and routed to the right step, so the system fits the workflow instead of replacing it.
- 03Orchestrate with a human in the loop
Multi-step automation with a clear approval point: the model proposes, a person signs off, nothing ships unchecked.
- 04Maintain after launch
The part most people skip. I build for the quarter after go-live, so a non-technical operator can keep using it without me in the room.
Selected work
- Oil-and-gas engineering clientCompliance · bid automation
Built a compliance-library bid automation tool that turns a deep document archive into faster, more consistent bid responses, with a human approval step kept in the loop.
- Marine-and-energy consultancySafety & quality systems
Designed AI-supported Safety and Quality Management Systems for a consultancy serving downstream operators, fitted to the regulated workflow their teams already run.
- Non-technical operatorsAI-literacy onboarding
Created a structured AI-literacy onboarding service so non-technical teams adopt AI tools they keep using, closing the gap between a working demo and lasting adoption.
Blog
- The Fool and His Tools Jul 7, 2026
- You Need AI to Prove AI Stole From You. That's the Problem. Jun 16, 2026
- The AI Slop Police Are Sitting on a Goldmine and Don't Know It May 26, 2026
- The Wheelchair at MIA: Automation Doesn't Delete Jobs. It Relocates Them Upstream Apr 18, 2026
- Yesterday's Automation: Whatever You Automate Is Frozen in Time Apr 2, 2026