Michael Herman — Chief Training Officer

Michael Herman has been an AI consultant and trainer for the past 2+ years and a digital marketing consultant for the past 30 years. He owns and runs Red Drop Digital in North Phoenix, where he offers a fractional Chief AI Officer service for small businesses. He has extensive experience with big brands, non-profits, startups, and small businesses, and has been a mentor for startups since 2015.

Michael's 1:1 coaching sessions most often focus on helping business teams and individual professionals become unstuck in their use of AI. He's known for helping people learn to "think in AI," unlocking a whole new world of possibilities in both professional and personal life.

Sabrina Valdez — AI Strategist & Advisor

Sabrina Valdez is the Founder of The Next Move Consulting. She is an AI strategist and advisor who helps companies move from AI experimentation to real operational impact.

Sabrina works with entrepreneurs, founders, and leadership teams to embed AI into the way their business actually runs, from decision making to daily workflows. Her work focuses on moving organizations beyond disconnected tools and one-off use cases into structured, repeatable systems — building AI roadmaps, improving team-wide AI literacy, evaluating the right technology stack, and implementing practical workflows teams can adopt quickly and confidently.

With over 20 years of operating experience in retail and business leadership, Sabrina brings an operator's perspective to AI.

Alex Koupal — AI Mindset Coach

Alex Koupal is an AI Mindset Coach who helps professionals and business owners overcome the fear and overwhelm that often comes with adapting to artificial intelligence. Alex understands that the biggest barrier to AI adoption isn't the tools, it's the mindset.

By helping people build confidence and practical understanding, she unlocks opportunities for them to work smarter, reclaim time, grow their businesses, and create more space for the things that matter most, both at work and at home.

Andrea Ramirez — VP of Operations

Andrea Ramirez is VP of Operations at Serpico AI, where she leads operational strategy, process improvement, and cross-functional coordination to support scalable growth and organizational efficiency.

With over 10 years of experience in operations and people management, she brings a structured and people-focused approach to building systems that help teams perform at their best — optimizing workflows, improving collaboration, and creating strong operational foundations.

David Rice — AI & Automation Consultant

David Rice is the Founder & CEO of LucidWay, an AI and automation consulting firm specializing in supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing operations. He helps small and mid-sized businesses reduce manual work, improve operational visibility, and implement AI solutions that deliver measurable time and cost savings without overhauling existing systems.

David brings hands-on experience leading supply chain, operations, and transformation initiatives across large organizations. Through his workshops and consulting work, he focuses on making AI approachable and directly applicable — helping operators understand not just what AI can do, but exactly where it fits in their business.

Vincent Serpico — Founder

Vincent Serpico is the Founder of Serpico AI. With over 30 years bridging the gap between business vision and technical execution, Vincent brings hard-earned wisdom from both sides of the table — writing code and signing contracts.

A self-taught coder since age 14, Vincent founded and led a 30-person development shop that built over 250 applications for clients across industries. As a serial entrepreneur, he's navigated every major tech shift from the PC revolution to mobile, cloud, and now AI.

Vincent offers private 1:1 AI development sessions for founders and professionals ready to build their own software — guiding you through architecture, prompting, debugging, and deployment, bringing a practitioner's perspective no tutorial can replicate.

Lakshya Gupta — AI Entrepreneur

Lakshya Gupta, 22, is an AI entrepreneur and ASU Computer Science graduate (4.0 GPA, New American University Scholar) building at the intersection of artificial intelligence and consumer products. He founded ExecShot and WRIZZ, AI-powered platforms that transform selfies into professional-grade portraits, and is deeply versed in AI video generation for ad creatives and marketing automation.

His entrepreneurial journey began with Udus Technologies, a SaaS platform optimizing vegetable delivery in India, followed by software engineering work at Nosh Technologies, where his contributions to reducing food waste earned recognition in Business Insider and CNBC-TV18. At ASU, he worked as a researcher at The Luminosity Lab, optimizing a 3D economic simulator of Arizona to run at 60 FPS in web browsers.

Daniel Love — Creative Technologist

Daniel William Love is a creative technologist, maker, and media professional specializing in the intersection of emerging technologies, digital creation, and AI-augmented workflows. He is the founder of LittleTown.Pro, focused on business connections, pro resources, and regional pro content amplification.

With a strong background in hardware design, interactive electronics, and open-source innovation, Daniel's expertise spans 3D printing, programming, PCB design, and software development. In media and film, he brings hands-on Hollywood production and performance experience, informing his work in AI-assisted filmmaking, prompting, and post-production.

Lynne Gabrielson — Marketing Strategist

Lynne Gabrielson is a Scottsdale-based entrepreneur and marketing strategist known for launching Pixie Dust Marketing and Cyren, a luxury pool innovation brand. With a background in storytelling, brand building, and AI-powered marketing, she turns personal insights into powerful, scalable businesses that blend imagination with intelligent execution.

Kathleen Celmins — AI Visibility & AEO Specialist

Kathleen Celmins is the founder of Glow Social, a social media service for local service businesses. After 20+ years in marketing watching great local businesses get buried online by franchise chains with dedicated marketing teams, she decided to fix it.

Using AI as her primary development partner, Kathleen built the entire platform herself — the app, the content engine, the billing infrastructure — without a dev team or a technical co-founder. She also works on AI visibility and answer engine optimization (AEO), helping businesses show up when tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity answer questions about their industry.

Ian Gatzke — AI Systems Builder

Ian Gatzke is the founder of Implement AI. Based in Tempe, Arizona and a graduate of Arizona State University, Ian has built hundreds of custom AI systems for companies across home services, agencies, coaches, brick-and-mortar businesses, podcasters, real estate professionals, and more.

Through workshops, consulting, and one-on-one advisory work, Ian specializes in helping business owners identify high-leverage AI use cases that create real operational efficiency, unlock new revenue opportunities, and future-proof their businesses. He is known for making AI understandable, actionable, and approachable regardless of technical background.

Alexander Foster — AI Systems Architect

Alexander Foster is an AI systems architect and product strategist working at the intersection of AI, automation, and business operations. He helps founders and teams turn ideas into working AI products — from custom agents and internal tools to end-to-end automated workflows. His focus is on shipping practical systems, not just talking about AI.