Team

About Dan

Dan views growth operations through an owner’s lens: every system built and every channel deployed must directly map to profitable, measurable outcomes. Over a 20-year career leading complex digital ecosystems, Dan has specialized in transforming siloed operations into highly automated, end-to-end acquisition engines that expand market share while protecting bottom-line margins.

His approach integrates technical SEO, AEO, Paid Media full-funnel search visibility, closed-loop attribution, and multi-channel performance media. By combining deep data infrastructure with dynamic content automation and conversion-rate optimization (CRO), Dan enables brands to establish dominant organic footprints and maximize customer lifetime value.

Core Areas of Expertise:

• Revenue Operations & Growth Systems: Architecture and deployment of enterprise acquisition pipelines across organic, paid, and automated channels.
• Advanced MarTech & Closed-Loop Attribution: Unifying CRM systems, call tracking, and web analytics to deliver total revenue attribution accuracy.
• Technical Search & Discovery Engine Optimization: Enterprise-level SEO, GEO, structured data frameworks, and entity-based visibility strategies designed for modern search behavior.
• Conversion-Focused Ecosystem Governance: Optimizing user experience (UX) and conversion pathways to consistently reduce acquisition costs and scale lifetime value.

Key Performance Highlights

• $250M+ in incremental revenue growth generated across enterprise growth portfolios.
• Direct management and native optimization of peak multi-channel media budgets exceeding $1M per month.
• Proven track record of suppressing customer acquisition costs by up to 50% while maintaining 5X Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) targets.
• Extensive cross-functional leadership experience managing multidisciplinary internal teams and specialized global agency networks.

About David Frank

David brings decades of experience leading critical Information Technology initiatives across global enterprise networks, financial services, and high-security fintech environments. His expertise spans vulnerability threat management, security architecture, system governance, and the deployment of scalable digital workplace infrastructure.

At The AI Aces, David leads the design and engineering of AI-driven platforms, specialized web applications, and decision governance systems. He focuses on converting complex operational processes into secure, intelligent automated tools—ensuring that every AI deployment strictly adheres to compliance controls, identity access management, and privacy standards.

AI IT Development & Product Portfolio Highlights

1. Decision Governance & AI Intelligence Platforms

• The Standard & Methodology Frameworks: Engineering the structural foundation for enterprise decision intelligence—focusing on evidence preservation, transparent reasoning, and AI execution governance.
• GREP-O² (Obligation Intelligence Before Execution): Developing pre-execution mapping models that surface regulatory, contractual, and operational obligations, dependencies, and stakeholders before projects go live.
• Drift-Braking™ (AI Execution Governance): Building AI execution guardrails that evaluate incoming requests to prevent systems from repeatedly rediscovering existing organizational knowledge.
• AgentSaver™ (Outcome Governance & Capability): Designing capability frameworks that capture and retain validated AI outcomes into reusable organizational assets.

2. Specialized AI Tools & Forensic Applications

• AI Forensic Roof Analysis & Roof Calculator: Lead architect behind specialized diagnostic and calculation engines (including the AI Roof Calculator at roof4est.forensalytic.com and forensic evaluation tools at forensalytic.com), delivering instant structural and material analytics via automated AI processing.
• LitEx (Email & Data Evidence Preparation System): Engineering direct-acquisition evidence preservation tools that turn scattered electronic communications into independently verifiable, court-ready packages featuring SHA-256 fingerprinting and RFC 3161 trusted timestamps.

Enterprise IT & Infrastructure Background

• Enterprise Threat & Vulnerability Governance: Led vulnerability threat identification, mitigation, and hotfix/OS patch deployments across 5,000+ servers and workstations, ensuring total compliance with government and industry regulatory standards.
• Identity, Access & Data Privacy: Architected identity and access management procedures, Active Directory user overhauls, entitlement reviews, and anonymization deployments (such as Workshare Protect for PII redaction) to secure sensitive corporate data.
• Digital Workplace & Network Architecture: Directed global network enhancements, including Citrix server administration, TLS proxy server access configurations, and ZScaler application latency optimization for high-security environments.
• Compliance & Governance Engineering: Instituted high-availability cluster failovers, Chinese wall policies for local administrator accounts, and sandbox testing environments for secure vendor integration.

Technical Core Competencies

• AI & Software Architecture: Decision Governance Platforms, Forensic AI Tooling, Algorithmic Automation, Custom Application Development.
• Enterprise IT & Infrastructure: Vulnerability Threat Management, Active Directory Governance, ZScaler Configuration, Citrix Infrastructure, Cluster Failover Systems.
• Data Privacy & Security Controls: PII Anonymization, SHA-256 & RFC 3161 Verification, Entitlement Reviews, BRD Security Compliance.

About Chad

Chad brings a uniquely grounded approach to digital growth, having built and scaled his own service business before transitioning into full-scale agency leadership and marketing performance engineering. He operates with a deep, practical understanding of small-to-midsize business operations—focusing on the exact mechanics required to transform raw web traffic into fully booked schedules and recurring client revenue.

At The AI Aces, Chad directs performance media, local search dominance, conversion rate optimization (CRO), and industry-specific marketing deployments. He combines hands-on paid acquisition experience across seven-figure ad spends with modern AI automation to build high-velocity content, hyper-local SEO campaigns, and streamlined lead capture architecture.

Beyond performance media, Chad is an active software developer and product founder, leveraging user-centric mobile applications and vertical-specific tools (such as PetBrain and targeted industry platforms) to automate field workflows, client reporting, and customer retention systems.

Core Responsibilities & Capabilities

• Performance Media & Ad Architecture: Managing high-volume paid acquisition channels across search and social platforms, consistently optimizing for low Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) and maximum Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).
• Vertical-Specific Growth Strategy: Architecting hyper-focused marketing frameworks tailored to specialized industry niches—eliminating generic marketing spend in favor of deep audience domain knowledge.
• Conversion Rate Optimization & Local SEO: Designing high-converting landing pages, local search infrastructure, and automated lead capture funnels that turn search intent into confirmed appointments.
• SaaS & Mobile Product Engineering: Designing intuitive, mobile-first business management apps, pre-built operational checklists, and automated client update systems built for field service professionals.
• Cross-Functional Media Leadership: Directing web development, editorial strategy, content planning, and multi-site analytics to expand digital audience reach and media footprint.

Career Highlights & Track Record

Key Technical & Strategic Competencies

• Growth & Performance: Paid Media (Google Ads, Meta Ads), Technical SEO, Local Search Dominance, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Funnel Architecture.
• Software & Product: Mobile App Development, UI/UX Design, Automated Field Checklists, SaaS Product Strategy.
• Operations & Strategy: Customer Retention Systems, Brand Strategy, Media Planning, Market Research, Client Acquisition Architecture.

About Brandon

Brandon brings over ten years of hands-on software development and web architecture experience to The AI Aces. Rejecting slow, templated frameworks and rigid page-builders, Brandon focuses on building bespoke, high-performance digital environments from the ground up—ensuring pristine code quality, rapid execution speeds, and complete structural security.

At The AI Aces, Brandon leads the in-house engineering and platform development operations. He bridges complex backend requirements with responsive, accessible frontend experiences, providing brands and specialized businesses with resilient digital foundations capable of scaling alongside rapid customer acquisition.

Beyond core website engineering, Brandon oversees custom application integration, technical site performance, security compliance, and direct-to-database API architectures—guaranteeing that every platform is optimized for modern search engines, high-volume user traffic, and conversion accuracy.

Core Responsibilities & Technical Capabilities

• Custom Web Architecture & Hand-Coded Development: Engineering clean, lightweight, hand-coded platforms from scratch, completely eliminating reliance on bloated commercial templates.
• Full-Stack Systems & API Integration: Building custom API pipelines, form processing architectures, and database interfaces to support complex web tools and interactive platforms.
• Performance & Speed Engineering: Optimizing core web vitals, server response times, asset delivery networks, and rendering speeds to deliver lightning-fast user experiences.
• Technical Security & Compliance: Implementing modern web security protocols, clean code compliance, data protection standards, and robust server configurations.
• Conversion-Driven Technical Foundations: Designing responsive layout structures and technical funnels engineered to convert incoming search traffic into qualified inquiries.

Career Highlights & Track Record

Key Technical Competencies

• Frontend & Backend Engineering: Full-Stack Development, Hand-Coded HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, Custom PHP, API Architecture.
• Performance & Infrastructure: Core Web Vitals Optimization, Server Management, Load Speed Engineering, Mobile-First Responsiveness.
• Platform Security & Governance: Codebase Security, Data Protection Protocols, Custom Form Processing, In-House QA Testing.