Architecture · Governance · Intelligence

Systems for expertise, decisions, and operations.

We design and build governed systems where expert judgment and agentic AI work together — so organizations can scale what matters without losing control of the judgment behind it.

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What we build

Expert Systems

Methodologies · Specialized expertise · Institutional knowledge

Decision Systems

Approvals · Recommendations · High-consequence decisions

Operating Systems

Applications · Integrations · Workflows
Intelligent Automation

One AI engine, across all three.

AI performs the work that scales. You provide the judgment that matters.

We start from your goals and build the system around them — the purpose is the point, not the tools.

Selected Work

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Capital Markets
  • Expert System
  • Decision System

A trading methodology, turned into a governed decision system.

A firm whose edge lived in one expert's judgment — now a running system that reads live market conditions, applies that judgment, and traces and tunes every decision against live and historical data.

BuiltA running decision system over live market data — the expert's judgment, encoded, applied, traced, and continuously evaluated.
GovernedEvery decision traceable; methodology versioned; engine continuously evaluated.
OutcomeJudgment out of one head — examinable, improvable, consistent.
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Defense
  • Decision System
  • Architecture

Architecture and governance for an AI mission-planning platform.

A defense AI platform could simulate and stress-test deployment plans at machine speed, but without a coherent architecture or shared language across engineering, data science, and operations, it could not be trusted or scaled. We built the structure that made the system legible, governable, and deployable — with planners remaining in command of every decision.

BuiltA coherent architecture, a shared data layer, and decision frameworks across three disciplines — plus the engineering organization to deliver it.
GovernedA shared vocabulary and explicit interfaces made every plan the system produced legible end to end.
OutcomeFrom prototype to production-scale deployment in government cloud environments.
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Professional Services
  • Operating System
  • Intelligent Automation

An operating system for how a firm actually runs.

A firm's operations ran on memory, manual triage, and founder attention. Now one governed system coordinates intake, decisions, finance, and work — routing each item to the cheapest capable tier while keeping the decisions that matter with people.

BuiltAn operating system over the firm's real tools and data, with a tiered execution engine that escalates from deterministic rules to local AI to foundation models only when needed.
GovernedRules are data, state is explicit, and every automated action is observable, traceable, and reversible by a person.
OutcomeThe firm runs on it daily — the system carries the volume, while people retain authority over the decisions that matter.
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Why it holds

Architecture

Coherent by design.

Structure that holds together as scope and scale grow — not tools bolted into a pile.

Governance

Traceable and versioned.

Decisions you can follow to their inputs; logic you can examine, change, and audit.

Evaluation

Provably still right.

Systems measured continuously, so they keep doing what you meant — not just what they did on day one.

A track record of performance

Marc led design and architecture for DEFCON AI, and we built our software teams around him. He listens closely, translates customer intent into clear requirements, and brings solutions to life. I'm confident you'll value both the collaboration and the outcomes.
Matt IslerBrig Gen, USAF (Ret.) · Former COO, DEFCON AI
I've worked closely with Marc for nearly four years, and his ability to transform complex ideas into practical, scalable solutions is exceptional. He pairs deep technical and architectural insight with a genuine commitment to quality and to helping others succeed. His leadership, thoughtfulness, and reliability make him someone I trust completely and would gladly work with again.
Walter "Dan" DanielsColonel, USAF (Ret.) · MBA
Among all the technical professionals I've worked with, none have shown as strong a grasp of the fundamental principles of technical architecture as Marc Gilbert. His ability to translate rough ideas into simple, concrete technical direction brings order to what is usually a chaotic process. I can't recommend him highly enough.
Aaron ClovskyCTO, True Quote Software

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