Record
Experience
I spent eight years in the U.S. Air Force, first on aircraft weapons systems and then as a recruiter. After that I led a sales organization at Primerica and ran a fitness business of my own.
In 2017 I went back to RIT for psychology. My graduate research on language and cognition went through NSF I-Corps and became Cogbias AI, where I now lead research and development. I also build production AI software, including the Sales Performance Compass.
Roles
- Jun 2024 – present
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
Cogbias AI
- Lead psychological and AI research and development on models that detect cognitive biases in language.
- Guide model development with the engineering team so the architectures rest on cognitive theory; design the labeling logic and evaluation frameworks.
- Ran NSF I-Corps customer discovery. A provisional patent is filed and manuscripts are in preparation.
- Jul 2025 – present
Psychometric and AI Systems Consultant (contract)
Ramerman Leadership Group
Sole architect and engineer of the Sales Performance Compass.
Case study - Aug 2023 – present
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Rochester Institute of Technology
Teach up to five sections per semester.
Courses taught - Sep 2026 – present
Independent consultant
EveryExpert
AI Eval and Rubric Audit; Survey and Measurement Design Review; LLM Behavior Diagnosis.
Book a consult - Aug 2022 – Dec 2023
NSF AWARE-AI Research Trainee; NSF Regional I-Corps
RIT and NSF
Built the Cognitive Processing Style Analyzer, then took it through customer discovery.
Case study - 2019 – 2023
Research assistant and lead researcher, six labs
Rochester Institute of Technology
Psychophysiology, comparative cognition, language, perception and social methods.
Research details - Mar 2016 – Jul 2017
Owner, Trainer, Nutritionist
Gruntz Fitness LLC
Grew from 3 clients to more than 90 in eight months, with more than $82K in sales and 6 employees. NASM certified.
- Nov 2014 – Feb 2016
Senior Regional Leader
Primerica Financial Services
Led about 100 licensed agents. #1 in sales for eight months of 2015. Spoke to audiences of 500 or more.
- Nov 2014 – Feb 2015
HR Manager
Interim Healthcare
Hiring, personnel and records for more than 400 healthcare professionals.
- Jun 2014 – Nov 2015
Co-owner
The Training Grounds Fitness LLC
Built out and ran a training facility.
- Sep 2010 – May 2014
Recruiter (Staff Sergeant)
U.S. Air Force
Enlistment recruiter. Certified USAF recruiter; trained in Achieve Global Professional Selling Skills.
- Aug 2006 – Sep 2010
Weapons Specialist, A-10A/C and HH-60
U.S. Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB
- Worked on all weapons systems on A-10 attack aircraft and HH-60 Combat Search and Rescue helicopters; led a three-person crew.
- Air Force Achievement Medal; NCO of the Quarter; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; NATO ISAF Medal.
Education
- May 2023
M.S., Experimental Psychology
Rochester Institute of Technology
GPA 3.74. Emphasis in cognitive neuroscience and computational linguistics.
- May 2020
B.S., Psychology, minor in Philosophy
Rochester Institute of Technology
Summa Cum Laude. GPA 3.84.
- 2011
Airman Leadership School
U.S. Air Force
- 2010
Professional Selling Skills
Achieve Global
Honors
- Language Science and Computational Linguistics Student Excellence Award (2021)
- Excellence in Student Life Award (2020)
- Dean's List every semester, Fall 2017 to Spring 2023
- Psi Chi (inducted April 2019)
- Air Force Achievement Medal
- Meritorious Unit Award
- Outstanding Unit Award
Before research
