Brent Michael Espineda
● vol. 02 plate i. — b.m.e.

§ who

I build the production AI systems that turn manual organizational drag into automated workflows.

Raised in Saipan. Trained as an educator and school counselor. Found my way into AI systems at Amazon — shipping internal tools that replaced manual workflows. Now at EdPlus directing Claude and Codex to build the infrastructure that lets a 5,000+ course operation actually move.

Learning is the pinnacle of human existence.

— the thing I keep coming back to
§ what I do three pillars
01

Build production AI systems.

Python + LLM pipelines that audit, generate, and remediate at the per-unit benchmark. Shipped at Amazon. Tested end-to-end at EdPlus.

02

Frame the problem before the model.

Stakeholder discovery, scope, regression tests, post-launch metrics. AI is the tool; the workflow is the product.

03

Translate impact into evidence.

Per-unit benchmarks, measured rollouts, PartyRock analytics. Numbers tied to the system that produced them — no aggregate handwaving.

§ what I believe

Internal tooling is a force multiplier; the absence of it is expensive theater. AI doesn't replace expertise — it removes the busywork that prevents expertise from showing up. The fastest teams in five years won't be the biggest — they'll be the ones whose builders operate at the intersection of learning science and applied AI.

§ currently

EdPlus at ASU

AI Solutions Engineer (Internal title: Instructional Designer)

Sole ID for the MS in Applied Statistics & Data Science. Hand-selected for the Juris Doctor program team. 1 of 3 IDs on the cross-functional AI taskforce.

§ looking for

Teams shipping production AI with measurable business impact — internal tooling, knowledge systems, process automation. Comfortable being the most technical builder in an L&D-adjacent room, or the most learning-science-aware builder in an engineering one.