JAMES SCHLAUCH · CONSULTING PRACTICE
A self-contained kit for journalists, podcast producers, and event organizers. Bios at three lengths, headshots, a wordmark, sample topics, and a direct line.
Bio
Drop-in copy for programs, abstracts, and intros. Plain-text mirrors of each length live in the press kit downloads below.
40 words
James Schlauch is the founder of San Diego AI, a senior-practitioner consulting practice in San Diego County. A U.S. Army veteran with twelve years of enterprise AI, ML, and data-science work, he caps the practice at six engagements a year.
90 words
James Schlauch is the founder of San Diego AI, a senior-practitioner enterprise AI consulting practice based in San Diego County. He is a U.S. Army veteran with more than twelve years across AI, machine learning, and data science — public-sector experience spanning federal, state, local, and academic engagements; production work for Fortune-500 media and entertainment partners; and a recent extension into legal-agentic AI in regulated environments. He runs the practice on a six-engagements-per-year cap and refuses to write slide decks. Memos and working systems only.
200 words
James Schlauch enlisted in the Nevada Army National Guard the day before his birthday in December 2002, deployed to Afghanistan in 2005, and volunteered as a door gunner mid-tour after his unit lost a helicopter. He came home, finished a theatre degree at the University of Nevada, Reno, and spent the next decade learning two crafts at once — directing actors at the National Comedy Theatre in San Diego, and building production AI, ML, and data-science systems for enterprise. The two crafts turn out to be the same craft: get a complicated cast of agents to perform reliably under live conditions, and make sure the audit trail holds up the morning after.
He is the founder of San Diego AI, a senior-practitioner consulting practice based in San Diego County. Twelve-plus years of enterprise AI work; public-sector experience across federal, state, local, and academic engagements; production AI delivered for Fortune-500 media and entertainment partners; recently extended into legal-agentic AI in regulated environments. The practice is capped at six engagements per year — structurally, not as marketing — and the deliverables are working systems and memos. No slide decks. He lives and works in San Diego County.
Press kit downloads
Use anything here without a follow-up email. If you need a different crop, a different bio length, or a topic angle, ask.
Sample topics
Each links to a published essay in the same voice James brings to the stage or the studio. Treat each as a pitch starter.
A consulting practice that ships working systems instead of slide decks. The no-deck rule as structural commitment.
The 'Yes, and…' rule as a design principle for graceful degradation, fallback prompts, and any AI system that has to hold a conversation with a real user.
A buyer's guide for the founder told to hire an AI executive — the questions to ask, the signals that distinguish a senior practitioner from a senior storyteller.
Speaking format options
Each format runs in James's own voice — story-led, no slide deck unless the venue requires one, plain English on top of technical material.
45 minutes
A single-thread argument with story-led framing. No deck unless the venue requires one. Built for festival, conference, or industry-track stages where the audience came to think.
15 to 30 minutes
A sharp position on a stated topic, defended in plain English. Best when the panel has a moderator who runs a tight clock and a co-panelist willing to disagree.
Half-day or full-day
A working session for an executive team, an engineering team, or a board. Outcome is a one-page memo the room can take into its next decision, not a takeaways slide.
60 to 90 minutes
Long-form is the format that suits the material. Comfortable in the operator-narrative register; happy to bring receipts on production AI, fractional executive work, or governance in regulated environments.
Direct contact
For press, podcasts, and event organizers — write directly. James reads everything; replies are usually within one business day.
Next step
For pitch leads, panel invites, and topic checks — write directly. Booking a 30-minute call works too.
