Builder · Operator · Founder

I build AI products that remove friction.

Operator-turned-builder shipping AI products across pet health, hospitality, payments, and fundraising. I find where the friction lives — then build the software that removes it, from first commit to launch.

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Products live across pet health, hospitality, payments & fundraising
AI
Conversational & agentic systems
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Full-stack builder
Portfolio

Products I've built

About

I've run the operations.
Now I build the software.

Portrait of Ian Schwarz

I came up on the operations side of business — close enough to customers and the day-to-day to see exactly where friction hides. Most software gets built by people who've never had to run the process it's meant to fix. I have, and it shows in what I build.

My work sits at the intersection of real operational experience and a genuine engineering skillset. I don't just spot the problem — I build the system that solves it, from architecture to deployment to go-to-market.

The common thread across everything I ship: fewer steps between intent and outcome. Whether it's a pet owner reaching their animal's full health record, a hotel earning a direct booking, a contractor getting paid the moment a waiver is signed, or a founder running a cleaner raise — the goal never changes.

Operator's Instinct
Years on the operations side of real businesses. I build for the person actually doing the work — not an abstraction of them.
AI, Applied
Conversational and agentic systems that take real initiative — used where they remove work, not where they look impressive.
Payments & Infrastructure
Designing the flows and rails that move money and data reliably between customers and the services they depend on.
Full-Stack Execution
From first commit to launch and go-to-market. I own the entire lifecycle of a product, not just the idea.
Get in touch

Interested in working together?

Whether you've got a product with friction worth removing, want to partner on something, or just want to compare notes on shipping AI — I'd like to hear from you.