Kyle Lauro.
Flagstaff, Arizona

I manage IT projects and build AI tools.

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20+years in IT and infrastructure
11years at my day-to-day job
Winner AI Challenge at my day-to-day job, with Conduit

Selected work

AI tools and IT projects

AI Challenge winner

Conduit

Asset data from five systems, synced into one CMDB with read only AI reporting.

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OddsMap

World events from public sources on one interactive map.

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HelmSwarm

Coordinates several AI agents with roles, guardrails, and review gates.

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Leadership

From shop supervisor to director

  1. 1996 to 2000
    Petty Officer and Shop Supervisor U.S. Navy, USS Kitty Hawk
  2. 2003 to 2012
    Windows Systems Administrator Airborne 1
  3. 2012 to 2014
    Technical lead on cloud builds Nirvanix
  4. 2014 to 2015
    Lead Windows administrator Solute Consulting, Signal Defense
  5. From 2019
    Manager, then Director of Technology Operations Day-to-day job
  6. Now
    IT Project Manager Day-to-day job
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Recommendations

Managers, peers, and clients

“… Kyle has continuously lead complex IT projects to success. … The datacenter operations team has delivered outstanding results under Kyle's leadership. …”

Alan ChengCloud ArchitectAlan worked with Kyle on the same team, 2022

“If you want a rock-solid technical team player, look no further. … He quickly went from learning the job to mentoring those that were hired at the same time and title. …”

Leah OldakowskiPMO, Service Delivery and Operations LeaderLeah managed Kyle directly, 2014

“While I was CFO of Airborne 1, Kyle was without question my "go to guy" for our IT group. … Simply, he knows his stuff, can answer the hard questions, shows up to work, stays late and isn't afraid to say no, even when it is the unpopular answer. …”

Ted LanesCOO, Leonid Capital PartnersTed was senior to Kyle but didn’t manage Kyle directly, 2012
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How I work

From scope to handoff

Agree on what done looks likeBefore anything is built.
Build in small stepsEach one checked before the next.
Prove it worksReal runs and tests, not a status report.
Document the handoffRunbooks, recorded decisions, and a clear next step, so someone else can run it.

Writing

Published articles

AI skills July 6, 2026

Make Opus Run Like Fable

A skill that makes an AI model work in disciplined steps: break the job down, verify with evidence, recover from failures, and stop cleanly.

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Concise Claude Skill

A prompt that has Claude build a skill for cutting filler out of its own writing.

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My method of creating characters

The method I use to create the recurring characters in my AI videos.

Read on X ↗ (opens in a new tab)Creative AI October 2, 2026

Image to Talking Clip: A Workflow You Can Adapt

A workflow for turning a still image into a talking video clip, with a setup prompt for an AI agent.

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About

Navy veteran in Flagstaff, Arizona

I started on an aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy, then spent twenty years in Windows, cloud, and datacenter operations. Today I manage IT projects and build AI tools where the AI does the repetitive work and a person approves the result.

I also run Northern Arizona Design, building websites for local businesses.

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