Go-To-Market Engineer · U.S. Army Veteran

I help businesses run like well-oiled machines.

Websites, automation, and AI workflows that hand you back the hours busywork eats. Whether you have never touched AI or you are already running on it, I meet you where you are. Big project or small, the first consultation is free.

Port Huron, Michigan
William Faitel, Go-To-Market Engineer in Port Huron, Michigan
Who I Am

I build things that work in the real world.

I'm a go-to-market engineer with a technician's hands. The foundation is real: a decade in the trades, a stint in the U.S. Army, and an AAS in Mechatronics from SC4 — PLCs, industrial controls, electrical work. On top of it, I build the systems that move a business: production-grade AI workflows, custom websites with hosting handled, automated advertising cycles, and search optimization for both Google and the AI engines that answer questions now. Trained as a technician, raised with an engineering mindset. One work ethic runs all of it.

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Mechatronics

AAS, SC4 · PLCs, controls, electrical

Go-To-Market

Ads, SEO/GEO, funnels, automation

AI Operations

Claude skills, MCP, multi-provider LLMs

Web Development

Custom client sites, SEO, accessibility

For Your Business

Run Like a Well-Oiled Machine

Most small businesses lose ten to sixteen hours a week to work a machine could do. Not the work that needs your judgment. The repetitive handoffs: the quote that never got followed up, the invoice typed by hand, the same question answered for the hundredth time. I find those, automate them, and hand you back the hours. You keep every decision that matters. The busywork goes away. Big project or small, it starts the same way: a free consultation, in plain English, no jargon.

Wherever you are with AI, I meet you there

01

"It still feels like hype."

You've heard the noise, maybe tried a chatbot once, and you're not sure any of it fits a business like yours. Start here. I set up the right tools, train your team, and write it all down so you are never dependent on me.

02

"I'm dabbling."

You use ChatGPT here and there, but it hasn't changed how the business actually runs. I turn dabbling into real workflows: the tasks that eat your week, automated and reliable, with a human review before anything goes out.

03

"I'm running on it."

You've got tools in place and want to push further without a full-time hire. Fractional AI operations: ongoing builds, maintenance, and new use cases on flexible terms, scaled to what you need this month.

What that looks like

Service & Trades

The lead that books itself

A customer fills out your form at nine at night. By morning they have a reply, a quote, and a slot on your calendar, and the job is on your schedule. You never touched your phone. A follow-up loop that used to cost you a day a week, now running while you sleep.

Professional Office Real Build

The paperwork that files itself

Every client call turns into clean notes and a task list before you have left the room. Documents draft themselves in your format, in your voice, ready for you to review and sign. This is not hypothetical. I built exactly this for a law firm, and it turned hours of drafting into minutes.

Retail & E-Commerce Real Build

The inventory that lists itself

Photos in, priced and written listings out, posted across every platform on a schedule, with a live store and payment links generated for you. I run this exact pipeline on my own estate-sale business. The same machine can run yours.

Any Business

The inbox that sorts itself

Routine questions answered on their own, requests read and routed to the right person, and the few that truly need you flagged and waiting. Your inbox stops running your day, and nothing important slips through, because a human keeps the final say.

Signature Service

Intelligent Document Archives

Turn boxes of paper you cannot search into a private database you can talk to. If you are paying to store years of records nobody can find, this is the fix. From dead paper to living data.

01

Digitize

I take your banker boxes and handle the tedious part: removing staples, flattening creases, and running every page through a scanner. You do not lift a finger.

02

The AI reads it

The AI reads every page, tells a tax form from a contract from an invoice, and organizes the whole archive on its own. On the heaviest jobs, a Kimi K2.6 agent swarm runs multiple readers in parallel to structure it faster. This is the part scanning companies do not do.

03

You get a searchable database

You get a private knowledge base you can chat with. Ask it a question and get the record in seconds instead of an hour of digging through storage.

Sized to the job

I match the model to the work and the budget. A small local Llama for straightforward archives, all the way up to a frontier model like Kimi K2.6 for the largest and most nuanced records. You pay for the muscle the job needs, not more.

Two ways to run it

On your premises: the model and your database live on a dedicated machine inside your office, and your data never touches the internet. Managed cloud: I host it on a secure, encrypted server with a private login for your team.

$500 per banker box, scanned and AI-ingested
$45/hr hand-prep on complicated documents, staples and creases, only when needed
Start With a Free Consultation

Everything I can build for you

Automation Free Consult

Automation, Anything

If you have something you want automated, let's see if we can do it. Invoicing, scheduling, document handling, data entry, reporting, listing products, chasing leads — if it eats hours on a repeating cycle, it's a candidate. The initial consultation is free.

Hardware Embedded

Custom Electronics & Embedded Systems

Arduino and ESP32 builds that connect the physical world to your software. Custom security and access control, smart building and equipment automation, and remote sensor monitoring that reports to a dashboard or straight to your phone. I retrofit existing hardware to talk to APIs, databases, and the cloud. Mechatronics training on the electronics, software on the integration. That combination is rare.

Web Hosting

Website Design, Build & Hosting

A custom site built by hand — fast, mobile-first, accessible, structured for search — with hosting, DNS, and SSL handled so you never think about it. Seven live sites and counting, from law firms to construction companies.

Advertising Automation

Advertising Cycle Automation

The full loop, automated: creative generation, scheduling, cross-platform posting, performance review, iteration. I run this pipeline for my own publication across four platforms; I can build yours to match your brand and cadence.

Paid Media

Google Ads & Paid Media Optimization

Optimization of your Google Ads or any other ad space you want to use — search, display, social. Keyword and audience refinement, negative-keyword hygiene, bid strategy, landing-page alignment, and honest reporting on what your spend actually buys.

SEO GEO

SEO & GEO Optimization

Ranking in Google is half the job now. The other half is showing up when ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini answers a question about your industry. Technical SEO, structured data, local search, and generative engine optimization so both kinds of search find you.

Lead Gen Automation

Lead Generation & Outreach Automation

Automated prospect research, list building, enrichment, and drafted outreach that sounds like you — reviewed before anything sends. The machine does the digging; you keep the handshake.

AI Training

AI Setup & Training for Small Business

One-time engagement: I come in, set up the right AI tools for your team, train your people, and document the workflow. Any industry. Built to leave you self-sufficient, not dependent.

AI Consulting

AI Workflow Consulting

Production-grade AI workflows custom-built for your business. Prompt architectures, custom Claude skills, multi-provider integrations, automation pipelines — designed and deployed to your spec, in any domain.

Fractional

Fractional AI Operations

On-demand AI operations support for teams that need the capability but aren't ready for a full-time hire. Ongoing workflow maintenance, prompt refinement, and new use-case rollout — flexible hours, flexible terms.

Not sure which of these you need? That's what the free consultation is for.

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What I Work With

Core Competencies

Go-To-Market & Growth

  • Workflow Automation (n8n)
  • Marketing & Advertising Automation
  • Google Ads Optimization
  • Paid Media (Search, Display, Social)
  • SEO (Technical, Local, On-Page)
  • GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)
  • Lead Generation & Enrichment
  • Outreach & Email Automation
  • Content Distribution Pipelines
  • Funnel Analytics & Reporting
  • E-Commerce & Payment Integration (Stripe)

Mechatronics & Industrial

  • PLC Programming (Allen-Bradley, Siemens)
  • Ladder Logic
  • SCADA / HMI
  • Wiring Harness Design
  • Industrial Controls & Robotics
  • Arduino, ESP32 & Embedded Systems
  • IoT & Remote Monitoring
  • Security & Access Control Systems
  • Sensor Integration
  • Motor Control & VFDs
  • Fluid Power & Electromechanical Systems
  • Electrical Work & Blueprint Reading
  • Industrial Maintenance
  • AutoCAD
  • OSHA Compliance

AI & LLM Operations

  • Prompt Engineering
  • Claude Code Skill Development
  • Anthropic Skill Architecture
  • OpenAI Whisper
  • Gemini Image Generation
  • Multi-Provider AI Integration
  • Model Evaluation & Output Refinement
  • Agentic Workflow Design
  • MCP Server Architecture (incl. Open Brain)
  • Persistent AI Memory Systems
  • Document & Workflow Automation
  • AI Training & Onboarding

Web & Software Dev

  • HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript
  • Responsive & Mobile-First Design
  • CSS Animations & Transitions
  • WordPress (Gutenberg Blocks, REST API)
  • Astro & Static Site Generators
  • SEO Optimization (Jetpack, Search Console)
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • Schema.org Structured Data
  • Python & Desktop App Development
  • REST & OAuth APIs (Gmail, YouTube, eBay)
  • Godot 4 / GDScript (Game Dev)
  • Git / GitHub
  • Netlify & Cloudflare Pages Deployment
  • DNS Configuration & Migration
Anthropic Certified

Credentials

I don't just use these tools. I've been certified on them at the source. Four completions from Anthropic, the company that builds Claude, covering the model, the platform, the coding agent, and the fluency framework I bring into every client engagement.

Claude 101

Anthropic · 2026

Claude Platform 101

Anthropic · 2026

Claude Code 101

Anthropic · 2026

AI Fluency Framework & Foundations

Anthropic · 2026

What I've Built

Tools, Skills & Sites

AI Legal Tech

Whisper Transcription Studio

Multi-provider AI transcription platform integrating OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models. One-click Word export with legal-specific formatting presets. Built for production legal work.

Python Automation

Michigan Citation Parser

Automated extraction and indexing of case law, statutes, and court rule citations from legal documents. Built for repeatable, high-accuracy legal workflows.

AI Claude Skills

Custom Claude Skills Library

Reusable AI skill files for lay witness/exhibit lists (MCR 2.401), meeting minutes, document formatting, and Michigan legal workflows. Prompt architectures designed for production reliability.

Web Development Community

AA District 23

Full site redesign and ongoing maintenance for the community organization. HTTPS, EmailJS contact forms, Schema.org structured data, complete SEO optimization. Migrated hosting from GoDaddy to Netlify in May 2026, including DNS reconfiguration and SSL provisioning.

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Web Development Construction

Sasquatch King LLC

Full website build for a construction company. Custom design, responsive layout, structured data, and local SEO implementation.

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Web Development Construction

Proven Construction LLC

Complete web presence for a licensed general contractor. Portfolio gallery, blog system, and print collateral design.

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Automation GTM

Cross-Platform Publishing Pipeline

The advertising-cycle automation I sell, running live on my own publication: one idea becomes a Substack essay, X thread, Facebook post, and TikTok storyboard — drafted in a defined voice, images composited, posted through a custom API backend on a schedule.

E-Commerce AI Automation

High Caliber Estate Sales Pipeline

Photo-to-checkout automation for estate sales: parallel AI appraisal agents, print-ready barcode price labels, Stripe payment links per item, a live online store, and scheduled nightly repricing. One CSV is the source of truth for the whole sale.

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Web Development Programmatic SEO

alanfaitel.com

A 66-page website with 55 of those pages generated programmatically — templates plus data instead of hand-building every page. Programmatic SEO in practice: broad keyword coverage at a fraction of the build time.

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Python AI APIs

CarTube

Desktop app combining YouTube Data API, Anthropic AI, OAuth 2.0, FFmpeg video processing, encrypted credential storage, and scheduled task automation. Built with customtkinter, packaged for Windows with PyInstaller.

Python AI E-Commerce

CodexEbay

Lightweight eBay listing helper that drafts, polishes, and publishes listings from a desktop GUI. AI-generated titles, descriptions, and categories; full eBay API authentication and publishing layer.

Android Python

ImageCropper

Cross-platform image cropping tool. Native Android app with packaged APK release, plus a Python desktop variant. Iterated through multiple versions to refine the crop pipeline.

JavaScript Claude Skill Legal Tech

Appellate Brief Skill

Claude Code skill that generates Michigan Court of Appeals appellate briefs, outputting properly formatted .docx files matching MCR 7.212 requirements. Open source on GitHub.

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Python Automation Gmail API

Email Processor

Windows desktop app that auto-downloads Gmail attachments from known contacts and organizes them into structured folders. Built to eliminate repetitive sorting work.

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WordPress Web Development SEO

Thumb License Lawyer

Full WordPress site redesign: 9 pages overhauled with custom Gutenberg block markup, ~777 lines of custom CSS with button animations and gradient header, Gemini-generated imagery, mobile hamburger nav, Attorney + FAQ JSON-LD schema, and Google Search Console-verified SEO.

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The Wiring Diagram

Writing

Commentary on power, policy, AI, and who actually pays for things — published on Substack. Receipts linked, jokes checked before they ship.

Jul 22, 2026 More Human Than Human The AI-writing witch hunt burns real people and misses real machines. I would know. I run one. Jul 22, 2026 Manifest Destiny 2.0: What If We Kept the Receipts? A modest proposal from the Armchair Imperialist. Jul 21, 2026 I Watched My AI Lie to Me, and the Fix Was a Folder of Text Files Two agents, one shared ticket board, zero dollars. An evening build that caught its first liar within the hour. Jul 20, 2026 Nobody Can Sink Me I walked away from one degree because the market paid better. Fifteen years later I finished a different one, and brought the robots with me. Jul 20, 2026 Ten Years of Yoga. Six Months Without It. I ran an experiment on myself that the research already had the answer to. You do not need to run it too. Jul 16, 2026 You Get Two Bills. The Pledge Covers Half of One. Whitmer says working families will not pay a single penny for data centers. It is worth asking which penny, and which bill it lands on. Jul 16, 2026 The Fire Map Shows Canada's Present and None of Siberia's Past A satellite fire map is one of the most misread images on the internet. It shows you what is hot right now, not what burned. Jul 16, 2026 The Intern Won. That's the Bad News. A college intern out-sorted a humanoid robot for ten hours and won. It took three robots to stay with him. Jul 15, 2026 The Cheap Version of This Argument I wrote the joke first. Then I checked it, and it was wrong. Here is what I found instead. Jul 15, 2026 You Don't Weld the Wiring Shut A Senate vote on the defense bill went viral for the wrong reason. Should a republic ever make an alliance impossible to leave? Jul 15, 2026 The Landlord Gets the Raise AI is the biggest productivity boom in a century. Henry George explained 150 years ago why your landlord keeps the gains. Jul 14, 2026 The Law Left the Room We stopped declaring war in 1942. We never stopped fighting. Iran is just the latest proof that war is now decided by power, not law. Jul 14, 2026 Collapse Has a Winner, and It Is Not You The people fantasizing about tearing it all down have not read enough history to be trusted with any of it. Jul 13, 2026 The Case for Belonging to Neither Why the healthiest thing a citizen can do right now is walk away from both parties, and what waits if enough of us refuse to.
Where I've Been

Experience

2001 – 2003

Petroleum Supply Specialist (77F)

U.S. Army

Managed fuel storage, distribution, and quality control for military logistics operations. Built the work ethic and procedural discipline that still runs everything I do.

2004 – 2014

Construction Tradesman

Various Employers, Michigan

Residential and commercial work — framing, finishing, general contracting. Developed the mechanical aptitude and spatial reasoning that later carried into mechatronics.

Aug 2011 – Present

Owner / Operator

That One Store (E-Commerce)

Long-running reselling business — product sourcing, listing optimization, inventory control, and fulfillment across multiple platforms.

2021 – 2026

AAS Mechatronics

St. Clair County Community College

PLC programming, industrial controls, microcontrollers, robotics, fluid power systems, AutoCAD, industrial automation, electromechanical systems. Graduated May 2026.

2025 – Present

Go-To-Market Engineer & AI Consultant

Self-Employed

Automation, websites with hosting, advertising cycle automation, Google Ads optimization, SEO and GEO, and AI workflow consulting for small businesses — any industry. Free initial consultation.

Feb 2026 – Jun 2026

Paralegal & AI Operations

Private Law Firm, Port Huron, MI

Hired as paralegal; built out the firm's entire AI workflow stack. Custom Claude skill frameworks, the Whisper Transcription Studio, automated document pipelines, the TOA generator, and persistent AI memory via Supabase / Open Brain and MCP server integrations.

Questions

Frequently Asked

What is a go-to-market engineer?

A go-to-market engineer builds the systems that carry a business from product to customer: automation, websites, advertising, SEO, and AI workflows. I am William Faitel, a go-to-market engineer in Port Huron, Michigan, with a mechatronics foundation and hands-on AI operations experience.

Do you work with small businesses?

Yes. Most of what I do is help small businesses automate the repetitive work that eats their week, anything from a single task to a full private-AI setup. Every engagement starts with a free consultation, in plain English.

What does the free consultation include?

We talk through what eats your time or where your customers stall, and I tell you straight whether I can automate it, what it would take, and what it would cost. No retainer required to find out.

Can AI run privately, without sending my data to the cloud?

Yes. I set up local and on-premise AI so your data never leaves your office. That matters most for legal, medical, and financial records, where privacy is not optional.

What kinds of work can you automate?

If it is repetitive and follows a pattern, it is a candidate: invoicing, scheduling, document handling, lead follow-up, product listings, reporting, and customer questions. A human keeps the final say on anything that matters.

Where are you located and who do you serve?

I am based in Port Huron, Michigan, and work with businesses both locally and remotely across the United States, on projects large and small.

Let's Work Together

Ready to build something?

The initial consultation is always free. Bring me the thing you want automated, the ad spend you are not sure about, or the website you do not have yet. Tell me what you need below and I will get back to you within one business day.

Prefer email or phone? Reach me directly. Also open to full-time and contract mechatronics, controls, and AI roles.