Design Engineer, AI Engineer & AI Consultant
I design and build AI systems that become part of how businesses operate.
Design engineer and founder, moving from strategy through product and production to make complex AI systems useful in daily operations.
- Years
- 12+
- Products shipped
- 125
- Fortune 500 alumni
- 5
Experience and shipping signals
Companies I've worked with
- GAP
Systems designed around the operational constraint.
Each feature surfaces only the summary, blocks, and metrics recorded in the public case study.
Typographic system artifact
Neraxxus
Neraxxus
Public summary
Designing an AI voice platform people actually trust to speak for their business.
The product
A voice AI platform designed around clarity, control, and trust.
Role, contribution, and production state are not recorded in this public summary.
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EqusTrade: Crypto Wallet Interface Redesign
Public summary
In the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrencies, user trust and seamless experiences are paramount. Recognizing the need to enhance their wallet interface to meet the demands of a diverse user base, EqusTrade tasked me, as the Senior Product Designer, with redesigning the…
Role, contribution, and production state are not recorded in this public summary.
Typographic system artifact
Protectron
Protectron
Public summary
Democratizing EU AI Act compliance for every company—from audit chaos to a guided path.
The challenge
Make a complex compliance process understandable and actionable.
- Product direction
- Guided
Role, contribution, and production state are not recorded in this public summary.
Products are operating systems, not launch announcements.
A factual view of the public portfolio: what each product addresses and the status currently recorded for it.
Start with the constraint. End with behavior in the world.
A five-part path from ambiguity to a production system that can be observed, maintained, and improved.
- 01Find the operational constraint.
- 02Design the system, not only the screen.
- 03Prototype the risky interaction.
- 04Build the production path.
- 05Measure behavior and improve.
Ideas made specific enough to use.
Who Is Cyriac Zeh For? The Owners I Help — and the Ones I Don’t
Who is Cyriac Zeh for? A clear guide to the small-business owners he helps, the non-fits he avoids, and how to know if AI work is worth it.
SEP 2026 · 13 min read
What a Good AI Demo Looks Like (And What It Hides)
A good AI demo can impress fast, but this guide shows owners how to spot happy-path theater, test production readiness, and buy with less risk.
When You Need an AI Workshop vs a Full Consulting Engagement
Compare AI workshop vs consulting to choose the right fit for clarity, alignment, or a full build that improves operations and delivers results.
Read the writing archive →Workshops for putting the thinking into practice.
AI for the Rest of Us
In this hands-on 2-hour workshop, you'll learn how to build AI assistants and automations that can handle repetitive work across your business — from leads and customer communication to scheduling, marketing, admin, research, and operations. No coding required. No AI experience required. Bring your laptop.
Bring the business problem, not an AI shopping list.
I've built AI systems at Anthropic, Microsoft, and Intuit. Now I bring the same systems to local businesses: real estate teams, clinics, service companies. Practical, installed, working.
Book a discovery callWhat I solve
Operational bottlenecks where a designed AI system can improve how work moves.
A strong fit
Teams with a real workflow, access to domain knowledge, and an owner ready to implement.
What it produces
A clear system direction, tested interaction, and a practical path toward production.
Not a fit
Speculative demos, borrowed urgency, or technology selected before the business constraint.
Technology matters when it changes the quality of the work.
I'm Cyriac Zeh, a design engineer and product builder based in San Diego, California. I work close to the people using the system—from the first constraint through the production path.