Business Systems & Operations Technology
Nick Summerlin
I turn complex business workflows into practical tools people use.
My background spans business ownership, operations management, data quality, and military intelligence. Today, I combine that experience with workflow design and AI-assisted software delivery to build systems for everyday operations, financial visibility, and clearer decisions.
The platform demo is the real application's interface running on invented data in your browser.
01 Selected work
Evidence you can open, not just read
Flagship · Operations platformHired to track budgets. Expanded into building the systems behind the work.
Work orders, leases and rent, bank transactions, project balances and reports in one platform — each role lands on its own workspace. Includes the live demo.
Atlas Neural NetworkHow it's built, verified and kept continuousExplore the map of systems behind the platform, then follow one change to a verified release.
Personal appA local-first workout appThe real app, running with a fictional athlete — start, log, review history.
Personal gameIdle HandsA multiplayer office idle game — play the original, with invented co-workers.
More work
- Monthly budget requests — a funding request built from live balances that refuses to print incomplete. Demo
- Websites — a company website I built, and an unreleased redesign concept. Desktop and phone
- AI-assisted delivery — the operating model behind the platform: memory, gates and owner approval.
02 Approach
How I work
I own the outcome from problem to adoption: what the business needs, how the work should flow, what gets built and in what order, and whether it's right before anyone depends on it. AI assistants write most of the code under my direction.
Learn the work
Sit with the people doing it. Find where information lives, where it gets lost, and what decisions it should support.
Define it together
Turn problems into plain requirements with leadership and staff. Decide what "done" and "correct" mean before building.
Design and direct
Design the workflow and screens, then direct AI implementation in small, reviewable changes with written decisions.
Verify and support
Test on real devices, gate every release, onboard people by role, and fix what they report.
03 Background
Operations first, technology second
Business ownership
Owned and ran an appliance business for eight years and later a liquidation resale operation — budgeting, vendors, scheduling, inventory and invoicing.
Operations management
Operations manager for a roustabout company supporting geothermal drilling: invoicing, vendor tax forms, email and business administration.
Data quality
Seven years as a remote data analyst evaluating search and map results for accuracy, with reporting and documentation.
Military intelligence
U.S. Army veteran and former intelligence analyst — synthesizing information into reports and briefings for leadership.
04 Contact
Questions about the work?
I'm happy to talk through how any of this was built, the decisions behind it, or the demos. Email is the best way to reach me.