About

From a sterile compounding lab to AI-assisted systems.

I've spent about ten years in pharmaceutical quality control and sterile compounding. Now I build and test AI-assisted systems. The habits from the first job turn out to be most of what the second one needs.

Where I come from

Records that have to hold up later

Since 2018 I've worked as a sterile laboratory technician and safety officer in an allergy immunotherapy compounding lab. The work is aseptic compounding in a cleanroom, hands-on environmental monitoring sampling, and checking orders with doctors and pharmacists so each patient-specific formulation is right.

Before that, from 2016 to 2018, I was a quality control laboratory technician at a health and beauty care manufacturer. I tested raw materials and finished goods (HPLC, GC, FTIR, pH, viscosity, moisture), tracked out-of-specification results and investigations, including through a Health Canada audit, and helped a senior chemist set up and validate new test methods.

I hold an Honours B.Sc. in biological science from Trent University. I'm not a pharmacist, and I haven't held a senior QA or computer system validation title.

What I build now

Self-directed, and inspectable

Most of my software and AI work is self-directed. I haven't held a software engineering job title, so the evidence is the work you can open and check:

  • Biotech RAG assistant: a controlled-document assistant built controls first, with a live demo, public code and tests.
  • Claim Audit Lab: a claim auditor I built, measured against blind human labels, and retired as a scorer when it failed. The failure stays public.
  • AI Reviewer pressure-test: an early research pilot on whether reviewers catch errors in AI-assisted work.

Work with me

Roles, contracts and projects

Based in Ontario, Canada, working remotely.

Employment

Roles where AI output has to hold up

AI evaluation and quality, AI governance and assurance, validation, and applied AI in regulated or quality-heavy teams. I'm most useful where someone has to answer "how do we know this is right?"

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Contract and projects

Bounded, with the limits written down

Testing an AI-assisted workflow, building a small tool with its controls first, or reconstructing one controlled workflow before it gets automated or moved into a new system.

CV

Current CV on request

I send a current, checked version rather than post one that drifts out of date. Ask through the contact form and say what the role is.

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External recommendation

Observed in a technical collaboration

Public LinkedIn recommendation from a technical collaboration, with relationship context. Not a client engagement.

During our technical deep-dive into backend systems, his critique of data governance, log-guarding protocols, and system auditability was incredibly sharp and practical.

Eldorado Daniel AI Automation Specialist · Cross-company technical collaboration Public LinkedIn recommendation · June 26, 2026 · Not a client engagement
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Want to talk?

Hiring, a project, research, or a question about something I wrote. Or email [email protected].