Dan West · A Portfolio · Open to Conversation & New Roles

Big picture, small print.

Nearly 20 years in IT. Strategy.

Good ideas rarely fail for lack of vision. They fail in the quieter places: adoption, trust, and whether anyone tells the builders what customers are actually saying. That’s where I like to work.

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Open to new roles

Leading strategy and the teams that bring it to life.San Diego · remote-friendly

0years, nearly, in information technology

AI certifications · 6 earned

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My Portfolio

AI projects, applications and works.

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About · Why this portfolio

Three halves of one job.

Great capability doesn’t change the world. Capability that people understand, trust and use well does.

Why “Icarian Forge”

Everyone remembers that Icarus fell. Fewer remember that he flew. The forge is the unglamorous part before the flight, where the wings get built, tested and rebuilt.

01 · StrategyThe big pictureNearly twenty years in IT taught me how technology really gets chosen, built, rolled out and supported.

02 · LeadershipThe people in itA clear direction and a high bar, with the customer’s voice in the room the whole way.

03 · Hands-onThe small printI use AI every day and build with it. Everything here was made with Claude.

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I’m open to new roles leading strategy and the teams that bring it to life. Even if the timing isn’t right, I’d enjoy the conversation. I’m always glad to talk through how my projects were conceived and built.

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