The never-ending saga of J Powell.

Entrepreneur, Technologist, and a Dad. Since 1998, a life that has stretched from broadcast radio, restaurants, start-ups in tech, beauty and wellness, and now I’m Artificially Intelligent. All captured in musings, pictures, and audio.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Marianne Williamson · A Return to Love

Working in AI

Two decades of infrastructure, now pointed at AI.

As VAST Data’s Global AI Strategist, I turn two decades of data-center depth into real AI outcomes, designing enterprise RAG pipelines, tuning GPU inference, building multimodal proofs of concept, and leading hands-on SDK workshops for customers and partners. Deep, hands-on depth. Not vibe coding.

  • LLMs
  • RAG
  • Inferencing
  • PyTorch
  • TensorRT
  • NVIDIA Private AI
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