Michael Galbraith Purvis
AI Solution Architect | Agentic Workflows & AI-Native Business Systems
AI Solution Architect with 15+ years of software engineering experience, now focused on helping coaches, consultants, and service businesses redesign operations around AI.. I assess where AI creates the highest ROI, then design and implement end-to-end agentic workflows — automating lead generation, client onboarding, content pipelines, and decision-making so businesses scale without adding headcount. I built and launched Agentic Tarot as a proof-of-concept fully autonomous AI business: AI-generated personalized readings, automated commerce, and AI-driven marketing — zero staff, running 24/7. My engineering background means I deliver enterprise-grade solutions, not surface-level tool stacks: clean architecture, reliable systems, and AI workflows that actually hold up under real business load.
Skills
AI Strategy & Consulting: Company AI Needs Assessment, AI Roadmap & Workflow Design, Operations Optimization for Productivity & Profit, AI-Grade Data Architecture, Decision Support & Business Intelligence, AI Workshop Facilitation & Team Training
Agentic AI & Automation: AI Agent Design & Deployment, End-to-End Agentic Business Systems, Workflow Orchestration & Process Automation, AI-Powered Lead Generation & Personalized Marketing, Conversational AI & Chatbot Implementation, Co-Pilot & Prompt Engineering
AI Solutions Development: Custom AI Apps & Dashboards, Claude / OpenAI API Integration, Stripe Commerce Automation, Full-Stack Web Development (Node.js, Vue, Python), Deep Learning (PyTorch, TensorFlow), Computer Vision (OpenCV)
Leadership & Delivery: Technical Team Leadership & Mentoring, Hiring & Building Engineering Teams, Project Assessment & Planning, Systems Architecture (15+ years), C++, C#, Python, JavaScript
Experience
Staff Real-Time Software Engineer @ Prodigy Labs - The Art of Intelligence
2025-10 – Present
Unreal Engine - Meta Human - Nvidia Ace for Games - Breathing life into 3D Digital Humans
Director of Engineering @ Grimigeon Games
2025-06 – 2026-04
Lead Technical Development of 3rd person adventure game Vertical Slice
Senior Software Engineer (Contract) @ Mercor Intelligence
2025-01 – 2025-08
Prompt creation for training advanced AI in complex software engineering tasks. Work across C++/Python frameworks and AI productivity tools.
Lead HMI Software Engineer @ Canoo
2021-11 – 2025-01
Led the UI/HMI effort for Canoo vehicles, overseeing UI engineers, hiring, mentoring, demos, and dashboard architecture.
- Designed and implemented dashboard touchscreen application architecture.
- Programming in C++, Qt/QML, and Unreal Engine; shader/material development.
- Meta-programming with API Gear to generate service bindings to Unreal Engine.
- Served on engineering interview panels and drove team standards.
Senior Systems Engineer @ Heart Machine
2021-04 – 2021-11
UI programming on Solar Ash (PS4/PS5, PC) using Unreal Engine C++ and Blueprints.
Software Engineer IV @ Konami Gaming, Inc.
2019-06 – 2021-04
Team Lead in Games R&D; C++ development and debugging for video slot machine games.
- Led tasking, mentoring, and interviewing for engineers.
- Project assessment, planning, and time budgeting.
Senior Game Programmer @ United Power
2018-08 – 2019-06
Team lead and JavaScript game programmer for a web-based MMO.
- PlayCanvas, Vue, Apollo/GraphQL, HTML5, WebGL shader programming.
Software Engineer III @ Konami Gaming, Inc.
2017-02 – 2018-08
C++ development and debugging for video slot machine games.
- Evaluated Unreal Engine 4 and prototyped for a next-gen game platform.
- Built internal C# tooling.
Simulation Software Developer @ TecMasters, Inc.
2016-07 – 2017-01
C++ programming for modeling & simulation applications; GUI work with GTK.
Simulation Software Developer @ Alatec, Inc.
2015-08 – 2016-07
C++ refactoring from legacy C to modern C++ to meet military requirements.
Software Engineer III @ Midnight Studios
2013-10 – 2015-07
Designed and led development for a small UE4 arcade game; AAA UI contributions.
- Implemented GUI features enabling 4-player local splitscreen to Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2.
- Helped develop a modular gaming platform (HTML5/AngularJS/CreateJS).
Principal Software Engineer @ Janus Research Group
2012-03 – 2013-10
Promoted from Senior Engineer; Unreal Engine 3/C++/UnrealScript gameplay systems.
- Led FBI Crime Scene Training Game; designed and developed core gameplay (incl. SLR camera simulation).
- Multiplayer networking; ported single-player systems to multiplayer.
- Built Python tool to parse code and auto-populate documentation spreadsheets, reducing effort from 6 to 2 months.
- Built Python build-monitor gadget for server status.
Software Analyst III @ Alatec, Inc.
2011-10 – 2012-03
Java 2D graphics for military simulation; engineering documentation automation.
Senior Software Engineer @ Chickasaw Nation Industries
2009-11 – 2011-10
Designed and developed an Intelligent Agent military simulation and led the project.
- Project Manager, Development Lead, and Site Manager in year 2.
- Recruited and hired engineers and artists.
- Technologies: C++, MySQL, .NET/C#/WPF; HLA interoperability with other simulations.
Software Analyst I @ Alatec, Inc.
2008-12 – 2009-11
Wargame and ground combat simulation programming; built GUI tool suite for scenario creation for COMBATXI.
Application Programmer @ Lifetouch National Studios
2006-09 – 2008-10
Office automation for assembling and printing using C#, VB, SQL, and .NET; Access queries.
Jr. Software Engineer (Contract) @ Tricky Software
2007-10 – 2007-11
Programmed menu system for Spore Origins (iPod Touch) in C.
Intern Programmer @ White Wolf / CCP North America
2007-05 – 2007-08
Developed a combat system prototype for the MMO World of Darkness (Python in EVE engine).
Education
The Art Institutes of California (San Francisco, CA)
2005-09 – 2008-12
B.S. — Visual & Game Programming
Heald Institute of Technology (San Francisco, CA)
1994-01 – 1996-07
A.S. — Electronics Technology
Other
Specialist E-4, M1A1 Armor Crewmember (19K10), U.S. Army
1990-01 – 1993-12-31
Operations: Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Desert Defense; Honorable Discharge.
Certificates
Pixar Certificate for RenderMan
Pixar / Autodesk Maya