The AI Development Story
Fortael’s first product, BytteIQ, is in development and has no public release yet. What I can show today is the method: I’m building it by directing AI agents, which is an unusual place for an instructional design and change management professional to be working from.
How I Build with AI Agents
I orchestrate parallel AI agents, multiple simultaneous development sessions, each focused on a different component, to architect and build a full-stack application. This isn’t “asking ChatGPT for help.” This is systematic, context-managed software development.
“I don’t just recommend AI adoption, I’ve lived it. I direct AI agents to build applications, which means I can design realistic adoption strategies because I understand the actual capabilities and limitations firsthand.”
Clinical Compliance & Interoperability
The architecture is designed for clinical-grade data handling from the start, not bolted on after the fact. The compliance design spans five standards so the platform can serve consumer, healthcare, and government contexts.
HIPAA
3-tier data classification, AES-256-GCM encryption, immutable audit logging, 7-year retention
FHIR R4
Full clinical interoperability with SMART on FHIR, Blue Button 2.0, and Smart Health Cards
NIST 800-63-3
IAL2 identity proofing and AAL2 multi-factor authentication with passkeys
GINA
Genetic data as Tier 3 PHI, zero third-party sharing, raw data auto-deletion
COPPA
Age verification, non-overridable fasting caps for teens, parental consent gates
Key Takeaway
“Technology adoption isn’t a slide deck problem, it’s a build problem.”
Applied here: I didn’t just study AI adoption. I adopted AI to build a platform.I’ve spent 20+ years building things, trade schools, software systems, training programs, marketing campaigns, operational workflows. Fortael is the current one: identify a gap, learn the domain, design the solution, and build it for scale across consumers, enterprise, and government. AI-augmented development didn’t change what I do. It accelerated how fast I can do it.