Portland, OR — io.dwise@gmail.com

Daniel Wise

Engineering leader. Builder. Shipping AI at Trimble.

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About

I manage teams and ship code daily. At Trimble, I work on AI engineering across enterprise ERP systems. The interesting part is figuring out how AI-augmented development actually works in practice on large, complex codebases. Previously helped build Best Western's first GenAI products and founded Revcaster, a SaaS platform that was acquired after becoming the #1 customer-rated tool in its space.

I've spent more than 15 years designing, building, and scaling cloud-native systems in the hospitality industry. My focus has been on revenue management, SaaS platforms, and, more recently, AI-powered forecasting tools.

In early 2026, I joined Trimble as AI Engineering Manager, working on AI engineering across ERP accounting and payroll projects. The work involves modernizing legacy systems with 20+ years of history while building greenfield platforms from scratch. I'm growing the team and figuring out how to make AI-augmented development practical for large, complex codebases. It's a different kind of challenge than anything I've done before, and I'm enjoying it.

In 2012, I co-founded Revcaster, a real-time hotel pricing intelligence platform that helped thousands of hotels make smarter rate decisions. We processed millions of data points every day and earned a #1 customer rating on Hotel Tech Report. In 2015, Revcaster was acquired by The Rainmaker Group, where I led product integration and expansion across their platform.

At heart, I'm a builder. I still write code, design systems, and stay deeply involved in the work. I believe great engineering leaders contribute directly and understand the full stack.

Experience

Working on AI engineering across enterprise ERP accounting and payroll projects. The work spans legacy system modernization, greenfield platform development, and building the tooling and workflows that make AI practical for everyday development.

  • Growing the AI engineering team with ML/AI Data Scientists and additional engineering leadership
  • Building production AI systems for complex financial data environments, including agents and anomaly detection
  • Developing AI-augmented development workflows and tooling that the broader team now uses daily
  • Working across teams on a greenfield payroll ERP, figuring out what modern AI-integrated development looks like in practice

Azure · C# · TypeScript · Python · AI/ML · Multi-Agent Systems · Legacy ERP Modernization

Hands-on technical leader who coded daily while managing a team of 5 engineers building AI-powered applications for 4,500+ properties.

  • Built RAG-enabled support agent as first GenAI deployment to production—wrote TypeScript ETL pipelines, Claude/Bedrock integration, and React streaming interface with complex WebSocket implementation
  • Led critical project turnaround—provided hands-on technical leadership, implemented key architectural solutions, hit deadlines and saved millions while mentoring team
  • Built multi-agent AI revenue system—created orchestrated agents analyzing hotel performance (occupancy, rates, market data) with customized daily synthesis matching user requirements
  • Developed enterprise alerting platform—built database schema, React application, and GraphQL API handling 9,000+ emails/day peak volume

AWS · TypeScript · React · NextJS · Lambda · Postgres · Claude/Bedrock · WebSocket APIs

Technical lead and primary developer mentoring 2 engineers while personally coding the core platform transformation.

  • Built the entire Rails API—wrote auto-scaling backend architecture, implemented caching layer, and coded React SPA frontend
  • Solved complex performance challenges—implemented DOM virtualization, coded ElastiCache integration, optimized 200-column dashboard rendering
  • Built one of BWH's first cloud-native applications—leveraged Redshift data warehouse and S3 ETL processes to create modern platform serving 75+ revenue managers

AWS · Ruby on Rails · TypeScript · React · Postgres · ElastiCache

Founded and scaled a real-time hotel pricing intelligence platform to #1 customer-rated tool on Hotel Tech Report, culminating in a successful acquisition.

  • Built initial prototype in Excel/VBA—proved concept, hired contractor for MVP, verified PMF, landed first enterprise client
  • Developed enterprise APIs while scaling team—wrote integration layers for property management systems, coded real-time pricing algorithms
  • Built and mentored engineering team—hired developers, maintained hands-on code contributions, scaled from contractor to full engineering organization
  • Recognized for technical innovation—HSMAI Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality (2016)

AWS · Ruby on Rails · JavaScript · Postgres · Web Crawlers · API Development

Independent consulting practice managed alongside full-time roles. Built custom SaaS tools and serverless platforms for 50+ hotel clients.

  • Built custom SaaS tools for 50+ enterprise hotel clients, handling full engagement lifecycle from scoping through delivery
  • Reduced manual processes by 75% using AWS Serverless and GraphQL
  • Delivered event-driven serverless platforms and standalone pricing intelligence applications
  • Maintained long-term client relationships across boutique and enterprise properties

AWS · GraphQL · Serverless · JavaScript · API Development

Work

PhotoMuse

Microsoft RAG-Hack 2024

AI image search platform using Azure Vision + GPT-4 with pgvector similarity search. Built for Microsoft RAG-Hack 2024.

Azure Vision · GPT-4 · pgvector · Next.js · TypeScript

AI Manager

ElevenLabs x a16z Hackathon 2025

Engineering management assistant with ElevenLabs voice generation. Created for ElevenLabs x a16z Hackathon 2025.

ElevenLabs API · Voice Generation · AI · React · TypeScript

KidGenda

Personal

AI-assisted care dashboard for neurodivergent children. Tracks therapies, incidents, and generates summary documents for teachers and caregivers. Includes calendar syncing, parent logging, and AI-powered summary generation.

Next.js · TypeScript · React · AI/ML · Calendar APIs

AI2Docs

In Development

Converts customer support conversations, chats, and emails into well-structured documentation pages. Built for solo developers and small teams looking to scale support without enterprise bloat.

GPT-4 · Vector Search · TypeScript · Next.js

Certifications & Recognition

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (2025)AWS Certified AI Practitioner (2024)AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (2023)HSMAI Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality (2016)

Personal

My most important job is being a dad. My son Alex is the reason I advocate for autism research and awareness. Our family joined the SPARK for Autism project, which gave us life-changing answers about his condition (Baraitser-Winter Syndrome). Sharing our experience helped us find the right care and gave us a way to support other families going through similar challenges.

When I have free time:

  • Participating in hackathons
  • Painting or tinkering with a 3D printer
  • Watching sci-fi with Alex
  • Building tools for our school community (like a better calendar app for parents)

Education

MBA

University of Oregon

BS Business Management

Arizona State University

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services · 2025

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · 2024

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · 2023

Let's talk.

io.dwise@gmail.com

Always happy to talk about engineering, AI, or how teams are building software right now.