About Me

The Short Version

I built an AI operating system because my brain needed it. Turns out it works for everyone.

The Professional Story

I’ve spent 15+ years in marketing technology — building systems, managing platforms, and translating between people who speak “business” and people who speak “technology.”

I’ve worked with 50+ teams across industries, designed 100+ operational systems, and learned one thing that never changes: the gap between what a tool can do and what a team actually needs is where everything breaks down.

That’s the space I work in. Not selling tools. Not implementing software. Diagnosing how people, processes, and technology actually connect — then building frameworks that make those connections intentional.

I started my tech career at the Apple Store (R225, The Summit — three years), where I learned that teaching someone to use technology isn’t about the features. It’s about understanding how they think. That principle has driven everything since.

What I Do Now

Through Digitally Demented Ventures, I help businesses with:

  • Operational consulting — Diagnose and redesign how your people, processes, and tech actually work together
  • AI workflow design — Custom AI infrastructure built around how you actually work, not generic chatbot implementations
  • Training — Teach your team to think WITH AI, not just use AI tools

I’m based in Birmingham, AL, where I’m also involved with Techs and the City (TATC) — Birmingham’s creative tech community — and Birmingham AI, the local AI meetup group.

Daniel Walters — portrait
The Honest Version

Why I Built an AI Operating System

I was diagnosed with AuDHD (autism + ADHD) as an adult. Late diagnosis, the kind where suddenly a lot of things make sense retroactively.

AuDHD means executive function doesn’t come free. Context switching, prospective memory, coordination overhead — things most people do automatically, my brain treats as expensive operations. I’ve spent my whole career compensating with systems, checklists, and workarounds. Some of them were brilliant. Most of them were exhausting.

Then AI got good enough to actually help.

I didn’t build my AI operating system as a business idea. I built it because my brain demanded it. I externalized my executive function into a system of specialized AI agents, workflows, and handoff protocols. A Chief of Staff that manages my calendar and inbox. Content agents that know my voice. A mentor council that pushes back on bad ideas.

It wasn’t a productivity hack. It was a survival mechanism.

And then something interesting happened: it worked for everyone. The same system I built to compensate for my brain’s limitations turned out to be exactly what businesses need — clear roles, persistent context, structured handoffs, and systems that make invisible work visible.

That’s what I teach and what I build for clients. Not because it’s trendy. Because I’ve been living it.

How We Work

DDV Values

These aren’t aspirational. They’re operational. Every engagement is measured against them.

Accountability

Own results at every level. If we built it, we answer for it.

Transparency

Make the work visible. You see what we see — no black boxes, no hidden agendas.

Radical Sincerity

Say what’s true, even when it’s uncomfortable. Honest conversation is the norm, not the exception.

Open-Minded

Entertain ideas without adopting them. Discuss without attacking or feeling attacked.

Craft

Care about how the work is done, not just that it ships. Build things worth standing behind.

Curiosity

Stay a student of the work. Our value is in learning faster than the change.

“
Your value was never in doing the work.
AI just made that obvious.
— Daniel Walters

Want to work together?

Let’s start with a conversation. No pitch, no pressure — just figuring out if there’s a fit.

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