John Chase Fort | Growth Systems, Operations, AI

[/>] ABOUT

I build

the layer

beneath

the work.

$ I did not set out to build a career at the intersection of marketing, operations, and AI systems. What started as growth work kept pulling me toward the harder layer underneath: the workflow, the operating model, the approval path, the structure that decides whether something scales or breaks under pressure.

That pattern followed me everywhere. In enterprise banking, I rebuilt compliant content and advisor enablement systems that Legal and Compliance could trust. In startup and independent work, I built distribution engines, content systems, and growth loops without the safety net of a big team or paid spend.

Recently, the same instinct has pulled me into AI workflow systems: agent orchestration, memory, observability, compliance-aware generation, and the boundary between model output and real operating control. I am less interested in clever prompts than in systems people can actually run.

What I want next is harder ownership inside AI, GTM, growth operations, product operations, and founder-led systems work. The through-line has never been volume for its own sake. It has been taking ambiguous work, finding the pressure points, and building structure people can trust.

Current proof

[01] Advisors enabled

350+

Built and ran a compliant social selling system at enterprise scale.

[02] Compliance turnaround

60+ DAYS -> ~2

Rebuilt approval workflows until Legal and Compliance trusted the system.

[03] Organic views

10M+

Created repeatable growth systems for creators and digital-first brands.

[04] Current build layer

AI SYSTEMS

Focused on orchestration, memory, observability, and workflow architecture.

[/>] STRUCTURE EARNS SPEED

The goal is not chaos disguised as velocity. I build the scaffolding that lets teams move faster without losing trust, clarity, or control.

[/>] TRUST IS A SYSTEM

Whether the constraint is compliance, scale, or cross-functional friction, trust has to be designed into the workflow. It does not appear after the fact.

[/>] AI NEEDS OPERATING DISCIPLINE

I care about the work around the model: memory, guardrails, instrumentation, interfaces, and the decisions that make AI useful once people depend on it.

[/>] EXPERIENCE

> Click each role to see the systems, scope, and outcomes behind the title.

[/>] PROJECTS

8 initiatives spanning enterprise systems, applied AI, product builds, and distribution.

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› DETAILS

[/>] AI ENGINEERING PORTFOLIO

A fuller look at the AI engineering work behind Kosmos, CompliPost, and public project builds across retrieval, content workflows, market intelligence, and source-grounded systems.

05

Projects

04

Public repos

01

Private product

[/>] AI BUILD

Kosmos

Open source

Agent Observability

Local-first observability and debugging workspace for AI agents, prompts, traces, and runtime workflows.

AI builders need more than chat logs when an agent touches files, calls tools, edits prompts, or relies on local context. Kosmos is built around a direct question: can I trust what my AI just did to this workspace?

#TypeScript#Electron#React#SQLite#WebSockets

Live Site GitHub

What I built

>Local runtime launched with npx and backed by a local SQLite workspace.
>Architecture map, live monitoring, trace replay, context audit, prompt workbench, and health overview.
>Workspace inspection across files, prompts, tools, models, notes, traces, and runtime relationships.

What it proves

>Public open-source developer tool with website, npm package, docs, CI, and release assets.
>Turns prompt iteration, trace review, and context hygiene into visible product surfaces.

[/>] AI BUILD

CompliPost

Live product

Compliance-Aware Content

Compliance-aware content system for mortgage loan officers, built around governed publishing instead of generic AI copy.

Mortgage professionals need to publish consistently without creating avoidable compliance risk. The product has to combine generation, constraints, review logic, and business packaging.

#Next.js#Supabase#OpenAI#Compliance Rules#SEO

Live SitePrivate Repo

What I built

>Product surface for compliant content generation, SEO-scale landing pages, and user-facing plan structure.
>Rules-aware workflows that keep sensitive financial content inside practical guardrails.
>Supabase-backed application architecture with production analytics, subscription positioning, and GTM-ready product packaging.

What it proves

>Live public product with a focused mortgage-loan-officer audience.
>Private codebase, public product surface, and compliance-aware positioning.

[/>] AI BUILD

GTM OS

Public demo

Source-Grounded GTM Workspace

A cited-answer workspace that turns scattered go-to-market documents into strategy checks, positioning answers, and reusable team knowledge.

Revenue teams often have the right information spread across decks, notes, pricing docs, objection handling, and brand guidance. The hard part is making answers inspectable before anyone uses them in customer-facing work.

#Next.js#React#TypeScript#Local RAG#OpenAI

Live Site GitHub

What I built

>Browser-side document chunking and retrieval over seeded and uploaded Markdown/TXT sources.
>Optional hosted synthesis through an API route while preserving a keyless local retrieval mode.
>Review UX with source snippets, citation chips, copy controls, and contradiction-friendly demo data.

What it proves

>Demonstrates local-first RAG patterns without requiring API keys to evaluate the product.
>Public repo and Vercel demo make the architecture inspectable.

[/>] AI BUILD

Flowcraft

Public demo

AI Content Planning Workflow

Human-in-the-loop campaign planning workflow that turns source material into themes, pillars, and review-ready channel drafts.

Most AI content tools jump straight from prompt to copy. Flowcraft treats content as an operating workflow: context first, strategy second, generation third, review always.

#Next.js#TypeScript#Vercel AI SDK#Zod#Streaming

Live Site GitHub

What I built

>Staged async workflow for intake, theme extraction, content pillars, draft generation, and review packaging.
>Streaming progress events so users can see long-running AI work unfold step by step.
>Editable post cards with approval, edit, flag, copy, and export controls.

What it proves

>Shows practical schema-checked output, source-aware generation, and review-first UX.
>Public repo and deployed planner for evaluating the workflow end to end.

[/>] AI BUILD

SignalScope

Public demo

Market Intelligence Pipeline

Live brand and market monitoring system that collects public signals, triages noise with AI, and writes cited GTM intelligence reports.

Raw alerts are noisy, and strategy teams need evidence-backed summaries rather than another feed to check. SignalScope turns broad public signals into reviewable recommendations.

#Next.js#TypeScript#Anthropic#OpenAI#Zod

Live Site GitHub

What I built

>Collection adapters for Google News RSS, Hacker News, GDELT, and optional Tavily search.
>Two-pass AI pipeline: fast relevance triage followed by higher-quality synthesis.
>Schema-checked reports with citations, evidence chips, Markdown export, and streaming progress.

What it proves

>Demonstrates source-grounded intelligence workflows for brand, competitor, sales, and account planning.
>Public repo and deployed monitor show the full collect, triage, synthesize, review loop.

[/>] AI & AUTOMATION

I treat AI as infrastructure. That means defining roles, constraints, memory, policy boundaries, and runtime visibility around the model so the system still works after the demo.

●●●architecture.flow

[01]

Context Intake

→

[02]

Policy & Rules

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[03]

Memory & State

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[04]

Agent Execution

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[05]

Telemetry

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[/>] SKILLS & TOOLS

The skills I've developed across growth, operations, AI workflow systems, product-adjacent work, and hands-on execution.

Enterprise Growth Systems

Growth Strategy / Growth Operations / Content Systems / Social Selling / Field Enablement / Advisor Marketing / Distribution Strategy / Community Marketing / Sponsorship Activation / Local Marketing / Lead Generation / Executive Social / Integrated Marketing / GTM Systems / Platform-Native Content / Organic Growth / Audience Development / Brand Positioning

Governance & Program Leadership

Compliance Governance / Cross-Functional Leadership / Program Ownership / Operating Model Design / SOP Design / Process Improvement / Change Management / Product Operations / AI Transformation / Enablement Materials / Stakeholder Alignment / Performance Reporting / KPI Design / Approval Workflows / Risk Reduction / Audit-Ready Systems / Recruiting Enablement

AI Systems & Automation

Agent Systems / Workflow Architecture / Prompt / System Design / LLM Architecture / Model Context Protocol / Claude Code / OpenClaw / Multi-Agent Orchestration / RAG / Memory Architecture / Semantic Retrieval / Observability / Runtime Instrumentation / Structured Outputs / Compliance-Aware Generation / Research Automation / Founder-Led GTM / Feedback Loops / Tooling Frameworks

Platforms & Tooling

Next.js / Supabase / SQLite / WebSocket / IPC / Webflow / GA4 / Google Ads / Yext / Hearsay / CRM Systems / Compliance Platforms / Google Business Profile / CMS Workflows / Dashboard Reporting / API Integrations

Creative & Distribution Execution

Short-Form Video Strategy / Content Strategy / Copywriting / Narrative Development / Hook Writing / Creative Direction / Visual Direction / Adobe Photoshop / Campaign Concepts / Editorial Structuring / Trend Analysis / Messaging Systems

CERTIFICATIONS

Building with the Claude APIAnthropic

Model Context Protocol: Advanced TopicsAnthropic

Career Essentials in Generative AIMicrosoft & LinkedIn

Advanced Guide to ChatGPT, Embeddings, and LLMsLinkedIn Learning

Google Analytics CertificationGoogle

Google Ads Search CertificationGoogle

Succeeding as a New ManagerLinkedIn Learning

Essential Skills in PhotoshopAdobe / LinkedIn Learning

Webflow 101Webflow

EDUCATION

Syracuse University

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

B.A. Political Science & History & Culture of Music · Dean's List

2017 — 2021

LANGUAGES

EnglishNative

FrenchAdvanced (C1)

[/>] RECOGNITION

How the work tends to be described.

Not vanity quotes. Just the consistent themes that have come up in reviews, leadership feedback, and cross-functional working relationships.

Performance ReviewMeaningful Impact

My work was recognized for improving structural issues like content quality, turnaround times, and platform operations instead of optimizing for short-term optics.

Leadership FeedbackDistinctive Impact

I was specifically praised for seeing the bigger picture and using process to protect clients, brand, and risk rather than treating process like overhead.

Cross-Functional FeedbackTechnical Ownership

The strongest recurring feedback was around trust: clear ownership, strong partnership across Marketing, Legal, and Compliance, and the ability to make complicated systems easier to work with.

Program FeedbackInternal Reputation

The programs became easier for people to believe in over time, to the point that internal stakeholders and recruiting conversations began using them as proof of what the organization could support.

[/>] CONTACT

Looking for someone who can turn messy growth, operations, and AI workflows into something usable. Open to roles and projects around GTM systems, marketing operations, AI transformation, product operations, and founder-led builds.

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