JATJay Templeton

Since 1991

Find where the technology makes a business money. Then build it.

Thirty-five years, one throughline. Think of me as your AI transformation lead.

Jay Templeton, AI Transformation Lead

The timeline

Thirty-five years, one throughline

  1. 1991

    Systems engineering — the start. I’ve been paid to make technology do useful things since before the web.

  2. 1996

    Joined Microsoft NZ as a systems engineer. The Microsoft chapter begins. Later, as Windows Platform Marketing Manager, I made NZ national press with smart-home and tablet-PC demos — years before either was mainstream.

  3. 2000s–2010s

    A decade-plus consulting to Microsoft’s Redmond product teams across AI, IoT, and ML initiatives. As CEO of Intergen North America: 260% growth in Year 4, and Microsoft Vendor of the Year for Innovation.

  4. 2016

    Co-founded Aware Group — before most people thought AI was real. Applied ML in agriculture, conservation, biodiversity, and manufacturing.

  5. 2023

    Built the original Microsoft 365 Copilot demos and helped bring Copilot to market — the front-row seat on what enterprise AI actually does to a business.

  6. 2024

    Exited Aware Group to HSO, August 2024.

  7. Now

    Fractional CTO & AI lead at companies like GGI and BoostMed; founder of AI ventures of my own. Everything runs on AwareOS.

Think of me as your AI transformation lead.

Where I’m honest about depth

Deep in a few things. Honest about the rest.

Strong

  • AI Opportunity Analysis & Implementation
  • Product Management (full lifecycle)
  • IoT & Edge Computing
  • Startup Founding & Exits
  • Demo & Narrative Design
  • Business Automation
  • Marketing Systems

Moderate

  • Frontend Development
  • Data Pipelines
  • Financial Modeling

Growing

  • Community Building
  • Public Speaking (scaling)
  • Content Marketing

Ventures

I build AwareOS — the AI operating system I run every business on. I’m an investor and advisor to Leadio, and fractional CTO & AI lead at companies like GGI and BoostMed. When I work with a business, I may pull tools or teams from these ventures in — but the engagement is with me, not with any product.

Based in
Bellevue, WA
Availability
Four Audits a month