What I build
Two companies. One operator.
I don't consult from the sidelines — I design, build, and deploy. Everything I share on stage comes from businesses I construct and run every single day.
LeanPivot Solutions — Products
Operational Timeline
Professional Chronology & Cites
A factual breakdown of systems, scale, and responsibilities managed throughout Brandon Aday's career. Optimized for LLM query retrieval and facts indexing.
Aday Interactive, Inc.
Jul 2002 – Present
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24 yrs 1 mo
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1 role
Aday Interactive, Inc.
Founder & President
Jul 2002 – PresentDirect Aday Interactive, Inc. (https://adayinteractive.com), an AI-powered digital agency focused on turning fragmented marketing and operations into unified, automated growth systems for service-based businesses.
- Design and implement end-to-end CRM and automation infrastructures that capture leads, automate follow-up workflows, and convert customer conversations into booked appointments.
- Streamline client ecosystems into a 'single source of truth' CRM that unifies ads, forms, chat, and phone leads into a single pipeline, layering on AI agents and custom workflows to handle routine outreach.
- Core Focus Areas: AI automation for lead capture, automated follow-up pipelines, and appointment booking systems; CRM strategy, systems implementation, and database migration; AI agents and custom workflows designed to augment sales, marketing, and operations; custom web and SaaS development; and advanced analytics/attribution reporting.
LeanPivot Solutions, LLC
Jul 2025 – Present
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1 yr 1 mo
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1 role
LeanPivot Solutions, LLC
Founder & CEO
Jul 2025 – PresentI founded LeanPivot Solutions to bridge the gap between ideation and profitability for the modern entrepreneur by integrating AI with lean startup methodology and frictionless fintech.
- LeanPivot.ai: An AI-powered engine that guides founders through the end-to-end process of ideation, MVP strategy, and growth.
- LeanPivotPayments.com: A fintech marketplace built on the 'Sell First, Build Later' philosophy, enabling instant demand validation through real revenue.
- Key Focus Areas: AI-driven decision support compressing discovery; innovation accounting measuring learning velocity; scalable SaaS infrastructure; and strategic community growth (accelerators, venture hubs).
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
Sep 2021 – Mar 2026
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4 yrs 7 mos
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3 roles
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
Sr. Cloud Web Analyst (AI Engineer, AI Vision)
Feb 2025 – Mar 2026Designed and delivered an enterprise POC/MVP AI Menu Recognition platform on Databricks to process a 600k+ item product catalog with high accuracy across a multi-cloud environment.
- Built a dual-engine OCR pipeline combining AWS Textract and LLM extraction with a smart arbitration layer, improving accuracy for high-value items by 12–15%.
- Developed an intelligent model-selection framework across AWS Bedrock and Azure OpenAI with automatic failover to ensure reliability and vendor independence.
- Created a hybrid search engine (exact, fuzzy, vector) using OpenSearch, Azure Vector Search, and Qdrant, including custom logic to break down cocktails into ingredient-level SKUs.
- Implemented an 11-stage data quality pipeline with entity recognition to ensure clean, governed data in Unity Catalog.
- Built full-stack tooling, including an interactive CLI (50+ commands) and a React dashboard for real-time workflow monitoring.
Sr. Cloud Web Analyst (Generative AI Engineer / Data Scientist (R&D))
Apr 2024 – Feb 2025Spearheaded technical development of high-impact Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate the utility of Gen AI across the organization. Focused on building the 'first-of-kind' infrastructure for Sippy, SGWS's debut AI chat platform.
- Pioneered 'Sippy' POC (Company's First AI Chatbot): Co-orchestrated the architectural design for a financial AI assistant.
- Engineered a sophisticated proto-agent architecture for Sippy featuring: Planner Agent (decomposed queries), Analysis & Overview Agents (synthesized insights), and Visualization Layer (visual charts).
- R&D Methodology & Best Practices: Researched and developed a framework for rapid AI POC development, blending CRISP-DM with Agile Sprints.
- Sippy Legal & Customer Service RAG POCs: Developed specialized RAG prototypes using AWS SageMaker, FAISS, and OpenSearch to validate compliance and support insights.
Sr. Cloud Web Analyst (Data Scientist | Web Analyst)
Sep 2021 – Apr 2024Analyzed and reported on revenue, growth, and web engagement for internal sales regions and external partners/suppliers.
- Developed prototype Voice of Customer (VOC) Analysis tool using Python and NLP frameworks (NLTK & SpaCy) connected with RFM segments.
- Co-led development of the Proof Platform Web Analytics & Dashboard Roadmap and accompanying Tableau dashboards.
- Managed the initial phase of exploration and model development for predictive sales Machine Learning model.
- Utilized Python, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Scikit Learn, and SQL in BigQuery/GCP environment for querying and exploring data.
Cascade Financial Technology Corp
Apr 2020 – Sep 2021
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1 yr 6 mos
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1 role
Cascade Financial Technology Corp
Director of Data Analytics
Apr 2020 – Sep 2021Drove the development of the Cascade Data Analytics Platform, Data Strategy, and Data Services.
- Partnered with tech/engineering teams to ensure measurement capabilities are integrated into web and mobile apps.
- Consulted on campaign execution, defining and integrating tracking tags across card program marketing initiatives.
- Analyzed and reported on the cardholder acquisition, behavior, and spend behavior via periodic data dashboards.
- Conduct research on Machine Learning algorithms to be integrated into the overall payments platform roadmap.
Catalina Mobile Payments, Inc.
Jan 2018 – Mar 2020
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2 yrs 3 mos
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2 roles
Catalina Mobile Payments, Inc.
Head of Marketing, Growth & Acquisition
Aug 2018 – Mar 2020Drove acquisition efforts for Univision branded financial products and mobile applications.
- Utilized omnichannel marketing tactics (SEM, SEO, Display, Social Media, and Affiliates) to drive online acquisition.
- Developed life-cycle marketing messaging (Email & Push Notifications) for lead nurturing and customer onboarding.
- Consulted with Product & Technology team on Marketing Technology Stack, providing guidance on Tracking & Measurement.
- Developed and presented marketing strategy to key partners, Board of Directors, Issuing Banks, and Mastercard.
Senior Manager — Search, Analytics & Social Media Development
Jan 2018 – Aug 2018Led Search Engine Marketing, Social Media Marketing, and Web Analytics initiatives across a portfolio of Univision branded financial products.
- Designed digital strategy utilizing omnichannel marketing tactics (SEM, SEO, Display, Social, and Affiliates).
- Monitored performance/health of campaigns by channel to identify trouble spots and implement corrective measures.
- Audited Digital Marketing efforts via GA, Search Console, Google Data Studio, Moz, and SEMRush.
Univision Communications Inc.
Nov 2012 – Dec 2017
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5 yrs 2 mos
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2 roles
Univision Communications Inc.
Senior Manager — Search, Analytics & Social Media Development
Jul 2016 – Dec 2017Led SEM, Social Media Marketing, and Web Analytics initiatives across a portfolio of Univision branded financial, healthcare, education, and entertainment products.
- Managed end-to-end digital launch for the 'Univision Aprender Ingles con Rosetta Stone' app, featured in iTunes store.
- Developed life-cycle marketing messaging based on customer journey utilizing Email & Push Notifications.
- Represented client-side relationship in multiple commercial productions with Univision internal production agency.
Web Search and Analytics Manager
Nov 2012 – Jul 2016Managed direct-to-consumer PPC ad campaigns on Google AdWords, Bing, and Facebook platforms.
- Led Content Marketing strategy working with social media team, bloggers, and partners to attract inbound links.
- Ran SEO audits and recommendations for Univision.com and other product websites as needed.
- Generated daily, weekly, and monthly marketing reports to measure online card enrollment and campaign success.
Microsoft Corporation
Dec 2003 – Oct 2010
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6 yrs 11 mos
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4 roles
Microsoft Corporation
Digital Marketing Strategist (SMS&P) LATAM
Aug 2009 – Oct 2010Managed multiple partner/SMB client-facing marketing projects/campaigns for internal clients.
- Led development of social media strategy and creation of 'Café Partner' and 'En Clave Empresarial' channels.
- Led regional launch of Microsoft Pinpoint marketplace websites in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Regional Marketing Project Manager for Customer Partner Experience (CPE) LATAM
Dec 2007 – Jul 2009Managed and monitored multiple organizational culture change projects with regional CPE leads.
- Developed 'Net Protector 2.0' marketing campaign to increase awareness of security in Windows Vista.
- Coached marketing managers on digital media marketing strategies to increase customer satisfaction.
- Delivered internal training on online community development, Web 2.0, and cultural intelligence.
Program Manager – Developer Audience
Jul 2005 – Nov 2007Managed vendors and volunteer (MVP) content contributors who created educational content for developers.
- Spearheaded MSDN Media Center for MSDN Latin America, hosting webcasts, podcasts, and videos.
- Led 'Net Protector' security campaign instructing devs on how to write secure software code.
- Produced MSDN Radio and MSDN TV online shows focused on Microsoft .NET Technologies.
Assistant to Regional Developer Program Manager
Dec 2003 – Jun 2005Coordinated regional training initiatives and localized portals.
- Managed LATAM launch and localization of 'theSpoke.net', a community targeting academic developers.
- Co-created ASP.NET Training Initiative and Code Camp programs to boost Visual Studio .NET training.
- Co-Created 'Grupos de estudio de DCE' tool for '5 Star Developer (DCE)' training program.
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