About Richard Amerman

Professional Journey

My primary energy is directed toward understanding what genuinely capable AI systems would actually need to look like, and building tools that explore these ideas in practice. I'm building UnaMentis, a voice AI learning platform; SysCorpus, which makes generated architecture maps trustworthy by refusing to claim more than it can prove; Expat Intel, a country comparison platform for people planning a move abroad; and the four-device agent ecosystem I run all of it from. After 30+ years navigating the intersection of development, infrastructure, and emerging technologies, I've found the work I believe I was always meant to do. See all of it.

My journey through technology has been anything but conventional. From serving as a fifer in the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, to teaching hang gliding, working as an EMT, and performing as a professional musician, I bring a perspective shaped by embracing radically different challenges throughout my life.

Core Expertise

• AI Systems Thinking: Independent exploration of model architecture, safety constraints, and the structural requirements for genuine comprehension. Early-stage thinking on symbolic-neural integration, continuous learning, and representational grounding.
• Applied AI Engineering: Daily building with Claude Code and multi-agent systems. Governed agentic workflows, voice AI architectures, and AI-assisted development patterns that actually ship to production.
• Training & Mentoring: Over 40 trainings delivered through my own consultancy, online, in classrooms, and internationally, to people from the Department of Homeland Security, the United Nations, major universities, and governments, including five days in Malta at that government's invitation. No scripts, ever. The value is in reading a room and working out what these particular people actually need, and it is the thing I most want to bring to how organizations think about AI.
• Software Engineering & Systems: 30+ years across development, analysis, architectural design, and infrastructure. Python, C#, Java for the first half of my career, then Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD for the second half. Full stack from bare metal to distributed services.

Beyond Technology

When not exploring AI systems or serving as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Ridgefield, I mentor our local FIRST Robotics high school team and sing bass with the Vivace Voices caroling troupe. I'm active in the Portland and Vancouver AI community, attending events regularly and presenting on voice AI, multi-agent systems, and architecture comprehension, and increasingly sought out as a mentor and voice AI resource. The best solutions often come from those who see technology as just one instrument in life's larger orchestra.

Connect

I'm always interested in discussing AI architecture, safety, multi-agent systems, or what genuine machine comprehension might look like. I welcome connections from anywhere these problems are being worked on, and I'm especially engaged with the communities in Paris and London working on these questions.

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