The Forward-Deployed Operator: A 4-Step Playbook for Putting AI to Work in Your Business
About this class
Methodology overview, model-agnostic across Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot. Walks through the three phases: diagnostic (where AI moves the needle, which assistant for which job, how to tell a real tool from a wrapper), priority workflows (vendor evaluation, lock-in patterns, scoping the first build), build (the operator's role inside it), and handoff (the step where the operator ends up owning the agents, the documentation, and the playbook).
Your trainer
Joshua Aguirre is the founder of Cressio, a Colorado Springs agentic AI consultancy and engineering firm that builds autonomous workflows to cut busywork, lift conversion, and reduce overhead for clients across 8 states. Through Cressio.ai, the firms education arm, he teaches operators in Colorado Springs how to become AI Systems Architects who own their agents outright. No vendor lock-in. No subscriptions. Named to SoCo Business Digests 2026 40 Under 40, Joshua has saved or generated over $5M for clients across construction, real estate, nonprofits, and finance.
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