CS↗CHAD SMELTZER

AI, BUSINESS & HUMAN POTENTIAL

Your experience.
New possibilities.

I believe AI will change how businesses and municipalities discover opportunities, develop services, and build relationships. The starting point is the knowledge already inside your people.

MY VIEW ON AI

Put experience
to work.

AI can help organize information and explore ideas. Your people supply the context and judgment needed to assess the output.

More capable people.

An experienced salesperson or business owner can use AI to research, learn, and develop tools around the work they understand. I see an opportunity for individuals and smaller businesses to put more of their expertise into action.

A business that learns.

A useful solution in one person’s workspace could become a resource for the wider team. That means deciding what to share, who can access it, and how the people contributing their knowledge benefit.

Better-informed relationships.

Customer conversations and interviews can reveal recurring needs and complementary capabilities. AI can help surface those patterns; people make the introduction, build trust, and follow through.

FROM THE WORK

Start with a problem
you understand.

The Supply Guy Network project preview

From product knowledge to a useful workflow.

Searching catalogs and preparing quotes led me to Photo-to-Order: applying AI-assisted product identification and catalog matching to a task I knew firsthand.

Explore The Supply Guy →
Chad’s Engineering Management Institute interview on AI and procurement

From conversations to new possibilities.

My industry interviews explore the needs behind the work. In my Engineering Management Institute appearance, I discuss AI, procurement, and technology adoption in infrastructure.

Listen to the conversation →

APPLY IT TO YOUR BUSINESS

Where AI fits
in our work together.

AI IN VIDEO PROCUREMENT

Make vendor responses
easier to compare.

In Bidcurement, AI helps organize recorded vendor interviews and responses around the buyer’s requirements. The Toledo pilot combined that comparison with vendor verification to give the buyer clearer decision information.

Explore the Toledo video procurement example →

EXPERIENCE GUIDES THE WORK

Start with your people.
Find the opportunity.

Bring a recurring task your team would like to improve.

Discuss Your Business