Kevin Masterson · Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

Proof

Civic AI workforce navigator. 2nd of 2,700+ at Worldwide Vibes (Mar 2026). 2nd at HackFW 2026 (May 2026).

Silent-failure monitor, live on Cloud Run with Gemini on Vertex AI. 573 tests. An unattended fire drill caught a silent failure in 33 minutes.

Monitoring agent over DataHub's MCP server. 220 tests. DataHub Agent Hackathon entry.

Local-first credential watchdog. MIT licensed, 358 tests, security-audited before its first release.

400+ merged PRs on my own operations system. Test-first, review on every change, fail-closed checks, audited bypasses.

Private repository

I run a fleet of coding agents through AI pair programming with Claude Code.
I verify the deployed thing, not just the test suite.
After every outage I write the incident report, and the rule that keeps it from happening again.

Featured in Business Insider (May 2026): my mom learned AI coding at 73, and I taught her. Read the article

Fort Worth DAO, HackFW 2026 campaign lead.
I run the DAO's social media presence, with a podcast in preproduction featuring DFW tech professionals.