Andrew Brayton
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andrew brayton

I build the systems executives make decisions with.

Innovation Solutions & Enablement Lead at Assurant. Automated reporting across eight business lines of a Fortune 500 automotive division, custom applications for field operations, and the AI-education program that teaches non-technical staff to build their own. Co-inventor, patent pending — distributed resource coordination.

I can design, build, and deploy.

patent
pending · distributed resource coordination
scale
eight business lines · Fortune 500 automotive division
prototyping
concept to functional prototype, two weeks to one day
based
Houston, Texas

work

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New business prospecting reporting across eight business lines

Executive briefing / synthesis

A VP spent 10 to 12 hours a month reconciling eight teams' numbers by hand. They now spend five minutes.

problem
Eight business lines reported prospecting performance in eight shapes. An executive consolidated them by hand each month.
approach
One normalization table that absorbs each team's existing output, validation at the point of entry, scripted assembly of the deck.
result
10 to 12 hours of monthly VP effort down to a 5 to 10 minute review.
scale
Eight business lines. Fortune 500 automotive division. Reporting that reaches the enterprise CEO and the shareholder board.
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BUSINESS LINESPLANNERBRIEFDASHBOARDREVIEW DECK
One source, planned into every surface

AI enablement across two very different audiences

AI enablement / internal education

Most people in the division will never write code. A few will build applications. I run enablement for both.

problem
Everyone got a Copilot license and no reason to open it. Meanwhile the people ready to go further had nowhere to start.
approach
A monthly newsletter for the Copilot population, a Claude Code starter kit for the ones going further, and hands-on sessions in between.
signal
Global Automotive leadership now ranks among the heaviest Claude Code users in the enterprise.
scale
Global Automotive, a Fortune 500 division. Newsletter open to anyone at Assurant.
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NEW TOOLEVALUATETEACHADOPTwhat sticks
Evaluate, teach, adopt, repeat

A wiki that maintains itself

Knowledge management / AI automation

Program knowledge for a large organization lived in twenty places and decayed the moment anyone stopped maintaining it. I built a wiki that maintains itself: custom Claude Code skills scan the underlying corpus for gaps, redraft stale pages, and generate D3 visualizations — structured around how people actually search.

problem
Program knowledge for a large organization lived in twenty places and decayed the moment anyone stopped maintaining it.
approach
Custom Claude Code skills scan the underlying corpus for gaps, redraft stale pages, and generate D3 views of how the pieces connect — structured around how people actually search.
scale
Organization-wide corpus · refreshes against source, not memory
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CORPUSGAP SCANREDRAFTWIKIstaleness watch
Self-maintaining knowledge loop

On-demand specialist routing in a regulated workflow

Zero-to-one product direction

A regulated transaction can't close without a licensed specialist, and scheduling one means customers wait while specialists sit idle. I designed a coordination model that routes the right specialist to each transaction in real time, with the compliance trail intact.

problem
A regulated transaction can't close without a licensed specialist, so customers wait while specialists sit idle somewhere else.
approach
A coordination model that routes the right specialist to each transaction in real time, with the compliance trail intact.
scale
Patent pending on the operating model
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TXN QUEUEMATCHSPECIALISTlicensure · state · loadAUDIT TRAIL
Constraint-routed assignment pipeline
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writing

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Designing for AI: Evolving for a New Era

June 2025

As product designers, we've always relied on familiar patterns to create clear, intuitive experiences. These patterns simplify decisions, reduce friction, and make digital interactions predictable.

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AI-In-Design Responsibility

July 2025

We are experiencing a significant shift in product design due to AI advancements.

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Vibe UIs: Designing for Intent

April 2025

When Karpathy introduced the idea of "vibe coding," it clicked with something many of us in tech had started noticing. Coding with AI feels less like precise programming and more like a creative jam session.

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side projects

  • The Formformeverandever.comThe last form you'll ever need.
  • The Quarterly Oraclequarterlyoracle.comAstrological forecasts for strategic planning purposes only.
  • PayrollWatchdogpayrollwatchdog.comA directory of payroll fraud detection tools for small and mid-size businesses.

background

Assurant since 2020. Four years of UX in financial services before that. Eight years in the US Army as a Cavalry Scout and PSYOP specialist. BFA, Art Institute of Houston.

contact

abraytondesign@gmail.comLinkedIn
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