ARCHITECT · AI

Hi, I'm Marco. I'm on a mission to help people find that "aha" moment with AI.

NZ Registered Architect pivoting into AI and moving home to Nelson. New start, new north star: Ready to help everyday people, small businesses and community groups integrate AI responsibly into their lives with nobody left behind.

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(00) Shared Vision

Imagine it's 2030. Nelson leads the way as the number one community driven AI hotspot in New Zealand.

Nelson’s business community is thriving. AI optimists and the curious alike are leveraging the use of AI to create more prosperity, productivity and opportunity in the region. Businesses grow, talent stays, and other cities are adopting the blueprint.

Built on people first.

(01) About

Architecture to AI.
Auckland to Nelson.

NAMIBIA - My partner and I travelled through africa with only our backpacks for three months in 2023. Experience of a lifetime.

CURRENTLY

Learning to be a dad to my 6 month old daughter and building using AI. Ready to take a risk and move into a new exciting industry with a bright future.

Life outside the screen

Family first, tennis, travelling, tramping, fishing, good people and good food. The real reason we're moving home is simple: my daughter growing up with her grandparents and the outdoors close by.

SELF TAUGHT

I learn by doing. I take courses, constantly experiment, make mistakes, create prototypes and iterating as I go. I get such a buzz when I can turn an idea into something real in no time.

30+

Projects completed

Projects Completed

500+

Hours dedicated to understanding AI

Millions

Of tokens burned

∞

Cups of Coffee

(02) Stack

The tools I reach for, day to day.

Claude Code

VScode

Fireflies.ai

Whisperflow

Gemini

Perplexity

Adobe Suite

Microsoft Office

GPT

Github

Framer

N8N

(03) Experience

My Journey.

2015 — Present

NZ Registered Architect & Associate

— Copeland Associates Architects

Award Winning Architect who delivers successful projects through strong communication and collaboration with a focus on long-term relationship building.

Strong communication · Relationship building · Leadership · Attention to detail

· Public speaking · Facilitating large groups · Design aesthetic · Time management

Strong communication · Relationship building ·

Leadership · Attention to detail · Public speaking ·

Facilitating large groups · Design aesthetic ·

Time management

2025 — Present

Co-Founder

— Solm Skincare

Side hustle outside of work: My role focuses on building the AI brain for the business, design, finance, marketing, and building the Shopify website.

Workflow management · Communication · Negotiation · Presenting business case

· Marketing · Social media · Graphic design · Branding · Product design

Workflow management · Communication ·

Negotiation · Presenting business case · Marketing ·

Social media · Graphic design · Branding ·

Product design

2009 — 2015

A+ Student

— Victoria University

Graduated Victoria University with an A+ Masters in Architecture. Presented personal ideas and designs to large groups while navigating critique.

Public speaking · Presenting idea · Managing critique · Design and critical thinking

Public speaking · Presenting idea ·

Managing critique · Design and critical thinking

AGENTIC STUDIO

Agentic Architecture Studio

I'm building an agentic system for the office to take care of our admin task - giving us more time to focus on the important work.

How it works

AI BRAIN E-COMMERCE SKINCARE STARTUP

Solm Skincare

Solm is a skincare company that myself and three other co-founders are developing. I built an AI brain that holds intel about the brand, products, suppliers, and finances in one place. Allowing the founders to stay consistent and make decisions fast.

How it works

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT EXAMPLE

Newshoots ECEC

My award winning Newshoots Early Childhood Education Centre project that I led and designed through collaboration and a shared vision.

How it works

(05) On the Side

Community + Cool Projects.

Investing + AI group

I’m part of a small group who catch up regularly to discuss everything about AI and investing. We challenge each other's investment thesis on particular view points and help one another grow with what we learn. We are focused on the AI sector and emerging new tech.

Keeping up to date and up skilling

Children’s book with MidJourney

Using Midjourney, I designed my niece a children’s book she’ll never forget with her as the main character.

Midjourney + Indesign + Photoshop

Personal Finance Cashflow Forecast

I’m building a personal AI agent connected to my family’s finances. This allows us to run different scenarios for our projected cashflow - like new jobs, partner on parental leave, renting vs buying - so we can make informed saving and spending decisions.

Claude in VScode

Tuesday Night Boys Meet

Most Tuesdays I facilitate a boys night where a group of mates and I catch up at a bar. It’s as much about connection as it is checking in on one another. Most nights end up deep in discussion about the latest tech and AI news, investing, fishing, and every week one of the boys brings a new ‘word of the week’.

Facilitating and organising + Connection

Kids budgeting app

Developing a kids budgeting app that’s centred on four pillars: invest, spend, save and give. I’ve pitched it to my network and friends and they're excited to use it as their kids get older.

Claude in VScode

Solm cash forecast scenario-dashboard

Dashboard developed to understand incomings vs outgoings. Personalised triggers set up when reorders are required.

Claude in VScode

Investing + AI group

Keeping up to date and up skilling

Tuesday Night Boys Meet

Facilitating and organising + Connection

Children’s book with MidJourney

Using Midjourney, I designed my niece a children’s book she’ll never forget with her as the main character.

Midjourney + Indesign + Photoshop

Kids budgeting app

Developing a kids budgeting app that’s centred on four pillars: invest, spend, save and give. I’ve pitched it to my network and friends and they're excited to use it as their kids get older.

Claude in VScode

Personal Finance Cashflow Forecast

Claude in VScode

Solm cash forecast scenario-dashboard

Dashboard developed to understand incomings vs outgoings. Personalised triggers set up when reorders are required.

Claude in VScode

Hi, I'm Marco. I'm on a mission to help people find that "aha" moment with AI.