MLNavigator

The Company

mlnavigator.com

Oct 2025 - Present

MLNavigator is the company. adapterOS is the deterministic inference runtime we commercialize. I serve as CPO and Co-Founder, responsible for translating technical capabilities into deployable products for regulated industries.

Target Markets

We focus on industries where compliance is non-negotiable: aerospace, defense, and high-assurance manufacturing. Our architecture addresses CMMC, AS9100, and ITAR requirements by design, not by bolted-on compliance layers.

My Role

Product Strategy

Define what we build and why. Prioritize features based on customer discovery, compliance requirements, and market timing.

Research Translation

Turn James's technical research on determinism, receipts, and policy enforcement into product specifications that engineering can build and customers can adopt.

Customer Discovery

Conduct interviews, validate demand, and ensure we're solving real problems. Our NSF I-Corps participation validated the need for offline AI runtimes in regulated environments.

Usability & Onboarding

Design workflows that organizations can adopt without deep technical expertise. Compliance should be the default, not a burden.

Validation

Great Plains I-Corps Hub

Fall 2025 · Wichita State University

NSF I-Corps customer discovery program. Validated demand for offline AI runtimes in aerospace and defense manufacturing.

ACCEL-KS Award

2025 · Kansas Research Commercialization

Proof-of-Concept award for deployment tooling and compliance documentation development.

Expertise Applied

Product StrategyCustomer DiscoveryRequirements ElicitationCompliance UXWorkflow Design

For company information, see mlnavigator.com. For technical runtime details, see adapteros.com.