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Darrell Calk

Executive Leadership AI Engineering Development

Enterprise Solutions that cut problems, not personnel

Seasoned tech industry veteran with 19+ years of experience. I engineer creative technical and automation solutions for every operational tier. I succeed where others fail.

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  • OVYRLORD
  • Anthropic
  • Kalshi EDGE
  • OpenAI
  • Melon Local
  • NVIDIA
  • State Farm
  • Google
  • Flistr
  • Meta
  • iVenue
  • DeepMind
  • Amazon Publishing
  • McDonald's
  • CES
  • AEG Live
  • Discord
  • Clark County School District
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
  • $15M+reduction in wasted ad spend
  • 130%increase in ad conversions
  • $800K+average labor cost savings
  • 1.7M+automated trading decisions

Every business is different. So is every solution.

  1. 01

    Assessment and Ownership

    I conduct a full-scale assessment of every operational process, from the high-level view down to the fine details. I identify all the issues and sticking points, and any process that touches or feeds into them. Then I take ownership of the situation and the responsibility for improving it.

  2. 02

    Design and Implementation

    Once the problems are mapped, I partner with teams and individuals to design and implement systems that simplify their daily tasks while improving efficiency and output quality. The people who will use each system help shape it, so it fits how they really work.

  3. 03

    Evolution and Expansion

    After launch, I maintain every process and pipeline with continuous updates as business goals change, so they keep pace with the company. I also expand what the business can do through horizon projects and frontier development that put emerging technology to work.

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Hours returned per year
16,128
Annual capacity value
$1.1M
Full-time equivalents
8.6

Illustrative model: 48 working weeks a year and 1,880 productive hours per full-time employee. Hours are valued at the average hourly rate alone, before benefits and overhead.

Experience

19+ years in technology

From technical support and field engineering to directing AI product development and founding an AI company.

Affiliations
  • Anthropic Enterprise
  • Amazon Publishing
  • CES Alumni
  • Discord Developer
  • FAA Part 107 Certified
  • Google DeepMind Early Access
  • Google Developers
  • Google Premier Partners
  • LeadsCon Alumni
  • Meta Horizon Developers
  • NVIDIA Developer Program
  • OpenAI Pilot Program
Builds with
  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Hugging Face
  • ComfyUI
  • OpenAI
  • Gemini
  • Claude Code
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Docker
  • Cloudflare
  • Stripe
  • Next.js
  • Astro
  • FastAPI
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript

  1. Visionary, Chief Executive Officer & AI Engineer

    OVYRLORD.comJun 2025 – Jul 2026

    • Founded and ran an AI platform, leading strategy, product vision, architecture, technical execution, release operations, monetization and user growth.
    • Raised system limits to 100 submissions per second, up to 1,000 per minute.
    • Engineered Python AI pipelines driven by JSON workflows, behind custom API middleware that isolates public traffic from core AI processing.
    • Built the billing, subscription, e-commerce and Stripe systems, and ran releases with an automatic A/B switch to reduce downtime.

  2. System Architect, Software Developer & AI Engineer

    Kalshi EDGEOwn ventureMar 2026 – Jul 2026

    • Developed and launched AI-powered trading software for Kalshi’s 15-minute crypto markets, executing 5,254 live trades across 1,912 markets.
    • Built a custom “smart bot” brain on Hermes, backed by API access to Anthropic.
    • Pulled real-time market data through side-car processes using WebSocket and REST APIs, including Kraken Pro’s level 3 order book.
    • Built a PostgreSQL store of market and bot performance data for strategy development, backtesting and AI training.

  3. AI Systems Integration, Full Stack Developer & UX/UI Design

    Flistr (formerly Klymix)Mar 2025 – Jun 2025

    • Built a location-based web app that lets users find each other through a map UI.
    • Integrated AI-powered matchmaking that recommends users based on shared interests.
    • Designed customizable map icons, profiles and menu overlays.
    • Set up a shop for cosmetic upgrades and profile-visibility enhancements.

  4. Director of Paid Search Product Development / Artificial Intelligence

    Melon LocalAug 2021 – Dec 2024

    • Cut wasted ad spend by about $5 million a year across all client accounts.
    • Increased ad conversions 130% over the ads running before my upgrades, and ad engagement 60%.
    • Raised the maximum daily client-account setups per staff member from 3 to 15.
    • Led product development and AI initiatives focused on performance improvement, process optimization and scalable execution.

  5. Director of Online Marketing / Technical Support

    iVenue.comApr 2007 – Apr 2018

    • Established the Online Marketing Department to help users with SEO and paid ad placement.
    • Provided inbound technical support for users building websites with the company’s proprietary WYSIWYG website builder.
    • Helped users with custom HTML and CSS coding enhancements on request.
    • Worked closely with the internal design and programming teams to ensure smooth handoffs and full site optimization from inception to delivery.

Other roles

  • Site Based Technician (SBT)CCSD · Jan 2020 – Jul 2021Supported campus staff with on-site computer, networking and printer issues.
  • Field Computer TechnicianWBF Management · Oct 2018 – Dec 2019Reached OTP3 (On-site Technical Person, Level 3) status faster than any employee in the agency’s history.
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