About
Daniel Schley
Founder, AI Operations Expert · Former COO
I spent twenty years building and running operating companies — from a $0 to $265M healthcare network to a $1B real estate platform. Now I help owner-led businesses put AI to work the same way I ran operations: with clear owners, measured results, and controls that keep it from breaking.
Managed care taught me that the right answer is a system — tiered approvals, clear thresholds, audit trails, and quality measured every month. AI needs exactly that system, and most SMBs don't have it. They buy tools, run a pilot, and stall because no one owns the workflow, no one measured the before, and no one planned for mistakes.
This hub is where I share what works: blueprints you can inspect, daily updates in plain language, and a method — Earned Autonomy — that lets AI take on more work only as it proves itself.
- $0 → $265M
- Revenue built in under 5 years (Align Networks)
- 12X EBITDA
- Exit to General Atlantic (Techhealth)
- $1B
- Real estate portfolio operated as COO
- $15M → $75M
- Revenue in under a year (One Call)
Find the three workflows worth automating first.
A 20-minute operations call. No pitch deck — we look at where your team's hours go and whether AI is the right fix.