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Jon Paul DeLaurie, PMP®

AI Strategy & Transformation • Enterprise Readiness & Post-Bubble P&L Defense
Yorba Linda, CA • jon@upskillu.io • linkedin.com/in/jondelaurie • upskillu.io • Credentials: PMP®, Salesforce Certified AI Specialist, PMI Citizen Developer, VSM Certified

Professional Executive Summary

Executive AI Strategist and certified PMP® with 16+ years guiding organizations through complex technological shifts and emerging platform adoption. Author of enterprise AI readiness diagnostics and the Post-Pop AI Playbook, helping executive leadership navigate market hype, eliminate unprofitable CapEx, and anchor AI implementations in proven human-augmented value streams. Builds resilient, vendor-agnostic architectures that deliver demonstrable operational margin rather than experimental science projects.

Core Competencies & Technical Domains

Executive AI Advisory: Enterprise AI readiness diagnostics, C-suite technical briefing, AI CapEx evaluation, vendor lock-in mitigation, P&L risk defense.
Strategic Value Stream Design: Identifying high-yield operational bottlenecks, architecting Human-In-The-Loop augmentation layers, defining measurable ROI gates.
Governance & Enterprise Guardrails: AI ethics policies, PII and customer data isolation, SOC2/CCPA/GDPR compliance frameworks, corporate usage guidelines.
Systems & Platforms: Salesforce Agentforce, multi-LLM orchestration, Supabase (PostgreSQL), Power Platform, Tableau/Power BI executive reporting.

Professional Experience

UpSkillU / Independent Systems Advisory • Principal Advisor & Systems Architect
Yorba Linda, CA | 2024 – Present
JustFoodForDogs • Commercial Systems & AI Technology (Custom Line)
Tustin, CA | 2022 – 2024
VCA Animal Hospitals (Mars Petcare) • CRM Product & Growth Systems
Los Angeles, CA | 2016 – 2022
IntegrateME LLC • Founder & Technology Consultant
Anaheim, CA | 2009 – 2016

Technical Ecosystem & Professional Credentials

Enterprise CRM & Low-Code: Salesforce (Agentforce, Service Cloud Einstein, Flows, Invocable Apex Actions), Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate), HubSpot.
AI & Agentic Orchestration: Claude (Sonnet/Opus), OpenAI, Gemini Flash, Antigravity, Multi-Agent HITL Architectures, Tool-Calling Validation.
Data & Middleware: Salesforce Data Cloud (CDP), MuleSoft, SQL, Supabase (PostgreSQL), Tableau, Power BI, Google Analytics 4 (GA4), REST APIs.
Governance & Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP)® (PMI), Salesforce Certified AI Specialist (2025), PMI Citizen Developer Foundation, Value Stream Management (VSM) Certified, CCPA/GDPR/CAN-SPAM Compliance.
Education: Daemen University • Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology (Minor: Chemistry) • Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society.