JACOB HYRUM NELSON / BUILDER'S ARCHIVE
I BUILD
THINGS THAT
WORK.
Technical Project Leader / Systems Builder / Entrepreneur
I work at the intersection of technology, operations, design, and execution—turning complicated ideas into products, processes, businesses, and working systems.
PROJECT LEADERSHIP / MANUFACTURING / UX + WEB / SYSTEMS / ENTREPRENEURSHIP
01 / WORKING ACROSS DOMAINS
DIGITAL. PHYSICAL.
OPERATIONAL.
My work has crossed software implementations, UX/UI, manufacturing, business operations, product development, and entrepreneurship. The environments change, but the work is remarkably similar: understand the problem, build the system, coordinate the moving parts, and make it work.
DIGITAL
Software implementation UX/UI Web development AI and low-code systems
PHYSICAL
Manufacturing CNC machining Fabrication Product development
OPERATIONAL
Project leadership Process design Business operations Vendor and client coordination
02 / EVIDENCE OF WORK
SELECTED WORK
AI PRODUCT / UX / ENTREPRENEURSHIP
DOGHOUSE
A product concept shaped through AI, UX, and business-system thinking.
OPEN CASE STUDY →MANUFACTURING / PROCESS / OPERATIONS
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
Building a repeatable medical-product manufacturing system from planning through delivery.
OPEN CASE STUDY →FEDERAL CONTRACTING / PROCUREMENT / SYSTEMS
INTEGRITY SERVICES
Developing the infrastructure, relationships, and workflow for federal opportunity pursuit.
OPEN CASE STUDY →ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SALES / OPERATIONS
FIVE STAR LINE STRIPING
A commercial field-service business built from concept to completed work.
OPEN CASE STUDY →03 / WHAT I BUILD
IDEA → SYSTEM → EXECUTION
PRODUCTS
From digital concepts and UX to real-world manufactured products.
SYSTEMS
Workflows, processes, implementations, and operating systems.
BUSINESSES
Brands, sales systems, customer acquisition, and execution.
OPERATIONS
The infrastructure required to reliably deliver work.
