Michael Hamilton

Autojuris AI, Inc.

• • Founded and lead Autojuris AI, an AI-enabled legal workflow platform. Iris, our Microsoft Word add-in for contradiction detection and document intelligence, is live and GA on the Microsoft Marketplace with 3 law firm design partners.
• • Designed and built the full-stack product: LLM/RAG pipeline for document intelligence, retrieval optimization, evaluation frameworks with measurable quality gates, and safety guardrails for sensitive legal documents.
• • Took Autojuris from side project to GA-released product on the Microsoft Marketplace in under a year, owning product strategy, technical architecture, and go-to-market execution.
• • Own go-to-market strategy: positioning, pricing, ICP definition, and customer discovery translated into a delivery roadmap.

PreAct Technologies

• • Selected by the board to lead the company through wind-down after funding challenges, protecting customer commitments, preserving IP, and positioning LiDAR + edge AI perception technology for licensing.
• • Stabilized operations through disciplined cash management, contingency planning, and stakeholder alignment while maintaining team morale and execution quality.

PreAct Technologies

• • Owned software architecture and delivery for the pivot from sensor company to vehicle-based LiDAR protection system, coordinating hardware, firmware, and software teams from concept through integration testing and customer demos.
• • Coordinated 25 engineers across 4 teams spanning embedded, cloud, and perception disciplines while maintaining delivery velocity through the company's most critical product pivot.
• • Architected microservices-based platform that reduced deployment cadence from 2 weeks to 4 hours (84x improvement); established API contracts that enabled parallel development across 4 teams.
• • Implemented OTA update infrastructure and release governance for safety-critical automotive deployments, including rollback discipline, staged rollouts, and observability.
• • Built hiring pipeline that brought in senior talent across embedded systems, cloud infrastructure, and computer vision, filling 15+ roles in 12 months.

PreAct Technologies

• • Drove core product pivot to LiDAR-based protection system, combining embedded AI with sensor fusion for real-time vehicle awareness.
• • Built and led cross-functional team through rapid prototyping cycles, delivering working demos that secured the pivot decision from leadership.

Opsivity

• • Led 12-person geographically distributed development team building a connected knowledge base SaaS platform for field service teams.
• • Managed full product lifecycle from architecture through production deployment.
• • First leadership role managing a distributed offshore engineering team at scale.

Sigma Design

• • Built manufacturing automation and test systems for industrial clients; designed full-stack solutions that reduced manual testing time by 40%.

Polaris

• • Built and maintained production line software for powersports vehicle manufacturing systems.

RealWear

• • Developed Android applications for industrial AR wearables used in manufacturing and field service environments.

nLIGHT

• • Built test automation and data analytics tools for high-power laser manufacturing; delivered production monitoring dashboards used daily by engineering teams.

US Marine Corps

• • 20-year career across leadership and technical roles, culminating as a Gunnery Sergeant leading organizations of up to 200 personnel in operational and training environments.
• • Recognized for operational excellence, team development, and the ability to deliver mission-critical results under pressure.