Automation
Scripts, workflows, and small tools that take repeat work out of inboxes, spreadsheets, and memory.
Business & IT ops, custom tools, runbooks, automation, AI
I turn messy business work into tools people actually use.
I am Brent. I find the repetitive, fragile, "why are we still doing it this way" parts of business operations and turn them into automations, checklists, scripts, and workflows. The advantage is knowing the process well enough to improve it and the tech well enough to build it.
The kind of work I like
Useful little systems for work that happens over and over.
AI-Assisted Agents
AI tools and agents for summaries, triage, document cleanup, validation, and exception handling where they make sense.
Runbooks
Checklists and procedures that make repeat work easier to run, teach, audit, and improve.
Projects
Things I have built.
Delivered automation projects for business problems that were practical, a little messy, and much better once the repeatable parts were captured.
Automation project
Document Processing and Data Entry
Problem: Large-scale manual document review, scanning, and data entry created time waste, errors, and staffing pressure.
What I built: An RPA workflow with one manual scan touch, automated processing, validation, database loading, and human exception handling.
Why it helped: Processing dropped to minutes, backlogs could run around the clock, errors dropped by >99%, and manual review fell below 1%.
Tools: RPA orchestrator, OCR, database validation, ODBC database loading.
Time saved: >1,500 hours annually
Impact: faster processing, cleaner data, fewer manual touches
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Automation project
Document Retrieval Automation
Problem: Thousands of appraisal notices had to be located, downloaded, verified, and tracked from property ID lists before they could be delivered to clients.
What I built: A distributed automation system using Python, Selenium, UiPath, and Google Cloud VMs to retrieve documents, validate downloads, retry failures, and mark completed records automatically.
Why it helped: Average handling time dropped from about 90 seconds to about 20 seconds per record, while the workload ran continuously across multiple cloud machines.
Tools: Python, Selenium, UiPath, Google Cloud VMs, browser automation, retry logic, file validation.
Time saved: ~600 hours annually
Impact: roughly 120 staff workdays compressed into about 4 days of automated processing
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Systems project
Business Systems Integration
Problem: Project, finance, and field data had to be manually moved and cleaned between disconnected systems, slowing reporting and creating avoidable errors.
What I built: A middleware automation workflow connecting internal business platforms, with data validation and structured processing between systems.
Why it helped: Managers got faster access to cleaner project and financial data while repetitive data movement work dropped across offices.
Tools: API integration, middleware automation, data validation, business systems integration, reporting workflow automation.
Time saved: 5+ administrative hours per day
Impact: improved near-real-time project and finance visibility
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Savings calculator
A quick way to size up repetitive work.
I built this to turn "it only takes a few minutes" into a rough monthly number. It is not a promise, just a useful gut check.
Resources
Public repos for the things I keep reaching for.
As I clean these up, this section will point to reusable material on GitHub: templates, scripts, forms, and notes that are useful beyond one workflow.
Checklists & Runbooks
Reusable procedures, operator checklists, handoff notes, and templates for recurring business work.
GitHub link coming soon Runbooks · templates · operational notesScripts & Utilities
Small automations, cleanup helpers, reporting utilities, and scripts I have built or adapted for repeat work.
GitHub link coming soon Scripts · automation · cleanup helpersForms & Documents
Intake forms, tracking documents, review templates, and other lightweight workflow materials.
GitHub link coming soon Forms · documents · workflow templatesAbout Brent
I care about the work behind the work.
I like the quiet parts of business operations that make everything else run better: clean handoffs, repeatable steps, fewer mystery spreadsheets, and tools that remove just enough friction to matter. This site is where I collect the projects, docs, and experiments I am building around that kind of work.
Where to find me
Follow along as I build and share more of this work.
I post updates, project notes, and useful things I am learning as I clean up scripts, runbooks, and workflow ideas.