The founder
Who's behind dev1.
I grew up around my dad's fire protection company, and I saw first-hand what it takes to keep a business like that running.
The work itself was never the hard part. The people side was: finding good office staff, training them, covering for whoever was out, and losing nights and weekends to calls, paperwork and follow-up that nobody had the hours for. Every new hire was a big bet for a small business, and the work piled up anyway.
I served in the U.S. Air Force and have spent my career in sales, most recently selling AI with Kota AI. In conversation after conversation with owners, I heard the same story I grew up with: good companies held back by repetitive office work, and hiring that costs more than it returns.
dev1 is what I wish my dad had. We build AI systems that answer, quote, follow up and collect inside the tools you already use, and then we run them for you. Your people stay in charge of every decision. The busywork stops.
Why we exist
The work isn't the problem.
The companies that build, fabricate and service the physical world are good at the work. Where they lose money is the office: calls that ring out after five, quotes that sit on an estimator's desk, follow-ups nobody has time for, invoices that wait on paperwork.
Most software sold to fix that is another login and another seat to manage. Most agencies sell more leads, when the leads you already have aren't being worked. Neither one does the work.
dev1 builds the system that does — answering, quoting, following up and collecting inside the tools you already run — and then we run it for you. Your people stay in charge of every quote and every invoice. We handle everything around it.
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