About Daniel Joye — AI and Data Engineering for Regulated Industries

Daniel Joye builds production LLM systems and data platforms for regulated environments where reliability, compliance, and evidence matter. Services, products, and background.

What Daniel does

Daniel Joye builds production LLM systems and data platforms for regulated environments where reliability, compliance, and evidence matter. He works as an independent practice under Mindfulware LLC from Montgomery, Alabama.

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Services offered

  • Staff-level AI product work — hands-on production LLM systems, data pipelines, and analytics tooling at hourly rates.
  • Fractional engagements — ongoing product ownership, roadmap, and technical program leadership.
  • High-stakes program work — moving AI and analytics from prototype to reliable production with evaluation tests, monitoring, and compliance-aware delivery.

Industries served

Insurance, healthcare, mortgage, and banking. Historical experience includes the Mindfulware insurance producer platform (2009–2025) and a HIPAA-compliant behavioral health EMR across five facilities in three states.

Named products

AI Assisted Data Developer delivering regulated SaaS platforms, ML systems, and LLM-powered products. Scaled an InsurTech SaaS to $1.5M ARR serving Fortune 15 carriers with 10,000+ concurrent users at 99.99% uptime. Contributed to a production LLM-based compliance system for a federally regulated mortgage servicer — supporting architecture, infrastructure hardening, and AWS deployment. Four decades of engineering range applied to disciplined AI-assisted product delivery.

Experience

Independent Projects — Founder & AI Assisted Data Developer

Jan 2025 – Present

Building and shipping production AI and data products as an independent maker. Recent projects: DreadBell.com — AI-assisted platform for Hollywood horror creators, including CRYPT, a real-time horror trend terminal; AdvisorListen.com — Claude-powered market intelligence (Python ETL, PostgreSQL + pgvector, NLP classification, embeddings search) with 100% deliverability across the Alabama DOI Wave 1 rollout; The Bone Man — published oral-history book produced with AI transcription and dialect refinement; UnionVision — trade union ML research; AdvisorAxis — insurance pipeline analytics; GoLocal — SMS member self-service and engagement analytics.

  • DreadBell.com — AI-assisted platform for Hollywood horror creators; CRYPT, a real-time horror trend terminal
  • AdvisorListen.com — Claude-powered market intelligence: Python ETL, PostgreSQL + pgvector, NLP classification, embeddings search
  • 100% deliverability and DMARC-clean inbox placement across major providers in the Alabama DOI Wave 1 rollout
  • Protected a solo-operated production pipeline against AI-generated code drift with a 232-test conformance suite, catching LLM and generated-code regressions before deploy
  • Avoided an estimated up to $362K in potential CAN-SPAM exposure by catching 7 subscribers wrongly flagged as subscribed during a dry-run ETL migration, reconciling by hand and adding a permanent regression test
  • The Bone Man — published oral-history book produced with AI transcription and dialect refinement
  • UnionVision, AdvisorAxis, GoLocal — union ML research, insurance pipeline analytics, and member engagement tools

United States Air Force — Computer Science Officer

U.S. Air Force veteran with formal training in computer science and systems thinking. Served as an officer and enlisted member of the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, the 'Statue of Liberty Wing.' Operated in environments where reliability, judgment, and clarity are critical, including support operations during Desert Storm.

  • Top Secret Security Clearance (held during USAF service)
  • Honorable Discharge
  • Operated secure communication systems
  • 48th Fighter Wing – RAF Lakenheath, England
  • Supported Desert Storm operations (1990-1991)

Mindfulware, LLC — Founder & Senior Technical Program Manager

2009–2025

Founded and scaled a 16-person SaaS company serving Fortune 15 insurance carriers including Cigna, growing to $1.5M annual recurring revenue with 10,000+ concurrent users during peak enrollment periods. Led distributed engineering, product, QA, sales, and support teams delivering mission-critical platforms with 99.99% uptime. Company wound down in 2025 following pandemic-driven industry consolidation.

ChartAssist, LLC — Lead Software Engineering Manager

2004–2009

Led development and 7-year production operation of HIPAA-compliant behavioral health EMR platform deployed across 5 mental health facilities in 3 states (Missouri, Florida, South Carolina) including pediatric care settings. Platform served hundreds of clinical users making mission-critical patient care decisions based on multi-disciplinary data visualization across 8 medical disciplines. Managed team of 10 engineers.

  • Delivered EMR platform from concept through 7 years of production operation across 5 healthcare facilities serving hundreds of clinical staff
  • Coordinated multi-site deployment across 3 states including pediatric behavioral health facility requiring specialized compliance protocols
  • Built clinical decision support system with multi-disciplinary graphical representations synthesizing patient data from 8 medical disciplines
  • Worked with clinical stakeholders to translate behavioral health workflows into user-centered product features
  • Maintained HIPAA compliance across multi-state deployment with regular audits and security protocols
  • Increased team productivity 40% and clinician satisfaction 20% through agile process improvements