Project-based and advisory work.

I take on project-based build, hardening, and advisory work around internal AI systems when the workflow, users, ownership, and constraints are concrete enough for the conversation to be useful.

Direct email

stefan@stefanmanja.com

I reply to good-fit inquiries within 3 business days.

I take on project-based build, hardening, and advisory work when the workflow, scope, and ownership are concrete enough for a useful conversation.

The best first conversations describe the workflow, the users, the current stage, and the constraints that will matter in practice.

Useful first emails

• The workflow and users are easy to describe.
• You can say whether this is a new build, a hardening effort, or scoped advisory work.
• There is already an owner, a current stage, and a constraint that will matter in practice.

Usually not ready yet

• Pure idea-stage exploration with no real workflow owner or adoption path.
• Generic “AI transformation” requests without a defined problem to solve.
• Marketing-style chatbot work where visual novelty matters more than operational quality.

Project inquiry

Light qualification only: enough context to decide whether the conversation should move forward.