Camille Sutton
Field Notes — year two
Twelve more months of the field notes, and the archive opened up.
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Story · The Method
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The one-page brief we ask for first
Free to read: the short brief that replaces a discovery call, and why it is short on purpose.
Story · The Method
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What we check in the first hour
The eight questions that decide whether a process is worth touching at all.
Story · Templates
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The handover checklist, line by line
Every item we hand over, why it is on the list, and the two people who have to sign it.
Story · The Method
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What we will not take on
Free to read: three kinds of work we turn down, and the reasoning behind each.
Story · Build Log
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Why the second week is where it breaks
Adoption rarely fails on day one. It fails when the person who asked for it goes on leave.
Story · Build Log
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Quote turnaround: four hours to twenty minutes
Cedarline Logistics, 11,400 historical lanes, and why cleaning the data was the whole job.
Story · Templates
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Writing the audit scoring sheet
How we score a process before touching it, and what a low score actually means.
Story · The Method
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The intake form we ran for a year, then deleted
Four fields did the work. The other eleven made the form feel serious and taught us nothing.
Story · Build Log
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Eleven hours a week, off one front desk
The full write-up: what we found in the interviews, what we scored highest, and the two weeks the reminders went out twice.
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A rollback plan nobody has to read
Every build ships with one page: what to switch off, in what order, and who is allowed to.
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The Small Desk Handbook
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Story · The Method
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The one-page brief we ask for first
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Story · The Method
Camille SuttonLVL 6
What we check in the first hour
The eight questions that decide whether a process is worth touching at all.
Story · Templates
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The handover checklist, line by line
Every item we hand over, why it is on the list, and the two people who have to sign it.
Story · The Method
Camille SuttonLVL 6
What we will not take on
Free to read: three kinds of work we turn down, and the reasoning behind each.
Story · Build Log
Camille SuttonLVL 6
Why the second week is where it breaks
Adoption rarely fails on day one. It fails when the person who asked for it goes on leave.
Story · Build Log
Camille SuttonLVL 6
Quote turnaround: four hours to twenty minutes
Cedarline Logistics, 11,400 historical lanes, and why cleaning the data was the whole job.
Story · Templates
Camille SuttonLVL 6
Writing the audit scoring sheet
How we score a process before touching it, and what a low score actually means.
Story · The Method
Camille SuttonLVL 6
The intake form we ran for a year, then deleted
Four fields did the work. The other eleven made the form feel serious and taught us nothing.
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About Camille
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Maven Ai is a four-person AI consulting studio in Austin. We help small and mid-sized businesses put AI to work where it actually pays: intake, follow-up, scheduling, and the reporting nobody wants to do by hand. We start with a two-week readiness audit, ship one working automation in the first month, and hand you the keys. No twelve-month roadmaps, no seat-license sprawl.
“Ship the boring automation first. The clever one can wait.”
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Small-business operationsApplied automationCoffeeLong-distance running
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AI StrategyWorkflow AutomationCustomer Journey DesignPrompt EngineeringData CleanupCRM ArchitectureConversational DesignTeam Enablement
Services
AI Readiness Audit · $3,500
Two weeks. We map every manual handoff in your business and score it for automation payback.
First Automation Build · $6,000
One working, monitored automation shipped inside 30 days — usually lead follow-up or intake.
Custom Assistant Build · $9,500
A trained assistant that answers on your site and books straight into your calendar.
Team AI Training · $2,000
A half-day, hands-on session for the people who will actually use the tools.
Fractional AI Lead · $4,500/mo
Ongoing. We hold the roadmap, run the vendors, and keep the automations honest.
Experience
Founder & Principal
Maven Ai · Austin, TX · 2024 — Present
Built the studio to four people and 20+ engagements without raising money. We ship one working automation per client in the first 30 days.
Head of Automation
Quarry Digital · Austin, TX · 2021 — 2024
Ran the automation practice for a 40-person performance agency. Built the intake and reporting stack that 60 client accounts ran on.
Operations Lead
Tidewater Realty · Houston, TX · 2018 — 2021
Rebuilt lead routing for a 90-agent brokerage. Response time went from 6 hours to 8 minutes.
Education
University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc. Information Systems · 2014 — 2018
Focused on process design and data management.
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Certificates earned in the FocalShift Academy, plus outside certifications.
Your First Week in Mission Control
FocalShift Academy · Issued Aug 10, 2026 · Serial FSA-C31-7DEBBE15
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Design Canvas Fundamentals
FocalShift Academy · Issued Aug 10, 2026 · Serial FSA-C35-F3A530D7
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Automation Architect
FocalShift Ai Academy · 2025
Applied Prompt Engineering
FocalShift Ai Academy · 2026
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Northwind Dental — 11 hours a week back
Cedarline Logistics — quote turnaround 4h to 20m
Fernwood Coffee — one dashboard for nine cafes
Sable & Stone — intake triage
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Completed their profileMilestone reachedAug 11
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Completed a courseMilestone reachedAug 10
Launched a membershipCamille's Field NotesAug 8
Became a founding memberMilestone reachedAug 8
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Completed their profileMilestone reachedJun 28
Joined FocalShiftThe journey beginsJun 27
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