David Caldwell
Head of AI Solutions
David scopes every engagement and stays on it through delivery. The first call is with him, and so is the honest answer about whether we are the right people for what you need.
Connect on LinkedInWho you would be working with
Compass AI is five people, and you can see all of us below. There is no delivery layer between the person you talk to and the people who build your system.
Between us
Not AI people who read about manufacturing. Over 30 years on the inside of these systems, and we know how a manufacturing company actually works day to day. That is what decides whether what we build survives contact with your floor.
30+
Years of hands-on ERP and manufacturing experience
Quote to cash
Known end to end, by everyone on the team
Systems we have worked in
And others that never made a list. Ask about yours.
The team
Everyone here works on what we sell. The person on your first call is the person who scopes it, and the people who build it are on the same call by the second week.
Head of AI Solutions
David scopes every engagement and stays on it through delivery. The first call is with him, and so is the honest answer about whether we are the right people for what you need.
Connect on LinkedInHead of Sales
Dean handles the commercial side so the engineers stay on engineering. If you have dealt with a firm where the person who sold it disappeared after kickoff, that is the thing we are structured to avoid.
Connect on LinkedInAI Engineer
Builds what we sell. MCP servers, custom apps, integrations, and the data work underneath all of it.
AI Engineer
Builds what we sell. In your systems, through the interfaces your vendor supports, not in a slide deck about your systems.
AI Engineer
Builds what we sell. Data foundations, dashboards, and the automations that take the repetitive work off your people.
Principles
Most large ERP replacement projects overrun and a majority miss their goals. Your system of record stays where it is. We build the layer on top, through the interfaces your vendor supports.
Deployed to your infrastructure, on your accounts, documented. No per-seat license from us to look at your own numbers, and no retainer required to keep it running.
Two to four weeks from the first call to something live. We work from your actual data instead of months of interviews, which is why it can move that fast.
Sometimes the honest answer is that a spreadsheet is fine, or that your problem is a process rather than software. Saying so costs us one project and saves you a bad one.
Experience
These are the ERPs we are in most often. We have connected to plenty of systems that never made a list, so ask if yours is not here.
We also work in Infor and Sage environments.
Let's talk
Thirty minutes with David. No pitch deck, no discovery phase you pay for. You describe the problem and get a straight answer about what it would take.