# Adam M. Russek > Adam M. Russek is VP Operations at Snyder Technologies. The site is a personal journal: case studies from finance, operations, quality and AI enablement work, and essays on the mind, the body and how things work. Client names in case studies are anonymised. ## Pages - [Adam M. Russek: VP Operations at Snyder Technologies](https://adamrussek.com/): Adam M. Russek is VP Operations at Snyder Technologies: a leader, strategic thinker and builder of operational systems that scale. Case studies, projects and reflections. - [Projects | Adam M. Russek](https://adamrussek.com/projects): Case studies from work Adam M. Russek has led or contributed to: finance, operations, quality, AI enablement and the systems behind them. - [Reflections | Adam M. Russek](https://adamrussek.com/reflections): Essays by Adam M. Russek on how things work: the mind, the body, the world and everything in between. - [Tunes | Adam M. Russek](https://adamrussek.com/tunes): Songs worth listening to. A running list of what's been on repeat. ## Case studies - [Making Design Review Part of the Application](https://adamrussek.com/projects/design-workbench-and-review-mode): Developing a practical design method that moves from standalone concepts to review tools inside the working app, keeping alternatives, screen maps, notes and checks close to the implementation. - [Working by Voice](https://adamrussek.com/projects/working-by-voice): How I use speech to direct AI-assisted work from live conversations into notes, visuals and changes I can inspect in an application. - [Automated Testing for a Non-Profit Platform Launch](https://adamrussek.com/projects/deployed-playwright-test-suite): Built a deployed-site Playwright suite across the staff and board portals, identity, CMS, shop and public site, with a plain-language review report that explains what each test checked and saw. - [Project Management Inside the Repository](https://adamrussek.com/projects/project-management-in-the-repo): How I run projects from inside the repository where the work happens: everything the project produces, from meeting transcripts to a client's product PDFs, organized into files AI agents can work with, turned into whatever report or model the people on the project need, and handed to developers where they already work. - [Building a Treasury Planning Application](https://adamrussek.com/projects/treasury-console-design): An internal application called the Treasury Console connects agreements, obligations, payroll and planned invoices as linked records for cash and P&L planning. - [Validation Documentation for an AI-Built Quality System](https://adamrussek.com/projects/qms-validation-package): Led the validation documentation for a quality management system our team built with AI in 60 days for a life-sciences consultancy, and took part in writing every document in a package of more than 80 controlled documents written to hold up under audit. - [Choosing a Company Insurance Program From the Policy Wording](https://adamrussek.com/projects/company-insurance-program): Rebuilt how a technology services company buys cyber, professional liability and business insurance: a four-question model for how much cover it needs, every policy form and endorsement transcribed and read, and a recommendation built on what the policies actually say rather than the quote summaries. - [Building a Finance Function Around an AI-Enabled Accountant](https://adamrussek.com/projects/ai-enabled-finance-function): Hired an offshore staff accountant, trained him on AI developer tools in a local repository from his first day and then on Git and pull requests, and directed the program that stood up a portfolio company's finance function in about three months: current books, a monthly close, a forecasting method and weekly executive reporting. - [AI-Assisted Weekly Cash Flow Forecasting System](https://adamrussek.com/projects/ai-assisted-cash-flow-forecasting): Built a formula-driven, AI-maintainable cash flow forecasting system across 7 interconnected Excel tabs, designed so a weekly update session with AI takes minutes instead of hours, while keeping human judgment in the loop for every payment decision. - [Non-Profit Digital Footprint Overhaul](https://adamrussek.com/projects/nonprofit-digital-transformation): Eight months with a museum non-profit, from a documentation site that mapped four disconnected systems, through a change of commerce platform and a physical inventory count, to running acceptance testing for a new platform with staff and board portals. - [Multi-Site Infrastructure Review & Consolidation Planning](https://adamrussek.com/projects/infrastructure-review): Led the creation of a comprehensive infrastructure summary for a mid-size holding company, mapping servers, VMs, and hosting across three environments to drive a critical hardware replacement decision. - [Hands-On Executive AI Training](https://adamrussek.com/projects/executive-ai-training): Running direct, hands-on AI training sessions with executives and non-technical staff at a technology consulting firm, from AI developer tools and Git fundamentals to AI-assisted financial analysis and executive review workflows. - [Enterprise Policy Framework](https://adamrussek.com/projects/enterprise-policy-framework): Designed and implemented a comprehensive compliance and policy management system, transforming scattered documents into a structured, version-controlled framework that scales with the organization. ## Recent reflections - [Timeless Stoic Lessons](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/lessons-from-seneca-and-marcus-aurelius): What stayed with me from Letters from a Stoic and Meditations, on death, friendship, self-control, and how to move through the world without losing yourself. - [April Fools](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/april-fools): On The Fool from tarot, the spirit of April 1st, and why beginning with nothing might be the most powerful move. - [Is This All There Is?](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/is-this-all-there-is): On the feeling of magic in life, what it's made of, where it goes, and what it might mean when it gets quiet. - [Lots to Learn](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/lots-to-learn): On the relationship between knowledge and humility, what it actually feels like to keep discovering how much you don't know, and why that's a good sign rather than a bad one. - [The Great Reset](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/the-great-reset): What the global elite have actually written, said, and planned, in their own language, their own papers, their own institutions, and what it means for individual sovereignty and dependence on the system. - [RAS and What You See](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/ras-and-visual-cues): Some thoughts on the reticular activating system, how deeply visual human cognition actually is, and what I've noticed about the role physical objects play in keeping things in front of me. - [Enlightenment vs. Waking Up](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/enlightenment-vs-waking-up): Two paths to seeing clearly, one points inward toward the nature of consciousness itself, the other points outward at the systems, narratives, and illusions that shape how we live. - [Alcohol](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/alcohol): America is drinking less, and the reasons go deeper than health trends, the cost-benefit just stopped making sense for a lot of people. - [How to Have Fun](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/how-to-have-fun): Most adults have more room for enjoyment than they realize, in the moment and across a lifetime. - [Tension, Release, and the Body's Intelligence](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/the-intelligent-body): Network chiropractic, fascia, and yoga, three doorways into the same room. - [EMF Fields and Health](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/emf-fields-and-the-electric-body): What electromagnetic fields are, what the research says, and how to think about exposure without losing your mind. - [Grounding](https://adamrussek.com/reflections/grounding): The science and practice of reconnecting with the earth beneath your feet. ## Optional - [Full site text](https://adamrussek.com/llms-full.txt): every case study and reflection in one plain-text file. - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamrussek/): professional profile.