AI Automation Portfolio

AI automations built on real operations experience.

Rusti Waldon builds AI agents, workflow automations, custom GPTs, and operational tooling for practical business problems across industries. His automation work is backed by 20+ years across IT operations, IAM, endpoint security, SaaS, cloud operations, and network infrastructure.

Focus

Automation across industries

I am not only targeting IT. My focus is AI automation for operational problems in any industry where manual work, routing, research, compliance, or repetitive decision support can be improved.

AI Agents & Copilots

Custom assistants that parse information, guide decisions, score fit, generate structured outputs, and support repeatable workflows.

LLMsLangGraphPython

Workflow Automation

Make.com, n8n, API, and webhook-based automations that connect tools, reduce handoffs, and keep data moving reliably.

Maken8nAPIs

Secure Operations

Enterprise IT, identity, endpoint, SaaS, and security experience applied to practical, compliant automation design.

IAMSaaSSecurity

Portfolio

Selected AI automation work

A collection of agents, GPTs, Make.com workflows, repositories, and guides showing practical automation, research, security, and compliance use cases.

Agents Live

Deployed project

AI Job Copilot

Live AI automation project for matching job opportunities, scoring fit, and supporting AI-assisted job search workflows.

Open agent

Agents

Private GitHub

Job Copilot Repository

GitHub repository for the AI Job Copilot project and supporting implementation work.

Marked private in portfolio category; access may require GitHub permissions.

View repository

AI US Expat Tax Copilot

AI copilot project focused on structuring tax-related research and guidance workflows for US expat scenarios.

Marked private in portfolio category; access may require GitHub permissions.

View repository

Custom GPTs

Specialized assistants

Job Application Copilot

Custom GPT for job application support, role analysis, fit scoring, and application preparation.

Open GPT

Threat Intel Feed Orchestrator

Custom GPT for organizing threat intelligence feeds and turning security signals into structured review outputs.

Open GPT

Phish Analyzer Forensic Scorer

Custom GPT for phishing review, forensic-style reasoning, and risk scoring support.

Open GPT

Python Security Auditor

Custom GPT for reviewing Python code through a security-focused lens and surfacing improvement areas.

Open GPT

DeutschFlow

Custom GPT for German language learning support, practice, and structured study workflows.

Open GPT

Workflows

Make.com scenarios

HTTP Integration Workflow

Make.com scenario demonstrating HTTP-based integration and workflow orchestration.

Open workflow

Notion Integration

Make.com scenario for connecting workflow data into Notion-based systems.

Open workflow

Notion Duplicate Checking

Make.com workflow for checking duplicates before writing structured records into Notion.

Open workflow

Guides

Reference work

EU AI Act Guide

Guide focused on AI Act concepts, compliance thinking, and practical AI governance framing.

Open guide

AI Prompting Handbook

Interactive guide for structured prompting, AI usage patterns, and practical prompt design.

Open handbook

Experience

Operations depth behind the automation

Experience across fast-growth FinTech, commerce technology, security operations, infrastructure, identity, endpoint management, and team leadership.

Billie GmbH · 06/2025 - 11/2025

Senior Digital Workplace Engineer / IT Support

Administered Okta IAM, SAML integrations, BeyondTrust Privilege Management, UniFi infrastructure, Jamf Pro/Protect, Google Workspace, Slack, and Jira support in a high-growth FinTech environment.

commercetools GmbH · 05/2022 - 05/2025

Cloud Network Security Analyst / IT Specialist

Managed Zscaler ZIA/ZPA, CrowdStrike Falcon EDR, Okta IAM, FortiGate firewalls, Jamf MDM, global UniFi networks, and SaaS administration across 900+ users and devices.

u-blox GmbH · 08/2020 - 04/2022

DevOps Security / IT Security Specialist

Supported cloud security, NIST-aligned governance, Fortinet firewalls, VPN tunnels, OpenVAS scanning, AWS migration work, vSphere environments, and endpoint security operations.

Microsoft - wundermedia Hub · 04/2019 - 06/2020

MSN Feed Manager | Deputy Team Lead

Led a 6-person international support team, maintained global SLA performance, supported MSN auto-curation rollout, and improved feed reliability through JSON ingestion troubleshooting.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation · 06/2013 - 12/2018

Cybersecurity Forensics Analyst / Senior Help Desk Analyst

Supported incident response, forensic analysis, SIEM and security log correlation, vulnerability assessments, audits, endpoint management, patching, and infrastructure support across regional sites.

Skills

Technical foundation

A practical mix of AI automation, enterprise infrastructure, identity, endpoint security, cloud services, and service operations.

AI & Automation

Workflow design and applied AI systems.

PythonLangGraphLLMsMaken8nZapierAPI Integration

Security & Identity

Endpoint protection, IAM, access control, and governance.

OktaSAML/SCIMBeyondTrustCrowdStrikeZscalerJamf ProtectOpenVAS

Infrastructure & SaaS

Reliable systems administration for distributed teams.

FortiGateUniFiVMwareGoogle WorkspaceMicrosoft 365SlackJira

Education & certifications

Recent AI training plus long-term technical grounding

WBS Coding School · 05/2026 - 08/2026

AI Agents & Automation

Training in Python, LangGraph, LLMs, Make.com, n8n, API integrations, custom copilots, automated parsing, workflow automation, and intelligent routing.

Wilmington University · 1997 - 2002

Bachelor of Science, Communication Technology

Academic Dean's List, GPA 3.45, Delta Epsilon Rho Honors Society.

Selected certificates

AI, security, cloud, and forensics

Anthropic AI Fluency Framework & Foundations, Infosec/Coursera AI Security, Zscaler User Essentials, CrowdStrike Falcon Admin, Cybersecurity Incident Response, Google Workspace Security, and EnCase Computer Forensics I.

Contact

Let’s build useful automation.

Open to AI automation work across industries, especially projects involving workflow automation, custom copilots, AI-assisted operations, security-aware process design, and practical business tooling.

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