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Ilya Kuzmin

Strategic Operations · Construction · AI Systems
Sacramento, California · Founder, StartLab LLC
Focus Operating clarity, process design, knowledge systems and practical implementation.
Industry base Construction, passive fire protection, logistics and digital products.
Working model Embedded review supported by StartLab strategy, marketing and technology resources.
Relevant background for Good Life leadership

An operator who connects field reality, business logic and technology.

More than 20 years of entrepreneurial and operational experience, including construction project delivery, field-team management, business-process analysis, digital systems and AI-enabled tools.

Comfortable working with owners, managers, estimators and field crews.
Experienced in identifying missing information, process gaps and decision dependencies.
Able to translate operational findings into SOP, dashboards, training and digital tools.
Supported by a technical partner with more than 30 years of IT and automation experience.
Relevant fit

What is directly useful for these projects.

Gray Constructions

Operating and ownership review

Experience following the real business cycle from customer acquisition and estimating through field execution, quality control, documentation and financial outcome.

1Contract and job-level economics
2Owner and key-person dependency
3Field-to-office process clarity
4Decision-ready risk and opportunity analysis
Good Life Group

Knowledge and operating systems

Experience structuring information from employees and processes into practical SOP, onboarding, internal knowledge environments and AI-supported workflows.

1Expert interviews and knowledge capture
2Role-based SOP and training paths
3Cross-company workflow and referral analysis
4AI search, dashboards and internal tools
Selected experience

Only the experience relevant to the proposed work.

Construction & fire protection

Founder and operating director

Managed the full project cycle in passive fire protection: sales, estimating, contracts, suppliers, scheduling, field crews, quality control, technical compliance and customer reporting. More than 200 completed projects, including over 90 major industrial and infrastructure projects.

Operations in California

Strategic business consultant — moving and logistics

Reviewed profitability, labor utilization, payroll transparency, KPI, accountability, office-to-field communication and SOP architecture for a growing service company.

StartLab LLC

Founder — strategy, marketing and technology

Leads strategic sessions, operating analysis, websites, lead systems, analytics, workflow automation, dashboards, AI assistants and the conversion of unstructured business needs into implementable solutions.

Local implementation

I Build Energy and other California projects

Built a service-site and lead-generation system including user journeys, forms, pricing calculator, notifications, analytics, Search Console and basic SEO architecture.

Product systems

Saxila and AI-assisted business diagnostics

Developed a concept for identifying lost leads, weak follow-up, unclear responsibility, fragmented systems, manual reporting and business dependency on individual employees.

Evidence base

A practical record, not only advisory experience.

The background combines direct responsibility for projects and teams with process analysis and modern implementation capability.

20+ Years Entrepreneurial, project and operating experience across several industries.
200+ Construction projects Delivered through a passive fire-protection company under direct operating responsibility.
90+ Major projects Industrial and infrastructure projects involving schedules, technical requirements and field teams.
30+ Years of technical support IT, development and automation experience available through the StartLab technical partner.
Working method

A simple operating sequence.

The approach starts with the real business and uses technology only where it improves clarity, execution or decision quality.

STEP 01 Observe Follow the actual workflow and talk to the people doing the work.
STEP 02 Map Document roles, decisions, information flows and dependencies.
STEP 03 Verify Compare assumptions with records, economics and operating evidence.
STEP 04 Test Run limited pilots where a practical change can reveal meaningful upside.
STEP 05 Decide Convert findings into clear options, conditions and next steps.
Additional credentials

Supporting background.

Engineering education Engineer and Master of Engineering and Technology; postgraduate research background.
Technology commercialization Formal education in technology commercialization; published work and patent RU 2400671 C1.
EB-1A immigrant visa Granted on the basis of professional achievements in business, technology and project development.
AI and digital products Experience with AI-assisted products, digital identity, Web3, tokenomics and product strategy.
Teaching and onboarding Experience explaining complex concepts and building step-by-step learning structures.
Aikido, 2nd Dan Long-term discipline, teaching experience and calm decision-making under pressure.
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