In a fast-moving AI landscape, the hard choice is whether to build, buy, or wait. A real example—using Gemini's Spreadsheet AI to summarize a Service Clubs financials—shows how leveraging existing tools can deliver better outcomes with less effort. The takeaway: use AI to shorten the path to value, and reserve custom building for true differentiation.

Presentation to the Fargo Full Stack Development User Group

Capstone presentation for the Master of Science in Management of Technology program at the University of Minnesota, exploring how data lakes can serve as a foundation for incremental innovation and research-aligned product development.