Who We Are

Two partners who've been in your seat, and a delivery team that's in your business every week.

Kyser Thompson

Founding Partner

Kyser brings two decades of experience working with companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Nike, Netflix, and ESPN. He founded AI for the Rest of Us to solve a problem he kept seeing: executives who sensed AI's importance but lacked a trusted partner to help them act on it.

Since 2024, he's been immersed in helping organizations build real AI capability. Not just strategy decks, but working systems and trained teams that know how to use them.

Kyser believes technology should serve people, not replace them. The organizations that win with AI won't be the ones with the most technology. They'll be the ones who use it to sharpen human judgment and give people their time back.

Bryson Vogeltanz

Managing Partner

Bryson brings executive leadership experience building and scaling organizations from the ground up. He served as President and CEO of Partners International and co-founded the END IT Movement to end modern slavery. Earlier, he helped launch Passion City Church and served on its executive team.

At AI for the Rest of Us, he works alongside founders and leadership teams to turn AI strategy into daily practice across their organizations.

Bryson believes great ideas mean nothing without the organizational capability to carry them out. The companies that pull ahead with AI will be the ones that build that muscle across their people. Implementation is the proof.

The Team

A team who brings deep technical expertise to implementation work.

Michael Brainerd

Engagement Lead

Molly Berg

AI Builder

Dylan Capps

Associate Producer

Johnny Gabriele

AI Architect

Hunter Warburton

AI Builder

How we're structured

Every engagement is led by a named Partner, Kyser or Bryson, who serves as your primary point of contact and strategic advisor. You always know who's responsible and who to call.

Our partners are supported by a network of AI Architects and Builders who bring deep technical expertise to implementation work. This allows us to move from strategy to execution without handoff friction.

We keep our team small intentionally. Every client gets senior attention because that's the only kind of attention that produces results.