Résumé / operating recordArchon DigitalCurrent / 2026

Founder · AI systems engineer · operator

John HughesWilcox

I carry production systems from first conversation through live operation—and stay accountable after the handoff.

Enter the record

Available for selected forward-deployed and systems engagements.

Operating record / web edition

John Hughes Wilcox

Founder, Archon Digital · AI Systems Engineer · Operations Leader

Omaha, NE / Remotejohnhugheswilcox@gmail.comLinkedIn ↗GitHub ↗

Throughline

Profile

Applied AI engineer who ships production agentic systems end-to-end: multi-agent orchestration, MCP servers, model routing, guardrails, evaluations, and observability from architecture through live operation. That work is grounded in an independent web and e-commerce practice running since 2009 and twelve years of executive culinary leadership—teams of 8 to 80+, full P&L responsibility, and delivery against hard service deadlines. Archon Digital is the flagship operating company behind autonomous system Archon Merkaba and products including ShadowShield and Cerebrus Pulse.

Operating history

Experience

Flagship company

Archon Digital

Omaha, NE / Remote · Jun 2026—Present

Founder & AI Systems Engineer

Full-time
  • Own the complete product loop: discovery, technical scoping, architecture, implementation, deployment, observability, and iteration against real usage.
  • Design and ship autonomous multi-agent systems with tool use, multi-model routing, structured outputs, guardrails, trajectory and offline evaluations, plus LangSmith and OpenTelemetry tracing.
  • Build and distribute MCP servers and clients for Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf, turning model capabilities into dependable production integrations.

Independent Technology Practice

Remote · 2009—Jun 2026

AI / Agent Engineering

2022—Jun 2026
  • Developed an early generative-AI practice into applied agent engineering, then established Archon Digital as the full-time operating company in June 2026.

Freelance Web & E-commerce Developer

2009—Jun 2026
  • Long before generative AI, scoped, designed, built, launched, and maintained client storefronts and marketing sites—moving from hand-built HTML and Dreamweaver into WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Squarespace, Lovable, and Vercel.

Flagship Restaurant Group

Omaha, NE · Mar 2014—Jun 2026

Executive Chef · Multi-Unit Operations Leader

  • Directed teams of 8 to 80+ through openings, event-driven demand peaks, and a concurrent seven-concept food hall where quality and timing were non-negotiable.
  • Partnered across R&D, brand, front-of-house, and executive leadership; translated an operating brief into repeatable service standards and daily execution.
  • Held full P&L responsibility across senior roles, including revenue, COGS, labor, vendor negotiation, training, and systems that scaled across multiple units.

KuDoKu Internet Services

Kansas City, MO · 2004

Web Development Intern

  • Built and maintained client websites in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—the first professional chapter of a building practice that later became a full-time AI focus.

Built and operated

Selected systems

Autonomous operations system · Archon Digital

Archon Merkaba

30+ agents · local + VPS

A multi-agent operating system with a CEO-style router, MCP tool layer, and model routing. Its reliability layer includes live monitoring, alerting, circuit breakers, and kill-switch controls for always-on services.

Open-source LLM and agentic-AI security framework

ShadowShield

shadowshield.xyz · PyPI

Defense-in-depth prompt-injection protection with multilingual detection, agent goal-hijack auditing, canary tokens, and secret and PII output scanning behind one API. Published with 130+ tests, strict typing, reproducible public-dataset benchmarks, and an OIDC release pipeline.

Multi-protocol crypto-intelligence API

Cerebrus Pulse

cerebruspulse.xyz

Real-time intelligence across 50+ Hyperliquid perpetuals, six timeframes, and 15 endpoints, load-tested below a 200ms p50. Distributed through an MCP server, Python SDK, LangChain toolkit, x402, Google A2A, and ACP.

Capabilities

Technical practice

Agentic AI & LLM Engineering
Multi-agent orchestration, tool use, function calling, MCP servers and clients, multi-model routing, prompt and context engineering, structured outputs, RAG, guardrails, evaluations, and observability.
Languages & Application Stack
Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, asyncio, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Solidity, Bash, React, Next.js, Node.js, Tailwind, and REST APIs.
Cloud, Infrastructure & Protocols
Docker, Linux and VPS administration, GCP, Firebase, Vercel, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, SLO monitoring, MCP, Google A2A, ACP, x402, Base, Solana, and Hyperliquid.
Web, Commerce & Generative Media
Shopify, Webflow, WordPress, Squarespace, responsive design, SEO, payment integrations, Adobe Creative Cloud, Leonardo.AI, Seedance, Veo, Sora, and Replicate.
Forward-Deployed Practice
Customer-facing technical communication, requirements translation, live demos and proofs of concept, onboarding, documentation, calm ownership under load, and consistent deadline delivery.

Formal and continued study

Education & credentials

Academic record

  • Metropolitan Community College

    Omaha, Nebraska

Google career certificates

  • Google AI Professional Certificate

    Google

  • Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate

    Google Career Certificates

Technical foundation

  • Foundations of Web Development

    AIM Institute

Continued professional learning

  • Model Context Protocol (MCP): Hands-On with Agentic AI

    LinkedIn Learning

  • Agentic AI Fundamentals · Build Agents with OpenClaw

    LinkedIn Learning

  • Integrating Generative AI into Business Strategy

    LinkedIn Learning

  • AI Foundations: Machine Learning · AI in Project Management

    LinkedIn Learning

  • Becoming an AI-First Product Leader

    LinkedIn Learning