The people behind the Foundry.

Managing Director

JD Davenport

JD is the Managing Director of AI Foundry and a BYU MBA candidate. Before the MBA he went from Technical PM to Principal at National Grid in about two years, building a cloud portfolio from zero to 500-plus services and an AI-driven pricing engine. He started AI Foundry to give MBAs real reps building and shipping with AI agents.

Chief of Staff

Rachel Moulton

Rachel is involved in healthcare analytics and product management with a background in public health. She's focused on improving healthcare delivery through data and strategy and hopes to drive meaningful change in healthcare outcomes and experiences. Hobbies outside school and work include endurance sports, triathlons, mountain biking, and CrossFit.

Director of Marketing

Corbin Sterling

Corbin is a BYU MBA candidate concentrating in Marketing and Strategy, with a creative background rooted in music and movie production. He pairs creative judgment built from years of collaborative work with strategic frameworks, and is focused on using AI tools to sharpen how brands market and decide what to build next.

BYU Products

Brandon Jeppson

Brandon is a BYU MBA (’27) in Product Management, and the VP of Sales at Cougar Strategy Group, the Marriott School's MBA strategy and consulting group. He is pursuing a Product Management track, with a background in GTM strategy. He is currently standing up the partnership motion at the fastest growing startup in Utah history (Redo), and is building AI operating systems to build new revenue channels with the world's leading 3PL and logistics providers. In his free time, he is powerlifter, casual birder, and avid skiier.

External Deals

Alex Sisk

Alex Sisk is an MBA candidate at BYU Marriott concentrating in Finance with a background spanning commercial real estate, SaaS sales engineering, and entrepreneurship. He is launching a mortgage company with an AI-native operations strategy and is passionate about applying automation and machine learning to real-world business problems.

SMBs

Abe Bedard

Abraham Bedard is a strategy-obsessed entrepreneur, BYU MBA ('27), and CEO at Yatta Golf. After scaling the brand from scratch to $7M+ in annual revenues, his core mission remains unchanged: build wicked-good product, develop world-class talent, and help humans enjoy the heck out of life.

Alumni Relations

Felix Vivanco Salazar

Product Evaluation & QC

Tulga Ganbat

Tulga is an MBA candidate in Marketing and Product Management at Marriott School of Business with a bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Data Science. He is the founder and solo entrepreneur behind Orchuul.mn, Mongolia’s first and largest AI-powered translation marketplace, which he independently built and scaled using AI, OCR, cloud infrastructure, and workflow automation. Previously, he spent two years as an Operations Analyst in Business Intelligence team of one of the fast growing Utah Saas companies, developing analytics, customer segmentation, predictive models, and executive reporting that drove revenue growth and customer retention. His experience also includes machine learning and data engineering internships, giving him a strong foundation in AI, data-driven decision making, and technical product development.

AI Tooling

Jake Healey

Thought Leadership

Sylvan Scott

Finance

Chase Clement

Chase Clement is an MBA candidate concentrating in Finance at BYU with a background in enterprise systems implementation and financial operations. A former Division 1 javelin thrower, he is now launching a mortgage company leveraging AI-driven automation to build scalable, modern operational infrastructure from the ground up.

UX/UI Design

John Passey

John is a MBA candidate at BYU Marriott with five years of experience making health insurance easier to understand, navigate, and use.

Education & Training

Tyler Doman

Tyler is a BYU MBA (’27) on the entrepreneurship track with a background in strategy and growth. He is pursuing Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), where he plans to acquire a small business and leverage AI implementation to professionalize and scale its operations.

LDB Ambassador - Cougar Capital

Enoch Councill

Enoch is a BYU MBA candidate and the Director of AI at Cougar Capital, the Marriott School's student-run investment fund, where he builds tools to speed up and sharpen the VC process. He's also a Growth PM intern at Vision Graphics where he manages automated revenue. Before his MBA he worked in technology implementations, pre-sales, and customer success within B2B SaaS. Outside of work, he's an avid cyclist, hiker, and camper, and last summer he spent 500+ hours rebuilding a 1979 travel trailer with his wife for their adventures.

LDB Ambassador - Savage

Jorge Beltran

Jorge Beltran is an MBA candidate at BYU Marriott and a Finance Intern at Ford Motor Company. Previously, he lead organizations on ERP transformations as a Senior Supply Chain Consultant. Jorge is passionate about leveraging AI, finance, and business strategy to improve decision-making, drive innovation, and create measurable business impact.