Professional portfolio

Practical software for field, data, and AI-assisted workflows.

I am James Dye, a Columbus-based AI-first systems builder and founder of XyFlow Innovations. My background combines GIS, survey field operations, UAS/LiDAR work, Python data pipelines, mobile app builds, and agent-orchestrated software development.

Near-launch field app

Boundary XYQ

iOS survey workflow for CSV/DXF intake, live boundary-found tracking, and COGO in the field.

Launched tool

Generation Engine

Local-first desktop writing and research assistant in active real-world use.

External validation

$36k XPRIZE

Solo Global Water Scarcity concept advanced to milestone funding.

Field operations

SAM + Part 107

Survey, drone, LiDAR, utility, GIS, and field-crew workflow background.

Selected artifacts

Projects grouped by what they prove.

This page is for job applications and professional review. The strongest projects are grouped by hiring signal instead of dumped into one mixed grid.

Launched and active product builds

Data and research systems

Near-launch iOS app

Boundary XYQ puts survey boundary decisions in the field user's hand.

This is one of the strongest portfolio pieces because it joins real domain context with a mobile product: CSV/DXF intake, live boundary-found tracking, coordinate geometry, and line cleanup.

CSV and DXF intake
Live boundary-found tracking
On-device coordinate geometry
Line consolidation
Point-priority cleanup
Private launch candidate
XPRIZE Water Scarcity logo

External validation

XPRIZE Global Water Scarcity milestone award

Submitted a solo theoretical desalination design that advanced in the XPRIZE Global Water Scarcity competition and earned approximately $36,000 in milestone funding. The venture did not become a commercial prototype; the honest takeaway is domain acquisition, systems design, and competitive technical concept development under an external rubric.

Strong-fit roles

AI-assisted software engineer
Internal tools engineer
Geospatial / GIS software
Data engineer
Field operations automation
Research software engineer
Unity tooling
Diagnostics and service-support AI
Applied AI prototyping

The core story is simple: I have already been building the kind of AI-native systems companies are now trying to figure out.

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Portfolio contact

For roles, collaborations, PackSmith support, Unity asset questions, or practical AI workflow work, email directly.