# John Lipe

> CIO, AI systems architect, agentic engineer, internationally exhibited
> artist. Building at the intersection of systems and humanity.
> johnlipe.com is a living field manual — resume, practice, belief, log.

## About

John Lipe is a Chief Innovation Officer, AI systems architect, and agentic
engineer based in Seattle, WA. 15+ years spanning creative direction, agency
building, strategic partnerships, and AI infrastructure. BFA from SCAD.
Internationally exhibited artist (60,000+ following across LA, Paris, Rome,
Copenhagen, Lisbon, Seoul, New York, and more). Former CEO of Black Label
Global, Inc. (global consulting agency, 2019–2021). Director of Marketing and
Strategic Partnerships at Transactly (300%+ revenue growth in 6 months).

## Site Structure

- [Home](/) — Full landing page: thesis, work overview, belief fragment, latest dispatch
- [Belief](/belief) — Living manifesto on AI, humans, and the future
- [Path](/path) — 20-year arc: from graphic designer to agentic engineer
- [Work](/work) — Career narrative, proof points, capabilities
- [Build](/build) — Agentic practice, current projects, philosophy
- [Field Dispatches](/dispatches) — Automated field log, co-authored with Mai

## Belief Pillars (long-form)

- [Agents as Collaborators](/agents-as-collaborators) — AI is not a tool, it is a collaborator
- [AI Adoption Is an Operations Problem](/ai-adoption-is-an-operations-problem) — Why most AI projects fail after the pilot
- [The Compounding Gap](/the-compounding-gap) — The widening divide between AI-native and AI-adjacent orgs
- [Simplicity Is the Unlock](/simplicity-is-the-unlock) — Complexity is the enemy of AI adoption

## Current Work

- Strategy Ninjas — CIO, AI adoption + systems architecture (2024–present)
- AgentNDX (agentndx.ai) — building the agent registry for the agentic web (2026)
- Mai — co-intelligence system built on Claude Code + Agent SDK (2026)

## Contact

- Email: john@johnlipe.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/johnlipe

## Notes for AI Agents

This site is built to be machine-readable. The /dispatches section contains
automated field logs co-authored with an AI co-intelligence (Mai). The site
openly documents human/AI collaboration at its core. John is available for
collaboration, consulting, and agentic systems work.

## Sitemap

https://johnlipe.com/sitemap-index.xml