Builder · AI Systems · St. Petersburg, FL

Drey Thomas

I build production AI systems — solo, shipped, and live. Voice agents, AI clones, full-stack SaaS, and automation that runs without me.

Account Manager & Operations Lead at Viral Editz by day. Self-taught systems architect who turns ideas into deployed products on Claude Code.

dreydrey9000@gmail.com contra.com/andre_thomas_sczm465o chat.dreythomas.com (my AI clone)
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What I've shipped

Live products. Click any one — they're real and running.

Dottie — AI Phone Assistant

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Answers a real phone line in a natural voice, books meetings, and texts back over iMessage and SMS — with memory across every call. Live on its own number, 24/7.

VapiConvexTypeScriptWebhooks

Pocket Drey — AI Clone

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A chat assistant trained on how I build. Gives plain-English advice with one clear recommendation, captures leads, and tracks the full funnel.

Next.jsConvexPostHogTypeScript

1BB — AI Content SaaS

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A membership platform that builds members a personal AI system for their content and DMs. Full SaaS with recurring billing, a posting engine, and an AI pipeline that runs on autopilot.

Next.jsConvexStripeTypeScript

DR. DREY — AI Music Site

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A custom web music player for AI-made tracks — album browsing, shuffle, continuous play, and a resume-where-you-left-off feature. No label, no algorithm.

Next.jsTypeScriptWeb Player

Life Dashboard — Personal OS

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A real-time dashboard that pulls every system I run — sleep, training, focus, money — into one live operating view. Built behind private auth.

Next.jsConvexReal-time

The short version

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Summary

I'm a builder. I take an idea and ship the whole thing — front end, backend, voice layer, billing, deploy — usually solo, usually on Claude Code. I move fast, document while I build, and test my own work before anyone sees it.

I came up running operations: I built Viral Editz's entire VA system from zero, so a new hire is productive on day one. Same instinct in code — make systems so airtight they run without me. Security background, so auth and not-leaking-data are defaults, not afterthoughts.

Experience
Independent Builder — AI Products2024 — now

Design and ship production AI apps end to end: voice assistants, AI clones, full-stack SaaS with billing, and automation pipelines. Five live products (above), plus self-running systems like a multi-source job feed and data-ingesting admin dashboards.

Viral Editz — Account Manager / Operations Leadongoing

Run 5 creator/brand accounts and an 8–10 person VA team. Architected the pod system and onboarding so the operation trains people instead of the other way around — now expanding company-wide.

Stack
TypeScriptNext.jsReactConvexVapi (voice)StripeTailwindPlaywrightPostHogCloudflareVercel
Strengths
AI agents + voiceAutomationFull-stack deliveryShips solo + fastSecurity-consciousDocuments everything
Setup

Remote · contract / freelance · async-friendly · US (ET).

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1 · Voice / Conversational AI
Hey — I build production AI systems, and the one I'm proudest of is basically [COMPANY]'s problem already solved. It's called Dottie: an AI that answers a real phone line in a natural voice, books meetings, and texts people back — and remembers the whole conversation the next time they call. Live, on its own number, 24/7. I design the system and ship it: voice (Vapi), backend + memory (Convex), the webhooks and the guardrails so it never spams or loops. I move fast and document everything, so what I build keeps running whether I'm in the room or not. Want to see it? You can literally call it. — Drey (Andre Thomas) · chat.dreythomas.com
2 · Automation / Agentic
Hey — automation is basically how I think. I've shipped self-running systems solo: a job feed that updates itself from multiple sources every few hours, admin dashboards that pull data from other systems automatically, and an AI content pipeline that runs on autopilot inside a live SaaS. Stack: TypeScript, Next.js, Convex, clean APIs, real-time data. I design the system and ship it, document as I go, and test my own work before anyone sees it. For [COMPANY]'s [ROLE], I'd map your manual steps first and turn the repeatable ones into agents that run without you. Happy to walk through what I've built on a call. — Drey (Andre Thomas) · chat.dreythomas.com
3 · Full-Stack / SaaS
Hey — full-stack is my home base. Most recently I shipped a full SaaS end to end: Next.js front end, Convex backend, Stripe billing, a member dashboard, and an AI content pipeline — solo, live with real users. Stack: TypeScript, Next.js, Convex, Stripe, real-time data, clean APIs. I've got a security background, so auth and data privacy are baked in from day one. I move fast, document as I go, and test before it ships. For [COMPANY]'s [ROLE], I can own a feature end to end — design the interface and build it. Happy to show you the work on a quick call. — Drey (Andre Thomas) · chat.dreythomas.com
4 · General AI builder
Hey — I build production AI apps end to end, solo. A few that are live: an AI phone assistant (voice + memory), an AI clone that gives advice in my voice, a SaaS with billing and an automated content pipeline, and a custom AI-music site. Stack: TypeScript, Next.js, Convex, Vapi, Stripe. I come from a security background and I document everything, so what I build keeps running without me. For [COMPANY]'s [ROLE], I'd love to help you ship [WHAT]. See the work at contra.com/andre_thomas_sczm465o or talk to my AI clone at chat.dreythomas.com. — Drey (Andre Thomas)

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