AL Del Degan has spent 33 years building software: first as a developer, then as a founder, and today as Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of New Idea Machine, a Calgary custom software and AI automation agency serving small business owners worldwide. He tells people what will work, what won't, and occasionally what they shouldn't build at all.
Track record
- Spent twelve years at the Calgary Airport Authority while co-founding and leading his first company, DKTek Software Corporation
- Worked with the City of Calgary, DC Bank, and Travel Alberta
Today
- Created the AI-assisted process New Idea Machine's senior developers use to build launch-ready apps, saving clients 50 to 75% in time and cost
- Guides every New Idea Machine build
- Teaches the AI for Business bootcamps
- Built Hermes Ear, the AI meeting assistant he documented on the blog
- Mentors developers entering the industry
- Created and produces the Leaders, Innovators, and Big Ideas podcast for Rainforest Alberta
Off the clock
- Spends his time behind a camera, a microphone, or twenty metres underwater
- Has been diving since 2005 and holds an SSI Dive Control Specialist rating