Argus isn't a thesis written by observers. It's the product of twenty-five years building, securing, and commercializing technology — and three years of total immersion in agentic AI.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · AI & Agentic Systems Leader · Product & Innovation Executive · LLM Architect
Richard is a technology executive and hands-on AI builder with 20+ years leading product development, digital transformation, and enterprise architecture — now focused entirely on agentic AI, large language models, and intelligent automation. He has spent his career on both sides of the build: setting strategy in the boardroom and writing the architecture that makes it real.
Before "agents" was a category, he was designing multi-agent systems that orchestrate specialized LLMs into collaborative decision layers — replacing legacy deterministic processes with adaptive, context-aware intelligence. He authored a white paper on clustered LLM architectures with layered "consciousness" models for enterprise-scale autonomous decision-making — the intellectual foundation Argus is built on.
He is a two-time U.S. patent holder, a U.S. Army combat veteran of Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and the architect of every layer of the Argus platform.
Founded a veteran-owned AI technology company to develop, patent, and commercialize enterprise-grade agentic AI. Architected the Argus platform end to end; filed multiple provisional patent applications covering novel AI architectures including two-tier health-pulse monitoring, embodied advisory systems, dispatch hierarchy orchestration, and AI-driven threat scanning.
Spearheaded the launch of an AI-driven hardware product line for edge AI workloads — full lifecycle from ideation through production. Built agentic tools powered by LLM reasoning and managed edge platforms running real-time inference on up to 100 video channels with integrated AI accelerators.
Intensive coursework in transformer models, LLMs, generative AI, and responsible AI through Google Cloud; earned PMP and ITIL 4 certifications; authored the clustered-LLM "consciousness" white paper that became the Argus blueprint.
Built 3–5 year enterprise AI transformation roadmaps for Fortune 500 clients — LLMs, data lakes, RPA, and intelligent decision systems. Led conversational AI deployments for a global fast-food chain and a major electronics distributor; architected Azure data-lake foundations for enterprise AI.
Pioneered early LLM adoption — planning the migration from deterministic decision trees to local Ollama-based models as the technology first became accessible. Launched a SaaS supply-chain platform and earned U.S. Patent US8650101, "Network Deployment Supply Chain Optimization."
Transformed a resale business into a profitable SaaS company in 120 days, positioning it for acquisition within four years. Built the CNI Trading Exchange, enterprise-grade infrastructure with 24/7 security monitoring, and earned U.S. Patent US6533248 B1.
Desert Shield / Desert Storm combat veteran. The discipline of mission-critical communications under pressure runs through everything Argus is.
Two decades as a CTO and enterprise architect means Argus was designed like infrastructure, not a demo — security, observability, and governance from the first commit.
Early LLM migration plans in the 2010s, Fortune 500 AI roadmaps, conversational AI in production, edge inference hardware — Argus distills a decade of applied AI lessons, not a year of enthusiasm.
Military communications, patents, PMP, ITIL, enterprise compliance frameworks — the rigor that regulated and government customers require is native, not retrofitted.
Named for Argus Panoptes — the hundred-eyed sentinel of Greek mythology who never fully slept. The right name for a system whose job is to watch over yours.
No sales layer, no handoffs. Every briefing is with the founder who built the platform.
richardschafer777@gmail.com