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Andrew Bouwens

@andrewbouwens

AI Business Analyst at Symphonic Distribution who built Aria, handling 11,000+ monthly conversations.

United States
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At Symphonic Distribution, I built and manage Aria, a customer-facing AI chatbot that handles more than 11,000 conversations a month and answers 58.6% of support conversations without a ticket by a conservative count. I use conversation data to decide what Aria builds next and write the specs engineers build from.

I led Aria's redesign from a single Agent Builder flow into an orchestrator with four specialist agents. I also run controlled prompt experiments, LLM-as-judge audits, and human reviews to evaluate releases and turn reviewer objections into regression targets.

I led the operational rollout of the AskStylo Copilot Zendesk integration, formalizing workflows, training support agents, and tuning the platform. It reached a 95%+ draft acceptance rate and an estimated nearly 30% reduction in agent handling cost per ticket.

Earlier, I built automated back-office workflows at Acrisure and partnered with subject matter experts to identify automation opportunities. My personal projects include a Ruby resume-tailoring tool with claim verification and a Telegram chatbot powered by a self-hosted Ollama LLM.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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AI Business Analyst

Sep 2025 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Built and manages Aria, a customer-facing AI chatbot handling 11,000+ conversations a month and answering 58.6% of support conversations without a ticket. Led its redesign into an orchestrator with four specialist agents and runs the evaluation loop behind each release.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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Grand Valley State University

Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence

Pursuing a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence.

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Grand Valley State University

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and Spanish

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Spanish.

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