I build AI systems that turn complex data into real-world impact across investing, energy, and healthcare.
01 / Current work
I built the agentic AI system behind Intelligent Alpha's investment products, turning deep market research and portfolio management into repeatable, autonomous workflows.
$30M+
AUM
20+
portfolios
Billions
of tokens processed
I led the technical design and implementation of the user-facing product leveraged by traders and operators in complex power markets.
PowerOS workflow
02 / Foundation
Six years from rotational program to Senior Principal, followed by a move into AI-native investing and energy.
2017
Joined through Optum's rotational program
Started inside a large healthcare technology landscape, learning to move from ambiguous business problems to production systems that could operate at enterprise scale.
2021
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Began building Optum's first dedicated cloud-native AI and machine learning platform, creating a scalable foundation for enterprise data science teams.
2022
Principal Software Engineer
Built AI Hub to make AI and machine learning projects easier to discover, govern, share, and review across the enterprise.
1,000+
data scientists enabled
450+
AI projects tracked
15+
business units connected
2023
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Built ChatHCP for developer knowledge and a multimodal Competitive Intelligence Platform that replaced multi-week research workflows with an AI-powered application.
8,000+
developers served
25,000+
pages synthesized
2025
Next chapter
After eight years at UnitedHealth Group and Optum, moved into concurrent startup roles building AI-native systems for investing and energy markets.
03 / Public work
04 / About
I'm Danny Sievers, a software engineer using AI to push companies beyond the status quo. I focus on developing intelligent systems that tackle hard problems.
I'm most useful when the opportunity is important but the shape of the solution is still unclear. I identify the highest-leverage problem, connect product judgment with technical strategy, and work across the layers required to ship it.
That has meant building user experiences, AI workflows, full-stack applications, cloud platforms, and operational infrastructure. The technology changes with the moment; the goal stays the same: turn complex ideas into reliable systems with real-world impact.
05 / Contact
