Jen Tran
Head of Business Strategy

An MIT-trained engineer turned business strategist, Jen bridges engineering, business, and human-centered design with systems thinking and grounded execution. She has engineered commercial vehicle systems for JVS a Fortune 200 company, served as lead engineer for nationally used EdTech software, led design and engineering teams, and designed AI software for healthcare. As operations partner in the turnaround of a manufactured housing community, she implemented systems that improved quality of life, built trust, and 4x’d property value - balancing financial outcomes with human respect. A former fighter with 50+ bouts and lifelong advocate for her autistic brother, Jen brings grit, clarity, and deep empathy to designing systems that align people, incentives, and outcomes.

Scott Miller
Head of Technology & Delivery

A mathematician, data scientist, and programmer, Scott couples 25 years of experience in software and financial modeling with a boundless passion for both machine and human learning. He has developed commercial-grade software in half a dozen computer languages, from complex user interfaces to AI workflow integration to core systems that directly managed $1bn+ in equities (earning $100m+ in revenue). Scott graduated with a degree in math from MIT in 2000, with minors in chemistry and physics, and also holds a master's degree in poetry.

Scale Smarter

We eliminate repetitive tasks so your team can think bigger.

At Bonfire AI, we build intelligent AI systems that clear operational clutter, match how your team actually works, and unlock your capacity to grow

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Trusted by Teams Worldwide. We Leverage Leading-Edge Frameworks.

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What we Do

We Take Teams From Overworked to Growth And Innovation

Every organization has people buried in manual, tedious tasks. Bonfire AI relieves the overwhelm with systems that reduce friction, free capacity, and open space for growth and innovation

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Step 01

The Problem

Every organization has people buried in manual, tedious tasks

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Step 02

The Solution

Bonfire AI relieves the overwhelm with AI systems that reduce friction

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Step 03

The Outcome

More capacity, and open space for growth and innovation.

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How It Works

Our 2-step method unlocks capacity and helps teams thrive

Clear : What’s Holding You Back
Create: What Moves You Forward
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Clear

What we do: We map your current processes, identify bottlenecks and eliminate manual tasks by automating what drains your time and energy

The result: you and your team get hours back each week and operating the business becomes noticeably lighter

Create

What we do: We turn your newly freed-up capacity into new value. We help you build tools, workflows, or full MVPs that let you launch new capabilities faster, strengthen how your team delivers, and open up new ways to grow the business

The result: You increase revenue, improve service delivery, reduce cost, and unlock growth opportunities that were previously out of reach. With faster execution and tighter feedback loops, your operations become a growth engine instead of a bottleneck.

We Deliver Value

Our Core Services: What Your Business Gains With Us

Every organization gets stuck in manual tasks. We reduce workload with smart systems, bringing efficiency, growth, and space for innovation.

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AI Workflow Automation

Free your team from tedious work.

AI Data Insights

Turn messy data into reliable decisions

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AI Software Development

Take your idea to MVP and enterprise scale

Fractional Leadership

Senior expertise without full-time overhead.

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AI Strategy

Quick-win pilots that prove value fast.

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B O N F I R E A I

Why Bonfire

We started Bonfire after seeing the same pattern across industries: systems built without real understanding of the people using them - too rigid, too complex, or too shallow to handle the realities of day-to-day operations. When software doesn’t flex with real human workflows, we’ve seen friction, burnout, and unnecessary cost. We built Bonfire to change that.

Our approach blends engineering first-principles with lived business experience. We’ve operated companies, led teams, and worked in the messy middle where technology meets real-world constraints - from Fortune 500 environments to early-stage startups. From these experiences, we’ve seen how resilient tools that grow a business only emerge when you understand both the people doing the work and the complexity of the work itself. That is why integrity and compassion guide how we design.

At Bonfire AI, we build AI systems, internal tools, and MVPs for our clients that work today and scale tomorrow - so your systems grow just as fast as you do.

Our goal is simple: build systems that lighten the load, clarify the path forward, and give people and teams the capacity to grow and lead. When technology aligns with people, businesses operate better - and the impact extends far beyond the software.

Testimonials

What Our Clients Are Saying

David Patzer
Jan 05, 2026
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Bruce Weddel
Dec 19, 2025
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Sentinel Occupational Software - Donald Freeman
Nov 19, 2025
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