Summary
Travis Frisinger is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience specializing in pragmatic AI adoption, product-focused AI engineering, and legacy-modernization across startups and enterprises. Currently Head of Agentic AI at 8th Light, he combines hands-on development—spanning Python, C#, .NET, NodeJS and React—with strategic work on AI strategy, governance, and developer productivity (notably CHAP initiatives and LLMOps). He has a track record of improving operational efficiency and cutting costs in production systems, and his open-source tinkering includes enhancing a NodeJS xlsx template library to handle complex data structures. A former fractional CTO and founder, Travis pairs technical depth (MS in Software Engineering) with experience building teams, low-code platforms, and launchable products like Omnisient. Based in Erie, Colorado, he’s equally at home shipping code and shaping organizational AI literacy and responsible adoption.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Software Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Software Engineering at DePaul University
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire