About — RunlightAI

Years in finance

100+

Companies brought public

Revenue in a turnaround

The short version

I spent 30 years as a financial advisor and investment banker, where I was instrumental in evaluating and bringing over 100 companies public. I've sat across the table from management teams in every kind of business, asking the same question: where is value being created, and where is it being destroyed?

I was also the CFO and co-founder of a turnaround — took a company that was losing money at $10 million in revenue to $21 million and profitable in year two. That wasn't a spreadsheet exercise. That was getting inside the operations, finding every dollar of waste, and fixing it.

Now I apply that same rigor to one specific question: where is your team spending hours on work that a machine could handle better, faster, and cheaper?

I'm based in Denver and focused on the Front Range. I work with professional services firms — law firms, accounting practices, dental offices, insurance agencies, wealth managers, auto repair shops — because those businesses run on people and processes, which means they have the most to gain from automation.

How I got here

Financial advisory

Learning what makes businesses tick

Started as a financial advisor — managing client relationships, understanding how people think about their money and their businesses. This is where I learned that most business problems aren't financial problems. They're operational problems that show up in the financials.

Investment banking

100+ companies evaluated and brought public

This is where the pattern recognition developed. When you're doing due diligence on a company, you learn to see — within hours — where the operational waste is. Over 100 companies, you start to notice the same problems showing up everywhere. The details change; the patterns don't.

Operator

CFO & co-founder — $10M to $21M turnaround

Stepped inside a business instead of advising from outside. As CFO and co-founder, took a company from losing money at $10M in revenue to profitable at $21M in year two. Restructured operations, cut waste, and built systems that actually worked. Learned that the gap between "how a business thinks it runs" and "how it actually runs" is enormous — and expensive.

Throughout

Helping businesses streamline, cut costs, grow revenue

Across every role — advisory, banking, operations — the through-line has been the same: helping businesses see what they can't see from the inside. Streamlining operations. Decreasing costs. Increasing revenues. The tools change; the discipline doesn't.

Now

RunlightAI

AI gave me a new set of tools, but the job is the same one I've been doing for three decades: walk into a business, find the waste, and show the owner exactly what it's costing them. The difference now is that the solutions are faster, cheaper, and more powerful than anything I've had access to before.

What I believe

I believe in doing what I say I'm going to do. Under-promise and over-deliver. Integrity in every interaction. And most importantly — I care about my clients.

That's not a marketing line. It's why I do fixed-price work with clear deliverables instead of open-ended hourly consulting. It's why I show you the math behind every recommendation. And it's why I'll tell you if the audit isn't a good fit — before you spend a dollar.

Why a financial operator, not a tech consultant

Most AI consultants start with a hammer and go looking for nails. They know the technology and want to sell it to you.

I start with your P&L. Your labor costs. Your margins. Your team's time allocation. I only recommend AI where it produces a measurable financial return — and I show you the math.

When I tell you "this workflow costs you $3,200/month in labor and can be automated for $200/month," that's not a guess. That's the same analysis I'd do if I were evaluating your company for an acquisition. It's what I've done over 100 times.

Financial lens first

Every recommendation comes with a dollar amount. Not "this would be cool" — but "this saves $X/month based on Y hours at Z loaded cost."

No tech jargon

I explain everything in business language. If you can read a P&L, you can understand my audit. No APIs, no integrations talk, no buzzwords.

Tools, not consulting

You get a specific roadmap with exact tools named and priced. Not a 50-page strategy deck that sits in a drawer. Actionable steps you or your team can implement.

Operator's perspective

I've been the CFO, the founder, the person who has to actually make changes work inside a real business. My recommendations account for how things really get done.

What I don't do

I don't build software. I don't implement AI systems. I don't sell any tools or earn referral commissions. My only product is the audit itself — an independent, financially rigorous assessment of where your business is wasting time and money.

If you want help implementing the recommendations afterward, I can provide ongoing support. But the audit stands completely on its own.

I'm Tim Jordan. I've spent 30 years finding where businesses leak money.