Alex Cinovoj

CTO & Co-Founder at CPG Playbook

Columbus, Ohio, United States

About Alex Cinovoj

Alex Cinovoj is CTO & Co-Founder at CPG Playbook. Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Most AI initiatives fail quietly. Engineering teams build an impressive prototype, but the moment it touches real company data, progress halts. Token spend is unmonitored, tool permissions run on a master key, and no one trusts the model with production deployment. The demo works. The system does not. I build the deterministic layer that makes artificial intelligence deployable. After 13 years running critical operations in United States enterprise IT environments, including managing HIPAA-scoped change windows for OhioHealth, I approach AI as a strict infrastructure challenge, not a magic trick. At TechTide AI, we rescue stalled initiatives. We replace black-box uncertainty with boring, reliable engineering... deterministic policy engines, human-in-the-loop approval gates, structured OpenTelemetry observability, and custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers tailored precisely to your proprietary stack. The trustworthy part of an AI system is the part with no AI in it. If a system cannot present an immutable database log of its actions, it is not governed, and it does not belong in production. I focus on three specific interventions for engineering leaders... The 48-Hour AI Architecture Audit: A definitive go/no-go diagnostic for stalled workflows. Custom MCP Server Development: Securely connecting Claude to internal APIs with strict JSON schemas and scoped OAuth boundaries. Production Triage & Rollout: Moving AI tools out of the sandbox and integrating them into daily engineering workflows. I hold 9 Anthropic Academy course completions and maintain recognition as a Lovable Champion with over 12k+ verified platform edits. Logs over vibes. Production over theater. If your AI pilot is stuck between the initial demo and Monday morning deployment, let's examine the architecture. Book an audit at TechTideAI.io. For workshops, brand partnerships, technical content, or sponsored build campaigns, DM “rates” or email me for the rate card.

Skills

  • Vibe Coding
  • Spec-Driven Development

Additional experience

  • CTO & Founder

    TechTide AI

    Started October 2024

Education

  • CompTia A+ Certification, Per Scholas