About Melissa

A builder who can sit in the messy middle.

I am Melissa Hardy—an AI consultant, product builder, and senior interactive engineer with experience spanning healthcare, government, finance, enterprise collaboration, and consumer software.

I translate between what the business needs, what the technology can do, and what people will actually use.

My experience includes large organizations where technology decisions carry real operational, security, governance, and human consequences. I also build independent apps and products where speed, resourcefulness, and customer clarity matter just as much.

That combination shapes how I consult. I can zoom out to help define the opportunity, then zoom in to map the workflow, test an agent, shape the interface, or build the prototype. There is no handoff to a mystery delivery team.

I do not believe every problem needs AI. I do believe most teams benefit from someone who can make the options understandable, the tradeoffs visible, and the next step concrete.

Enterprise + productBuilding and supporting digital solutions across complex organizations and independent products

Healthcare depthExperience with regulated workflows, clinical contexts, Microsoft platforms, and enterprise governance

Microsoft ecosystemSharePoint, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure, integrations, and governance

Founder perspectiveConsumer apps, SaaS experiments, launch systems, automation, and AI-assisted product development

Technical expertise

The tools behind the work.

AI platforms

Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Prompt Engineering, AI Agents

Microsoft AI & automation

Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI Workflow Automation, Responsible AI, Enterprise AI Governance

Business applications

Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse, Microsoft Graph, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams

AI coding & development

Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini, JavaScript, React, Node.js, REST APIs

What working together feels like

Direct, curious, practical, and low ego.

I will ask enough questions to understand the real problem behind the requested solution.
I will tell you when a simpler approach is stronger than an AI-heavy one.
I will separate what is proven, what is a pilot, and what still needs to be tested.
I will explain the work in normal language without flattening the technical truth.
I will leave you with something usable: a decision, a roadmap, a workflow, or a working build.

Have an AI idea? Let’s build something useful.

Tell me what you’re trying to solve. Whether it’s automating a workflow, building an AI assistant, or creating a custom application, I’d love to hear about it.

Tell me what you’re trying to solve