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Isaac Liem
// FILE 01 · THE FOUNDER

Isaac Liem

founder · engineer · writer

start with privacy first.

// the work

My day work sits at the intersection of data engineering, ai/ml, and platform strategy. The engagements that shaped me share a pattern: complex delivery environments and ambiguous requirements.

That pattern has run across finance, enterprise ai enablement, healthcare analytics, agriculture and commodities, and federal-adjacent work. The common thread is not the domain. It is the posture: show up and ramp on the system nobody handed me.

// brief memo

ike analytics is the public home for my work: long-form writing on systems, privacy, audit, and the open web; the aip protocol and its reference implementation; and the next product I'm building in private. It is founder-led, engineering-first, and deliberately small.

This site is the writing layer. The code and specs live on github. The consulting work stays off the public page. If you want the full professional backstory, linkedin is the right surface.

// what i do

Data & AI consulting Platform engineering Analytics & ML Trust, audit, privacy Shipping
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