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Lakemont Local · Northeast Georgia

AI automation and custom software for small businesses.

I’m Emile du Toit. I set up the automations, AI assistants and small apps that take repeat work off an owner’s plate. Before I started BrainIT Consulting in 2023, I spent 24 years at GTE and Verizon building the databases that routed Verizon’s calls at the lowest cost.

Text (972) 900-6286What I do

After the free consultation

$60 an hour

  • I teach AI integrations

    How to connect AI to the tools you already use, taught hands-on to you or your staff. I also teach one-on-one classes.

    Courses at DreamForge Academy

  • I run workshops

    Practical AI sessions for owners, teams, chambers and libraries. Free for libraries; for a business, $60 an hour, or we co-host one at your premises and you cover my costs and travel.

    Workshop details

  • I build solutions, for you or with you

    I can build it myself, or build it alongside your team so the knowledge stays in the business.

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What I do

Four kinds of work

Most clients start with one small automation. Some need an app built. A few need someone who knows databases at scale.
  1. 01AI automation for small businessesMissed-call follow-up, booking replies, intake forms, reminders, and the copying between tools that eats an owner’s evenings.
  2. 02Agentic build consultationsYou have an idea for an app or an internal tool. I plan it with you, then build it for you or with you, using AI coding agents like Claude Code.
  3. 03AI training and workshopsHands-on sessions for owners and their staff. Plain words, real tools, laptops open.
  4. 04Enterprise data and SQL architectureDatabase design, tuning, migrations and failover planning, from someone who ran a 164 TB SQL Server tier at Verizon.

Before BrainIT

The enterprise record, in numbers

24years
at GTE and Verizon, 1999 to 2023
164TB
SQL Server data tier I designed, on a private cloud
10servers
in the SQL Server cluster, with failover and disaster recovery
$150M+
in operational savings the routing engine contributed to
1U.S. patent
earned for that routing work
0downtime
moving the platform from SQL Server on Windows to MySQL on Red Hat Linux

That was Verizon’s least-cost routing platform. I owned its architecture across two technology generations. The same habits carry over to a small business: keep backups, and write down how everything works.

Enterprise data workMy background

How it starts

Three steps, and you can stop after any of them

  1. Step 1

    A free consultation

    30 minutes. We find the best way for your business to benefit from AI. Text or call to set a time. Bring the job that takes up most of your week.

  2. Step 2

    A written plan

    I write down how the work runs today and what I would change, in plain language, before anything is built.

  3. Step 3

    Built for you or with you

    I build the solution for you, or build it with your team so you can run and change it yourselves. If a spreadsheet and one form will do, that is what you get.

The consultation is free. After that, all work is $60 an hour. Workshops are free for libraries. Book the consultation.

Northeast Georgia

Lakemont Local

BrainIT Consulting is based in Lakemont, Georgia. I work with small businesses in Rabun and Habersham counties and nearby, and I meet owners in person. I also run AI workshops at the Rabun County Public Library in Clayton.
Northeast Georgia page

Towns I cover

  • Lakemont
  • Clayton
  • Tiger
  • Tallulah Falls
  • Mountain City
  • Dillard
  • Clarkesville
  • Cornelia
  • Demorest
  • Toccoa
  • Cleveland
  • Helen

Recent work

Software I’ve built and run

50+ builds since 2023. These four are live products. Each link opens the product itself.
See all the work

Client words

What clients say

Let’s talk.

Text (972) 900-6286 to book your free 30-minute consultation.

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