בס״ד

Systems online 25 years in the field

Engineering that connects the plant floor, the network, and the cloud.

AI engineering, IoT prototyping, systems automation, and production process optimization — for operations teams and product builders alike. Backed by 25 years as a computer systems engineer.

Services

Four disciplines.
One connected system.

01

AI Engineering

Practical AI built into real systems — not demos.

I build AI into the systems you already run: LLM apps and agents, machine learning on operational and sensor data, and computer vision on live video.

  • LLM apps and agents: chat assistants, document processing, and workflow automation
  • Machine learning on operational and sensor data: prediction, anomaly detection, and forecasting
  • Computer vision on real-time video: event detection, inspection, counting, and tracking
  • Event-triggered automation at the edge, such as automated recording

02

IoT Prototyping

From bench prototype to field pilot.

Connected devices built around ESP32, LoRaWAN, and Wi-Fi, with the sensors, controls, and interfaces your product or equipment needs.

  • ESP32-based controllers
  • Touchscreen controls, timers, and scheduling
  • LoRaWAN and Wi-Fi sensor networks
  • Serial integration with existing equipment
  • Matter smart-home integration

03

Systems Automation

Equipment that runs on rules, not clipboards.

PLCs, SCADA, building controls, and networks tied together, and to the cloud, so systems respond on their own and report what they're doing.

  • PLC and MES/SCADA integration
  • HVAC, temperature, and ventilation control
  • Building and home automation
  • High-density networks, fiber optics, and real-time video distribution

04

Production Process Optimization

Instrument the process. Find the bottleneck. Automate the fix.

I replace paper, duplicate data entry, and blind spots with real-time data and automated workflows.

  • Paper systems and duplicative manual processes replaced completely
  • Real-time metrics and driver feedback
  • QR code scanning and passwordless driver authentication
  • Monitoring, alerting, and centralized situational views
  • Pick/pack, load/unload, and delivery workflows

Industries

Where I've delivered.

  • Manufacturing
  • Distribution & logistics
  • Industrial process
  • Traffic control
  • Building control & HVAC
  • Home automation
  • Public-private partnerships (3P)

Process

How I work.

  1. Assess

    I learn the operation or product, map the systems and data, and agree with you on what "better" looks like, in terms you can measure.

  2. Prototype

    A working proof on real hardware and real data, built fast, so decisions rest on evidence rather than slides.

  3. Deploy

    Taken from prototype into the field, with the networking and monitoring to keep it running and documentation your team can own.

  4. Support

    Monitoring, tuning, and extensions as your operation or product changes.

Selected work

Systems in the field.

Project 01

Smart 36 kW pool heater controller

  • IoT Prototyping
  • Systems Automation
Challenge
Board-controlled heaters slammed the heating elements on and off, with no flexibility in how or when they ran.
Built
A standalone Wi-Fi controller with soft ramp up/down, eco consumption modes, timers and scheduling, ambient temperature inputs, pump speed control and pump-state awareness, Matter smart-home integration, and a touchscreen interface.
Result
Controlled ramping instead of hard starts, running on the owner's schedule from the wall panel or any Matter app.

Project 02

Warehouse and delivery logistics platform

  • Process Optimization
  • Systems Automation

Industry: Distribution & logistics

Challenge
Pick/pack, load/unload, and delivery ran on paper, with the same information keyed in more than once.
Built
QR code scanning at every step, Google API integrations, passwordless driver sign-in, and real-time metrics with driver feedback.
Result
Completely replaced the paper systems and the duplicated manual processes.

Project 03

Quarry operations monitoring

  • Systems Automation
  • Process Optimization

Industry: Industrial process

Challenge
Large industrial quarries ran SCADA networks with no centralized situational view or information repository, and remote locations couldn't drill into detail.
Built
Monitoring, alerting, and process improvement across the SCADA networks with integrated real-time video feeds, plus a centralized situational view with drill-down from remote locations.
Result
One operational picture, with the detail available from any location.

Project 04

Edge-virtualized real-time video distribution

  • AI Engineering
  • Systems Automation

Industry: Traffic control

Challenge
Multiple large real-time video distribution and control systems were held back by parallel concurrency limits, with no conditional awareness or remote enablement.
Built
An edge virtualization platform with compression and location awareness, monitoring, and AI event detection that triggers automated recording for situational awareness.
Result
Removed the concurrency ceiling and added event-driven recording and remote enablement.

Project 05

Automated building hot water

  • IoT Prototyping
  • Systems Automation

Industry: Building control

Challenge
Conventional hot water meant waiting at the tap or wasting energy keeping the lines hot.
Built
Wi-Fi and cloud control of tankless units, valve controls, and recirculation pumps, with multiple temperature sensing points and fault detection.
Result
Hot water available everywhere, without the waste, and fully configurable.

About

Ari Friedman

Computer Systems Engineer · 25 years

I've spent 25 years as a computer systems engineer, building systems that have to work in the real world: high-density networks, fiber optics, and real-time video; PLCs, MES/SCADA, and building controls; ESP32 and LoRaWAN devices; Python, Azure, and AWS; and AI, from LLM apps to computer vision. Outcore Tech is how I bring that full stack to clients: one engineer who can take a problem from the sensor to the cloud and back.

AI & edge

  • LLM apps & agents
  • Machine learning
  • Computer vision
  • AI/ML event detection
  • Edge virtualization
  • Video compression

Networks & video

  • High-density networks
  • Fiber optics
  • Real-time video sharing

Field & controls

  • ESP32
  • PLC
  • Serial
  • MES/SCADA
  • LoRaWAN
  • Wi-Fi
  • Matter
  • HVAC
  • Temperature & ventilation control
  • Building control
  • Home automation

Software & cloud

  • Python
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Google APIs

Contact

Tell me what you're building, or what needs fixing.

Share a few details and I'll get back to you.

Thanks — your message is on its way. I'll be in touch soon.

I'll use these details only to reply to you. The form is delivered by Web3Forms. This site sets no cookies and uses no analytics.