Conner Heider · Iowa

Problems in →
Solutions out.

I'm Conner Heider. One person, many rooms: the shop floor, the server room, the sales floor, the product room, my garage. I've worked in all of them, and the best fixes come from knowing how the rooms connect.

Today I lead product for AI agents at Epicor. On my own time, I build AI apps.

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Sales floor
Sales engineer, then engineer-to-order sales
Shop floor
Ran ERP and MES at a manufacturer
Server room
IT director for 4,000+ users
Demo room
Solution engineer at Epicor
Product room
Product Manager, Prism Agent Foundry
Self-Driven
AI apps, a cafe racer, 1,000+ pizzas… and no, I didn't eat them all — shared with the neighborhood!

This is an open story of who I am, and what I do. I don't build because I have to, I do it because I want to. Creating is the mastery of our environment. A uniquely human experience, to mold the pieces into the useful. Whether that's construction, apps, metrology, automation, cooking, photography, autos and motorcycles — you name it. I have to know how it works.

— Conner

The product room · now

Product Manager, Prism Agent Foundry at Epicor

I run product for Prism Agent Foundry, Epicor's platform for building AI agents on top of ERP. In plain terms: it lets the people running a factory or a warehouse ask their business systems questions in plain English and get answers they can act on.

I own the roadmap and launches, run our early customer programs, and take it to market, starting with manufacturing and distribution.

The workshop · what I've built

Apps I build on my own time

Every one started with a real person and a real problem.

CivGo

Launch-ready

Helps heavy-construction companies price bids faster and see what competitors bid, using AI on years of bid history.

Checkii

Live

A shared to-do app I built for my ADHD so my family and I get things done together. On web, iOS, and Android. checkii.app

Lugger

Proof of Concept - Experimental

PoC non-commercial MCP management app for connecting multiple systems together under one app. lugger.ai

Luctance

In development

Find mental health care that feels right for you, fast. Free to explore, no account needed. luctance.app

Go Shop Floor

In development

A web and native app for shop floors that keeps work orders, drawings, and weld stamps in one place.

Sprue

Proof of Concept - Experimental

A soon-to-be open source, headless-first ERP. Say what happened, and it drafts the orders, shipments, and invoices for you to confirm. sprue.ai

Homii

In development

Home maintenance and family management in one place: calendars, tasks, house info, and AI help, so the household runs smoother. homii.house

Thread Social

In development

Your private social media. AI-powered context on the people you know, so you never forget a name or what you talked about. threadsocial.app

SaaS Monitor

In development

SaaS news and events tracking the evolution of software and AI.

Pylon

Proof of Concept - Experimental

Anonymous social media driven by crystals and permanently expiring credentials and sessions, lasting longer only on the volume of interaction.

Busii

Proof of Concept - Experimental

Maintenance and machine management, technical documentation by photo upload, and more.

AofI

Proof of Concept - Experimental

AI-driven project planning, budgeting, and task management. Take concepts and turn them into directional documentation, tasks, assignments, and auto-generated budgets.

Skills and what was learned

The scars to prove it

These are the reasons. This is what's learned. This is what helps shape what I do. Building is how you don't just say you know. It's how you have the scars to prove it.

Ship across every platformWeb, iOS, and Android from one idea. App store review, push notifications, and sync that survives a bad connection.Checkii
Wire AI into real systemsMCP servers, tool contracts, and getting Claude or ChatGPT to safely act on systems that were never built for it.Lugger, Sprue
Turn plain words into recordsIntent-driven design: say what happened, and the system drafts the orders, shipments, and invoices for a human to confirm.Sprue
Put AI on messy, real dataYears of bid history, competitor behavior, and pricing pressure — models are easy; trustworthy answers are the work.CivGo
Design for people having a hard dayFinding mental health care, or just getting the family through the week. Low friction, no accounts, no dark patterns.Luctance, Checkii, Homii
Build for the floor, not the demoWork orders, drawings, and weld stamps on devices with gloves on. Offline first, big targets, zero ceremony.Go Shop Floor
Watch an industry moveEditorial systems that track software and AI over time — evidence rubrics, timelines, and judgment calls you can defend.SaaS Monitor
Rethink identity and privacyAnonymous social with expiring credentials, and private-by-design networks. What you don't store, you can't leak.Pylon, Thread Social
See through the cameraPhoto-upload documentation for machines and maintenance — computer vision as a data-entry tool, not a party trick.Busii
Plan with a machine, decide as a humanConcepts in, directional docs, tasks, assignments, and budgets out. AI drafts the plan; people own the calls.AofI

The field · problems I've solved

15+ years of fixing things

(Except drywall. I can, but, let's not.)

Pick a room, then a problem. Sometimes the fix is software. Sometimes it's bigger labels.

Sales floor

Shop floor

Server room

Demo room

Self-Driven

PROBLEM“Orders are getting missed and mis-picked, and nobody can say why.”

1 / SAT WITH

The people actually picking, in a dimly lit warehouse.

2 / BROKE IT DOWN

Not a systems problem. A seeing problem. Nobody could read the labels.

3 / SHIPPED

Bigger labels. No software, no project plan. Problem gone.

SOLUTIONMake the labels BIGGERZero lines of code

Full work history on LinkedIn ↗

Conner and a friend at a mountain summit marker, camera in hand

The rest of the house · about me

I show up early

When I travel to visit customers and prospects, I get there the day before to walk around and get a feel for who they are and where folks are from. I like to sink into places and people.

Staying grounded in the work, and where it takes place, builds better relationships and better outcomes. My camera usually comes along.