Shelton.ai

01 — About

A bit more background

Bio

Hi, I'm Ross — a North Carolina native who's spent the better half of his life on the west coast. From Alaska to San Diego and everywhere in between, after a decade of service in the U.S. Coast Guard, I went back to school and fell back in love with learning.

AI/ML Engineering candidate currently enrolled in graduate training (Quantic MSAIE, in progress) with hands-on experience building AI-assisted web apps and agentic tools for technical documentation.

I leverage my electronics and tech writing backgrounds to clarify process needs and harness LLMs providing elegant solutions through dynamic problem solving.

Skills

Education

MS, AI EngineeringIn Progress

Quantic School of Business and Technology

expected Aug. 2027

MA, Engaged and Public Humanities

Georgetown University

2022

BA, PhilosophyMagna Cum Laude

UC San Diego

2021

Programs

Ring fill shows relative depth — hover a skill for its tier.

02 — Experience

Where I've worked

a3f9c1e · Jul 2022 — Present

Technical Writer & Editor II

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. · San Diego, CA

+ Analyzed and structured complex technical and engineering data from aerospace platform SMEs into accurate, standards-compliant XML content (S1000D).
+ Collaborated with engineering teams across concurrent aerospace programs to verify the technical accuracy of system-level documentation.
+ Managed documentation production pipelines and status tracking, building process- and systems-thinking skills directly applicable to software delivery workflows.

S1000D / XML Technical Documentation Cross-Functional Collaboration

7e21bd4 · Aug 2006 — Jul 2016

Electronics Technician, Second Class

United States Coast Guard · San Diego, CA

+ Maintained, installed, and repaired complex communications, navigation, and weapons systems electronics, including HF transmitters, radar, and small-boat systems.
+ Diagnosed and resolved hardware and system-level faults under operational time constraints, applying structured technical documentation (MIL-STD).
+ Bridged engineering SMEs and command leadership on new system installations, translating technical detail for varied audiences.
+ Held Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

RF / Radar Systems MIL-STD Top Secret/SCI

03 — Projects

Things I've built

S1000D MCP Server

Agentic Review Workflow for Technical Publications · Independent Project, 2026

Shipped

An MCP server and agentic review workflow for S1000D technical publications — the structured-authoring standard used across aerospace and defense. Exposes schema validation, cross-reference integrity checking, applicability checking, and LLM-assisted fix suggestions as tools an agent can call directly, chained into one review skill via a Claude SKILL.md. Built on a hand-built subset schema and a fully fictional sample corpus — no proprietary content. Then I red-teamed it — path traversal, XXE, oversized-input DoS, prompt injection — fixed what broke, and put the fixes behind a CI security gate.

5

MCP Tools

SKILL.md

Chained Workflow

Gated

Security CI

Solo

Build

Python lxml MCP SDK Anthropic API pytest GitHub Actions OWASP LLM Top 10

github.com/i2oss/s1000d-mcp →

MCP Security Suite

CI-Gated Security Testing for MCP Servers · Independent Project, 2026

Active

A reusable security suite any MCP server can plug into. Layer 1 runs standard repo scanners (bandit, pip-audit, gitleaks); layer 2 talks MCP directly, discovers every tool, and fuzzes it for path traversal, oversized input, output injection, and error leakage — black-box, so it works on servers in any language. Built by attacking my own S1000D server first, then turning the fixes into a gate: a PR can’t merge until every attack fails.

2

Scan Layers

4

Attack Classes

CI

Merge Gate

Solo

Build

Python MCP SDK GitHub Actions bandit pip-audit gitleaks

github.com/i2oss/mcp-security-suite →

DevTrack MCP

AI Access to Issue Tracking · Independent Project, 2026

Shipped

An MCP server that lets Claude (or any MCP client) file, search, update, and report on tasks in TechExcel DevTrack — the issue tracker behind a lot of real documentation workflows. Eight tools over DevTrack’s REST API. Ships pointed at TechExcel’s public sandbox so anyone can demo it; two environment variables point it at a real instance. Where the vendor docs wouldn’t load, I left endpoints in the backlog instead of guessing.

8

MCP Tools

20

Tests (Mocked API)

Sandbox

Demo-Ready

Solo

Build

Python MCP SDK httpx Pydantic pytest REST API

github.com/i2oss/devtrack-mcp →

Café Fausse

Full-Stack Restaurant Reservation Platform · Independent Project, 2025

Shipped

A full-stack reservation platform designed and built end-to-end — React front end, Flask REST API back end, and a PostgreSQL relational database — with real-time availability checks, automated table assignment across a 30-table inventory, and booking confirmation/error handling. Includes a responsive, cross-browser interface with a validated email-newsletter signup flow. Designed, built, tested, and documented using agentic, AI-assisted development practices with Claude Code, including a full Software Requirements Specification and deployment README.

30

Tables Managed

4

Core Flows

SRS

Fully Documented

Solo

Build

React Flask PostgreSQL REST API Claude Code

More builds in progress — this section will grow.

04 — Contact

Let's talk

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