This principle holds wherever structure shapes how work happens, whether in chemistry, engineering, or organizations. Coleman Intelligence applies it to your workflows.
I grew up in Columbia, SC and graduated from A.C. Flora before studying chemistry at Erskine College and earning a PhD in analytical chemistry.
From there I joined Intel as a process engineer, building chips with nanometer-sized transistors. I learned firsthand that the structure of the whole system determines what is possible inside it.
An opportunity then took me to Argonne National Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher, where I studied how small changes in a material’s surface structure can facilitate wildly different atomic-level reactions.
To optimize my research, I began writing software to augment our instrumentation and data analysis. I transitioned to software engineering because I fell in love with using technology to eliminate operational friction.
I went on to engineer software at Synchrony Bank, Chowbus, Twitter, and Square. Across these companies, I gravitated toward building frameworks and developer tools that made other engineers’ work easier, many of which outlived me at the companies I left.
I have also built and shipped my own products through my app studio, SciCoTherapy Labs, including Smart Spend, a personal budgeting app, and Remote Codetrol, a mobile platform for AI agents.
Throughout my journey I’ve witnessed the same principle hold at every level—from the atoms in a material to the systems that run an organization: structure drives function. I’m bringing this experience full-circle to launch Coleman Intelligence, a consulting service designed to help businesses build the right structure to streamline their operations. When the structure is right, the function takes care of itself.
Based in Columbia, South Carolina. Available for remote engagements across the Southeast.
