Tech guy. Bourbon town. Different brain.
Justin Hamilton — from Bardstown, Kentucky, where the frontier families came to build everything from scratch. I kept that habit.
The short version
I'm a tech guy from Bardstown, Kentucky — bourbon capital of the world. I work across manufacturing, agriculture, distilling, and emerging tech. Not because I couldn't pick one thing. Because my brain needs to understand all of it.
Sixteen industries. Multiple companies. One philosophy: go ninja first, then samurai.
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Speaking
I talk about the place where the factory floor meets the boardroom — and why Kentucky gets there first.
Turning Meat to Metal
What happens when automation logic meets industries where the labor is the product.
The Ninja-Samurai Framework
How to lead AI adoption in organizations that can't afford to get it wrong the first time.
Kentucky as a Case Study
Reshoring, data centers vs. farmland, bourbon correction, and American manufacturing.
The CAIO Question
Why fractional AI leadership is a better deal for mid-market companies.