Simkins & ElgazarArtificial intelligence solutions
Our AI practice builds and governs reliable, privacy-conscious automation.
What we do
- Custom AI / large-language-model application design and development
- AI governance, policy and documentation for regulated organizations
- LLM output evaluation, quality grading and red-teaming
- Workflow automation, agentic tooling and retrieval-augmented (RAG) systems
- On-device / privacy-preserving AI for confidentiality-bound data
How we work
AI and accessibility under one roof. A rare pairing that modernizes compliance work.
Small, direct and responsive. Principals do the work; no layered overhead.
Both principals do this work
Both principals do the work on every project, across accessibility, AI and data. Both are DHS Certified Trusted Testers.
Maximilian Simkins
Co-founder. DHS Certified Trusted Tester for Web.
Financial and data analyst background; builds Python and SQL automation, performs large-scale data and anomaly analytics, and prepares data across CSV, XLSX, PDF and cloud (AWS, Azure) platforms.
Ahmed Elgazar
Co-founder. DHS Certified Trusted Tester.
Business systems analyst specializing in applied AI. Designs and evaluates production AI / LLM systems, authors AI governance and Section 508 documentation, and builds open-source AI tooling with Python, RAG and agentic workflows.
Further reading
- Colorado's New AI Law: What Small Businesses Owe in 2027
From January 1, 2027, Colorado firms that use software to score or screen people for jobs, homes or loans owe notices, explanations and human review.
- Connecticut's AI Law and Your Hiring Tools: What Employers Owe Now
Since October 1, 2026, Connecticut says using a hiring tool is no defense to a bias claim. Notices start in 2027. What a small employer should do now.
- GSA's New AI Clause: What It Asks of Federal Contractors
GSA clause 552.239-7001 applies when you sell an LLM tool that handles government data. It bans training on that data and sets 72-hour incident reports.
Talk to a principal.
Small, direct and responsive. Both principals do the work on every project; no layered overhead.
Maximilian Simkins
Co-founder. DHS Certified Trusted Tester for Web.
Ahmed Elgazar
Co-founder. DHS Certified Trusted Tester.