Professional Profile & Credentials
Professional Profile
Joshua D. Larkin — Cement Industry Professional · AI Product Builder · Founder, CementOps AI
I specialize in applying artificial intelligence to heavy industry, with a focus on cement operations, safety, compliance, maintenance support, and decision intelligence. My work combines plant-floor experience, AI product development, prompt engineering, product strategy, and entrepreneurial execution.
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Core strengths
- Cement operations understanding
- Quality control and lab workflows
- Cement chemistry and process awareness
- Maintenance and lubrication experience
- SAP workflow familiarity
- MSHA and industrial safety thinking
- AI agent and custom GPT design
- Prompt engineering and context engineering
- Product strategy and MVP development
- Technical architecture for AI-enabled tools
- Client-facing communication
- Founder-level business strategy
Experience summary
Cement industry
More than 12 years of experience in the cement industry, including work in quality control, lab operations, maintenance exposure, lubrication, plant systems, safety awareness, and operational support. Key areas:
- XRF/XRD-related lab workflows
- Cement quality testing
- Blaine, LOI, free lime, and related lab processes
- Raw mix and clinker chemistry concepts
- Kiln, mill, and process understanding
- Maintenance and reliability exposure
- SAP and plant workflow familiarity
- MSHA-related safety and compliance thinking
- Cross-functional communication with plant teams
AI product building
Founder and builder of CementOps AI, an industrial AI company focused on practical decision intelligence for cement plants. Earlier prototyping included custom GPTs and AI assistants for:
- Cement operations
- MSHA compliance
- Maintenance troubleshooting
- SAP support
- Operations safety advising
- Skincare / product assistance
- Personal brand representation
Credentials
56+ certificates and courses across five credibility pillars:
AI leadership & strategy
Vanderbilt, Anthropic Academy, Microsoft Copilot, agentic AI, generative-AI leadership.
Prompt engineering & custom GPT development
Vanderbilt, IBM, custom GPT building, legal prompt engineering.
Project & product management
Google PM, IBM, SkillUp, Vanderbilt AI project management.
Technical foundation
Python, software engineering, cloud computing, web development.
Industrial & compliance relevance
OSHA, NVIDIA AI infrastructure, negotiation, research methods.