Most AI enablement efforts hand employees a new tool and call it training. The real work is teaching people to think differently—and that’s not a skill you pick up from a tutorial.
Meet Jeremy Eagan, Senior Manager of Organizational Learning & AI Enablement at aytm. Jeremy spent years as a high school teacher and a principal before joining aytm to build certification programs. Teaching has been the throughline the whole way through, and it’s exactly what he brings to designing the governed knowledge infrastructure and AI-powered workflows that help aytmers use AI well.
Read our conversation below to see how a childhood habit of modifying video games turned into a real playbook for vibe-coding real deliverables today.
Can you tell us a little bit about what you do here at aytm?
As Senior Manager of Organizational Learning and AI Enablement, I’m picking up the support of our builders program, general AI enablement, change management, and developing the governed knowledge infrastructure that will support trusted AI experiences company-wide.
How did you decide to get into your field?
It’s been an evolution, but I’ve always been driven to design sticky learning experiences. I started as a high school teacher, turned principal, then joined aytm building certification programs as a learning manager. Teaching has been the throughline, and now there’s this vast frontier of AI Enablement we’re all trying to figure out. I’m excited to be a part of that.
What’s a skill you have that would surprise your coworkers?
Some of my coworkers know I’ve published two novels as a hobby, but I think that might surprise others. Nobody knows I can write and draw ambidextrously—or at least I could. I’m not really using pen and paper for much beyond grocery lists these days.
If you could only keep three apps on your phone, which would they be and why?
The messaging app I get my texts with would be one—I can’t go without contact with my adult children and my wife. What would I do without the silly videos and memes? The second is the MLB app. Being able to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks from my phone is pretty clutch: I live in the Eastern time zone, and their games often start at 10 pm, so it beats doomscrolling right before bed. Third would be my music app, which automatically connects to my car and loudly plays the only band I listen to, Twenty One Pilots, who thankfully have 114 tracks. That’s honestly better variety than your local radio station’s eight songs.
Do you consider yourself a vibe-coder?
Yes, mostly. I think vibe-coding is super fun, but I’ve also always enjoyed getting under the hood and breaking things. Whether it was using DOS to modify games on my family computer or a thumb drive to mod Madden on an Xbox, I loved the puzzle. I once taught myself XML just to force a Middle-earth name schema and creature races into a laptop baseball game—I’d already added themed uniforms and stadiums, so it was a must. I only played it for about five days; figuring out if I could do it was the real game. Because I already understood those underlying patterns from HTML and XML, vibe-coding clicked instantly. It lets me fast-track the building process and debug on the fly instead of getting stuck in an AI doom loop. But now it’s all about preparing Dockerfiles, JSONs, and deploy files to turn your vibes into real deliverables. What a blast.
If you could give your first-day-at-aytm self one piece of advice, what would it be?
I’d say, “Hey bud, I know you want to sit at your computer for 11 hours a day, but that ain’t it. aytm’s culture supports truly unplugging—make sure you actually do it. Carve out walks with your dog (Jane Austin). Carve out short drives in your car. Block your family time. Don’t get back on when everyone else in the house is asleep—that’s a time best used for writing a book.” And then I’d wink at myself knowingly.
How has aytm helped you in your career development?
Only in every way. They took a bet on a career school teacher with tech skills who was looking for a change and invited me into a whole new industry. I’m extremely thankful for that. The encouragement to be curious and creative that exists here has allowed for growth I can’t picture happening anywhere else.
Which aytm Core Value is your favorite and why?
It’s a tie between curiosity and empathy. In so many places, core values are just something on a wall—you don’t really see them in the people. I don’t know if it’s because we don’t actually have a wall to paint, but the people I know at aytm have them written on them. We truly push one another to stay curious and find new paths. If someone is hurting or needs time, we give one another grace and peace. In my opinion, that will be a major factor in the widespread adoption of AI Enablement. People first—curious people.
What advice would you give to someone just starting out at aytm?
Let this be a good thing for you, and it will be. Enjoy the flexibility, but be a dependable teammate. Enjoy the freedom to play-test your curiosities, but don’t sink entire days into it. Enjoy having global coworkers, but don’t forget their time zones. Finally, shout out others as you wish to be shouted out.
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