Zack ButlerZachary Butler · The Woodlands, Texas

About

I build practical AI for the built environment. I'm the founder of Pulsix AI, one system for your buildings, your work, your money and your risk. Building owners run their portfolios across inspection reports, spreadsheets, contractor portals and an accounting system that never sees the building. Pulsix AI connects them: condition and capital plans, work orders and contractors, budgets and NOI, leases and compliance, on top of the accounting system you already run. It's built for REITs and real estate investors, owner-operators with many sites, data center owners and operators, and the contractors who work for them. Its research program includes satellite-based research on the roofs of 403 Texas data centers.

I'm also the founder and CEO of Zebrix Group Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned and Texas VetHUB-certified HVAC and mechanical contractor based in The Woodlands. We self-perform HVAC and mechanical work for state agencies, prime contractors, facilities and data centers, deliver complete MEP scopes through licensed partner trades under our management, and provide temporary cooling and power rentals.

I also advise Range Roofing on business development and AI as a contractor, working with property owners and managers across Texas on commercial roofing priorities and the technology behind them, including AI inspection and reporting tools that cut report turnaround from 3–4 days to under an hour.

Before construction, I spent my career in risk and data: energy trading and risk in Houston, then Lead Risk Manager at Amazon, where I built detection models and risk strategy to find and stop illicit activity on the Amazon Marketplace.

I'm a Texas native. I served in the U.S. Navy as a hospital corpsman at Camp Pendleton, where I was promoted to Senior Corpsman and ran staffing and equipment for a multi-service hospital ward. After the Navy I earned a BS in Economics, cum laude, from Texas A&M and later a Professional MBA from SMU. I'm an FAA Part 107 licensed drone pilot, which I use for roof and site inspections.

I lead the Houston chapter of VetsInTech, connecting veterans with technology careers and training, and I'm a member of Infrastructure Masons (iMasons). Outside of work I play guitar and piano and volunteer at my church.

Experience

• 2026 – Present
  FounderPulsix AI · The Woodlands, TX
• 2025 – Present
  Founder & Chief Executive OfficerZebrix Group Inc. · SDVOSB, Texas VetHUB · The Woodlands, TX
• 2026 – Present
  Business Development & AI AdvisorRange Roofing · contract
• 2024 – 2026
  Business Development Manager & AI StrategyFSR Services · commercial roofing
• 2023 – 2024
  FounderInfinite Partners · Medicare agency, Houston
• 2022 – 2023
  Lead Risk ManagerAmazon
• 2017 – 2021
  Energy trading, risk and analyticsHouston energy trading and risk teams, including Phillips 66 and BP
• 2013 – 2016
  Senior Hospital CorpsmanU.S. Navy · Camp Pendleton, California

Education

• 2022
  Professional MBASouthern Methodist University (SMU)
• 2017
  BS in Economics, cum laudeTexas A&M University

Licenses & Affiliations

• License
  FAA Part 107 Remote PilotCommercial drone operations: roof and site inspection
• Leadership
  Houston Chapter LeadVetsInTech
• Member
  Infrastructure Masons (iMasons)Houston data-center and digital-infrastructure community
• Award
  2024 Rising StarNAIFA Houston

Speaking

Writing

I write about government contracting, HVAC and building intelligence on Zebrix Insights and Pulsix AI Insights, and write guides for prime contractors on zebrixgroup.ai.

Contact

For Pulsix AI, projects, teaming and bids, email me. Building owners can join the Pulsix AI pilot at pulsixai.io.