Meet Kola
A licensed insurance producer
who builds AI for small businesses.
I'm a licensed Michigan Life & Health insurance producerand a former B2B marketing operator — and the founder of Kola's AI Systems. I carried a quota and chased a quote before I built software for it. That's the whole point: these workflows aren't built by a tech vendor who's never watched a good lead go cold.
Before this, I drove outcomes at scale in B2B marketing — as a LinkedIn Senior Account Executive, then running advertiser portfolios with over $100M in ad spend managed across 2,000+ accounts. That track record is in the row below: it's proof I build things that produce revenue. I'm not a tech vendor selling dashboards — I speak missed calls and forgotten follow-ups, not jargon.
The clip is a short hello from the avatar. Scroll for the track record, the credentials, and how to work together — or use the paths under the player.
Licensed
Michigan Life & Health insurance producer — sold it before building software for it
<$60/mo
What Kola's own operation runs on — the system he sells, dogfooded
1 focus
Catching the leads busy small businesses miss
Founder track record
Proof I build things that produce revenue.
Two examples from the B2B marketing years — the same rigor I bring when I scope and build a Lead Rescue workflow for your business.
Heavy spend, weak pipeline.
Rebuilt targeting and creative path so spend reached asset managers, not random corporate titles. Added retargeting and a cleaner handoff to sales. Result: stronger ROAS on closed revenue and a shorter path to first deal.
14×
ROAS
43%
lower CPL
60d
to first close
Leaks everywhere, no single source of truth.
Unified tracking, cut waste in channels that weren't producing SQLs, and built a nurture path so inbound volume actually converted. Large list growth and a measurable lift in downstream conversion.
527%
list growth
40%
conversion lift
4 mo
to full picture
Why this works
I run on the system I sell.
Kola's AI Systems runs on the same kind of stack I build for small businesses — lead capture, follow-up, and reporting on automated workflows, while I stay on the judgment calls. The first operation I automated was my own.
Most small businesses are leaving work on the table — missed calls that go cold, form fills that get a slow reply, old quotes nobody checks again. Lead Rescue catches those moments. I build it, run it, and I dogfood the same architecture on my own ops first — under $60 a month, infrastructure I own.
Credentials
Licensed producer, plus the marketing credentials.
Licensed Michigan Life & Health insurance producer, with P&C licensure in progress. Alongside the license, the LinkedIn marketing certifications from the portfolio years.
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Fundamentals
Skilljar · Verified Apr 2022
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LinkedIn Marketing Strategy
Skilljar · Verified Apr 2022
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LinkedIn Learning
Advertising on LinkedIn
Apr 2022
Marketing on LinkedIn: Sophisticated Marketer
Apr 2022
Sales Fundamentals
Dec 2022
How to Be More Strategic in Six Steps
Dec 2022
Stack I ship today leans on AI models, workflow tools, Python, FastAPI, and Next.js — practical pieces chosen around the workflow, not a bloated platform.
Next step
See if there's a fit.
Book a free 20-minute missed-lead check — I'll look at where calls, forms, quotes, or follow-ups are slipping and tell you honestly whether KAS can help.