Zensen Media

Co-founder · operator · AI systems builder

Thomas DeRoussel

Thomas DeRoussel is a co-founder of Zensen Media, a real estate operator, and a practical AI systems builder based in the Cincinnati area. He teaches and builds from workflows he uses in operating businesses—not hypothetical demonstrations.

Experience and perspective

Thomas combines firsthand operating experience with practical system design. He is a real estate agent and former Division I athlete who has implemented AI in his team’s daily workflows. His focus is not on making AI look impressive; it is on defining work clearly enough that a person or system can perform it reliably.

At Zensen Media, Thomas works with individuals, teams, and business owners on AI coaching, training, workflow design, and custom AI systems. The starting point is always a real bottleneck, a responsible owner, and an observable result.

Operating work behind the advice

Thomas co-founded Zensen Media with Reese Carlow. Their operating work also includes Relvara, an AI operating platform for real estate professionals, and Kabuto Club, a premium boxing brand. Those businesses provide the practical setting for testing workflows, content systems, customer handoffs, and the limits of automation.

Zensen does not publish invented testimonials or universal ROI claims. When Thomas describes a system, the useful proof is the job it was given, the source it uses, the action it may take, the point where a person reviews it, and whether the team continues to use it.

Thomas’s operating belief

The best proof that an AI system works is that a real team keeps using it.

Writing and teaching

Thomas writes focused answers about AI employees, agents, workflow automation, team adoption, and practical implementation. He also leads hands-on workshops that move from tool choice and context-building to a working system and a discoverable market footprint.

Work with Thomas

Zensen Media offers personal AI coaching, team training and speaking, small in-person workshops, and custom AI systems. Bring one workflow and the result you want; the first conversation ends with a direct recommendation even when AI is not the right answer.

Start with a 20-minute fit call

Based in the Cincinnati area, available locally and virtually across the United States.

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