PriorAIty

About

I'm Hank — and I help teams actually use AI.

Trainer, consultant, and builder. I run hands-on workshops, help implement AI into real systems, and build tools that close the gap between hype and useful.

Hank Barker portrait

How I got here

I've spent the last 3+ years training people to use AI tools — not the kind of training where you watch someone click around in a demo, but the kind where everyone in the room is actually using the tools, on their actual work, by the end of the session.

That's grown into thousands of professionals trained and 50+ businesses I've helped integrate AI into — across community colleges, universities, manufacturing teams, classrooms, and small businesses. As of today, I've never had a negative review. I take that personally and intend to keep it that way.

Alongside the training I build tools — including Katie AI, my coaching and adoption platform — and I'm constantly testing the newest models and workflows so my clients don't have to.

Qualifications & track record

  • →3+ years training teams on AI tools
  • →Thousands of professionals trained — across colleges, universities, and businesses
  • →Helped implement AI into 50+ businesses
  • →Workshops delivered to Macomb CC, Mott CC, Oakland University, NJIT, and many more
  • →Recent talks on AI for Teachers & Students, AI for Manufacturing, and AI Agents
  • →Hands-on experience with ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Zapier agents, and local AI

How I work

  • →Hands-on workshops — your tools, your data, your workflows.
  • →Implementation engagements — wiring AI into the systems you already use.
  • →Strategy sessions — a clear short list of what's worth doing this quarter.
  • →Tool & agent builds — Katie AI, Zapier agents, local AI setups.

In the room

A few recent sessions.

Hank speaking at a MEMA eventHank teaching in a classroomHank speaking at a conferenceAI workshop with teamAI workshop group photoAI workshop in a small officeAI workshop at a conference tableAI workshop participantsAI workshop wrap-up

Tools I teach on

My focus is the tools your team is most likely already using or about to roll out: ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Gemini. I work with all of them daily and tailor sessions to whichever stack your team has standardized on.

Agents & automation

Beyond chat, I help teams build AI agents — usually with Zapier for the workflow layer, and increasingly with local models running on your own machine when privacy or cost matters.