Be impossible
to ignore.
SmarterNerd is the South Florida AI agency that builds the websites, search rankings, and AI systems that make local businesses unmissable – engineered by a 13-year CIO and a combat communications officer. Your customers find you, hear you, and choose you.
The South Florida AI agency that’s not another agency.
Most small businesses can’t afford a Chief Information Officer. With us, you get one – plus the team and discipline behind it. That’s what makes us a different kind of South Florida AI agency.
13-Year CIO
Executive-grade technology strategy – not a freelancer with a template. You get a leader who has run tech at the top.
Executive leadershipCombat Comms Officer
USAF Captain who engineered communications that couldn’t fail under fire. That same discipline builds your systems.
Iraqi Freedom · Noble EagleFull-Stack Engineer
Hands-on across web, SEO, and code – a real engineer who builds, not just strategizes from a slide deck.
CompE/EE · Full-StackWe Ship Real AI
We don’t just talk AI – our team builds and runs live AI products with real users. Proof, not buzzwords.
Two Chief AI Officers
Your whole tech team. One partner.
From the website to the rankings to the AI working behind the scenes – we run it all, so you can run your business. Explore all our services →
AI Services
AI-powered chatbots, workflow automation, AI content engines, and GEO / AI-search visibility – so you show up on Google and in AI answers.
Web Design & E-Commerce
Hand-built, fast, mobile-first sites and Shopify/WooCommerce stores that convert.
SEO & Google Maps
Local rankings + the Maps 3-pack, so Fort Lauderdale finds you first.
Digital Marketing & Social
AI-assisted content, campaigns, and social that grow your audience.
Business Automation
We wire up the busywork so your team stops doing it.
3D Virtual Tours
Matterport tours that make you stand out on Maps.
Results we can put a name on.
We measure success the way you do – in customers, rankings, and hours back in your week. See full case studies →
We don’t just talk AI. We ship it.
Our founders also build and run a separate AI-products company – with real apps and real users. When we bring AI to your business, it’s coming from people who do this every day, not a reseller passing along someone else’s tool.
Jesse Kranz – Founder & CEO (former 13-year CIO & USAF combat communications officer) and Gisela Velazco – Chief AI Officer (Oracle DBA), backed by a bench that includes former CERN & Fermilab physicists.
Let’s make you
impossible to ignore.
Free growth plan. No pressure. We’ll map exactly how web, SEO, and AI grow your South Florida business.