Daniel Kepka — Co-Founder

I noticed in my business I hate looking over hundreds of resumes and narrowing down the right few people to interview. I also hated answering the same calls over and over. So I stopped! Ai was the answer. When Nigel approached me after going deep into the Ai automation world and asked how we can make this a business. I was sold. We started 1nd Ai Agency as a founder and have had immense interest in how Ai can get rid of other owners' “hated” routines, choirs and systems. 1nd Ai got rid of the things I hated to do. By doing so I saved many 20+ hours a month and probably $3000 dollars in lost productivity. This also freed up staff to do things they are great at or move them to areas of the business that needed more people. Win-win. I see the value in Ai and will put all my efforts into 1nd Ai Agency. So for now I will not be acquiring any businesses. ##ON HOLD## I'm here for the small business owners who feel stuck — overwhelmed, under-supported, or just ready for a change. After 20+ years of building and running businesses, I know what it’s like to carry the weight alone. I also know how to unlock growth, systematize chaos, and free up time — without needing fancy tech or fluff. Just real, hands-on solutions that actually work in the real world. My model is simple: I help you grow, streamline, or prepare your business for sale or succession — and I don’t charge a fee until I find that fee in your business. 💬 “Free, until it’s free.” If I can’t find $5K in profit or savings, you don’t pay me a thing. My goal is bigger than consulting. I’m also actively looking to invest in, partner with, or acquire great small businesses where the owner wants to step back or scale with support. If that’s you — or you’re just curious — reach out. I’m happy to explore if there’s a fit.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur specializing in AI-driven business solutions.

Experience: 9 yrs 3 mos

Skills

Business Strategy
Artificial Intelligence (ai)

Career Highlights

Expert in AI solutions for small businesses
20+ years of business ownership experience
Proven track record in business growth and efficiency

Work Experience

1nd AI

Co-Owner (1 yr)

Stetson Electric

Co-Owner (4 mos)

Arrington Private Equity

Co-Owner (1 yr 1 mo)

Namastra International Ltd.

Co-Owner (6 yrs 1 mo)

2000 Days Pre-Kindergarten

Co-Owner (14 yrs 4 mos)

Kompass Realty Group

Co-Owner (7 yrs 2 mos)

Long View Systems

IT Consultant (2 yrs 3 mos)

Daeg Estates Inc.

Co-Founder (18 yrs 5 mos)

Kepka & Associates

Founder (19 yrs 10 mos)

Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.

Technical Architect (3 yrs 9 mos)

Manitoba Lotteries

Systems Administrator (4 yrs)

Education

Computer Analyst/Programmer at RRC Polytech

Daniel Kepka

Co-Founder

Canada9 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in AI solutions for small businesses
20+ years of business ownership experience
Proven track record in business growth and efficiency

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur specializing in AI-driven business solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyArtificial Intelligence (ai)

Other Skills

Business OwnershipSuccessful Business OwnerProject PlanningTroubleshootingBusiness AnalysisBusiness PlanningInvestment PropertiesActive DirectoryLinuxVirtualizationIntegrationSoftware DevelopmentApacheVMwareWeb Applications

About

Experience

1nd ai

Co-Owner

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Hybrid

I am a strategic partner in 1nd Ai. Our company uses Ai to save companies 10's of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours monthly. From Ai receptionists that are indistinguishable from real people to scheduling Ai to accounts receivable Ai automation. We can do just about anything that a small business needs.
My role is the develop the business and make sure financials are healthy. I also dabble in Ai automation as I think is very interesting and want to learn.

Business OwnershipSuccessful Business OwnerBusiness StrategyProject PlanningArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Stetson electric

Co-Owner

Jun 2019 – Oct 2019 · 4 mos · Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I was a hands on investor in this business. I bought this company and with a lot of work got its revenue in-line and accounts receivable in order. Over 300k of AR brought in within 2 months.
Planned out a path for success and strategic planning for growth ion the short term. Met with all stake holders and worked out how to be more efficient and save money.
Worked with everyone at the table to put this business back on track and it worked. Using negotiation skills and tenacity I took a business that was failing and put it back on its legs.
Exited this business within 6 months.

Arrington private equity

Co-Owner

Mar 2019 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Calgary, Canada Area

Arrington Private Equity invests and acquires small to medium business. This was a business to pool money to acquire businesses in the 1M- 5M range.
Learned a lot of M&A techniques and how to make a deal. Spoke to many small business owners and heard the same problems again and again. Started to help with those while looking for a businesses to buy.
Left after partner wanted to pursue their dream and started Kepka & Associates.

Namastra international ltd.

Co-Owner

Oct 2015 – Nov 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo · Calgary, Canada Area

Founder and co-owner of Namastra was learning like never before. Going blindly into e-commerce and selling many different products online at a break neck pace.
From going to China and seeing their factories to dealing with online vendors this business taught me marketing, sales (again) and everything online.
Using the proper tools and hiring the right people to help was a huge boon here. Selling millions a year online and exiting the business in the end.

2000 days pre-kindergarten

Co-Owner

Nov 2011 – Present · 14 yrs 4 mos · 5728 1 St SW

With my partner we opened a first class, premier daycare. And by using very efficient methods we have kept daycare costs low.
A premier day care in Calgary for an affordable price. Sounds crazy but its true. Come by for a tour.

Kompass realty group

Co-Owner

Jul 2009 – Sep 2016 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Calgary, Canada Area · On-site

Co-founder and owner of Kompass Realty. Number one team in Calgary for many years. Ran a busy office that did millions in deals yearly.
Managing a team ands staying organized while keeping profits high was a challenge. Using software and relying on people to help do their best we beat all our expectations.
I learned to manage people, sell, negotiate, time manage an so much more. My financial acumen increased tremendously as we were doing millions in deals annually.
Exited the business to pursue a less time intensive business for our children.

Long view systems

IT Consultant

Feb 2008 – May 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Calgary, Canada Area

I was an IT Consultant that helped take care of a team of 8. We worked closely together to maintain systems like Linux (Red Hat, Debian), Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange servers and many more.
As a lead role I helped manage people and tasks as well as meet with clients to discuss needs. Part of the job was creating statements of work (SOW's) and standard operating protocols (SOP's). Getting paperwork and projects done on time was crucial in this environment. Especially dealing with larger oil and gas clients.
This was a great job that I enjoyed immensely as it let me work with clients and our team to steer things in the right direction... for our clients and our team.

Daeg estates inc.

Co-Founder

Oct 2007 – Present · 18 yrs 5 mos · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · On-site

Daeg Estates was a company I co-founded to flip homes do renovations. We bought old, broken and tired homes to fix and sell at a profit.
Hiring crews, working with tight schedules and trying to budget everything made this a fun and fast paced business. A lot of ups and downs in the industry kept us on our feet. Big gains and losses all around but very successful in the end.
After a few years this company changed to a rental/property management business and is doing well.

Kepka & associates

Founder

May 2006 – Present · 19 yrs 10 mos · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Hybrid

We look for small businesses to buy or invest in. You can get a fast close without all the hassle.
Don't want to sell it all? Great. Partner with us. We can take some equity and work together to grow and scale your business.
Not ready to sell? We can help get your company to an exit quicker and for more money.

Hitachi id systems, inc.

Technical Architect

Feb 2005 – Nov 2008 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Calgary, Canada Area

Implemented the companies security software application at many top companies around North America. Making sure the software worked with their current systems from AIX to Linux to Windows Server. Created work orders, scopes of work and spent a lot of time with clients, working together. Used all my skills to make sure the software worked the way it was advertised with the systems already in place. Very dynamic position where one day I would be scripting and figuring out how to implement part of the overall project to writing scopes of work or doing simple support for my client.

Manitoba lotteries

Systems Administrator

Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 · 4 yrs · Winnipeg

Maintained the day to day operations of the server room and all the information in it. Worked on exchange, AD, Linux, Solaris, Windows server and more. Did tape backups and image backups on a daily basis. When things were slow we would help with tier 1 and 2 desktop support.